Semiconductor integrated circuit device
OwnerToru Tanzawainventor
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Abstract
This invention discloses a level-shifting circuit for shifting the signal amplitude. This level-shifting circuit includes a p-channel transistor having a source for receiving a boosted potential, a p-channel transistor having a source for receiving the boosted potential, a gate connected to the drain of the transistor, and a drain connected to the gate of the transistor, and an n-channel transistor with a threshold voltage of about 0V having a drain connected to the drain of the transistor, a gate for receiving an output from an inverter, and a source for receiving an output from an inverter for inverting an output from the former inverter.
Claims35
A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising:
- a first transistor of a first conductivity type having a source for receiving a first potential;
- a second transistor of the first conductivity type having a source for receiving the first potential, a gate connected to a drain of said first transistor, and a drain connected to a gate of said first transistor;
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- a third transistor of a second conductivity type having a drain for receiving a potential from the drain of said first transistor, a gate for receiving a first signal, and a source for receiving a second signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.