Patent ID: 8198751
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: G06F,H03K,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a switch transistor in a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device comprising a plurality of switch transistors that control conducting states of a global power supply line and a local power supply line according to a control signal, the global power supply line supplying power to a plurality of circuit areas and the local power supply line supplying power to one of the plurality of circuit areas, the method comprising: propagating the control signal in series in a first period and sequentially conducting the switch transistor, the first period starting in response to an assert of the control signal; and branching the control signal propagated in a second period following the first period and propagating the control signal in parallel and conducting the plurality of switch transistors in parallel by the control signal that is propagated in parallel, wherein in the second period, an increasing rate of the switch transistor to be conducted is larger than an increasing rate of the switch transistor to be conducted in the first period.