Patent ID: 7365578

Claim:
A semiconductor device accommodating a specification associated with a different power supply potential, and comprising a clock driver transmitting a clock signal, said clock driver including: a first clock driver circuit having a first inverter with a first transistor of a first conductance and a second transistor of a second conductance connected in series between a power supply potential node and a reference potential node to transmit said clock signal when a power supply potential is associated with a specification of a first level; and a second clock driver circuit having a second inverter with a third transistor of said first conductance and a fourth transistor of said second conductance having a gate insulation film smaller in thickness than that of said first and second transistors and connected in series between said power supply potential node and said reference potential node to transmit said clock signal when a power supply potential is associated with a specification of a second level lower than said first level, wherein when said power supply potential is said first level said third and fourth transistors each have gate and drain electrodes connected to a source electrode and when said power supply potential is said second level said third and fourth transistors have their gate electrodes connected in common to an input node of said second inverter and said third and fourth transistors have their drain electrodes connected in common to an output node of said second inverter.