18894175. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.)
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
Organization Name
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
Inventor(s)
Seiichi Yoneda of Isehara (JP)
Shunpei Yamazaki of Setagaya (JP)
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18894175 titled 'SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
Original Abstract Submitted
A semiconductor device capable of holding analog data is provided. Two holding circuits, two bootstrap circuits, and one source follower circuit are formed with use of four transistors and two capacitors. A memory node is provided in each of the two holding circuits; a data potential is written to one of the memory nodes and a reference potential is written to the other of the memory nodes. At the time of data reading, the potential of the one memory node is increased in one of the bootstrap circuits, and the potential of the other memory node is increased in the other of the bootstrap circuits. A potential difference between the two memory nodes is output by the source follower circuit. With use of the source follower circuit, the output impedance can be reduced.