A semiconductor device that operates at high speed using a low voltage power source, in which the output of each gate in the standby state is stable, and which has a delay time that is not affected by the frequency of the input signal.TrQ1 to TrQ8, which form multiple stages of the inverters are designed to have a low threshold voltage in order to accomplish low voltage operation. When input node A is at "L" in the standby state, TrQ2, Q3, Q6, and Q8 which cut-off are connected to high threshold voltage TrQn1 and Qp1. In the standby state, power cutting TrQn1 and Qp1 cut off in accordance with chip selecting signals CS, /CS, thereby blocking the flow of sub-threshold current to TrQ1~Q8. Since TrQ1, Q4, Q5 and Q8 are not cut off at this time, the output potential of each inverter is stable. The number of transistors assigned to each power cutting transistor is determined based on the frequency of the input signal, so that only one transistor from among the transistors connected to TrQn1 and Qp1 will be ON at any given time.