A dummy wiring 25 is provided for simulating an actual wiring 26
connecting semiconductor integrated circuits 2 and 6 on a circuit board.
The semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a data output circuit 28
capable of variably setting the slew rate and a circuit 29 for measuring
signal delay time between a signal sending point and a signal reflection
point (characteristic impedance mismatching point) using the dummy wiring
25, and the delay time so obtained by the measuring circuit is used for
the determination of the signal transition time of the output circuit.
The transition time of the signal is set at least twice of the signal
delay time between the signal sending point and the wiring branch at the
nearest end. In this way, signal transmission with alleviated reflection
by the reflection point at the nearest end is realized.