Level shifter
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorJunichi MATSUBARA
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a level shifter including: a level shifter section that is driven by a first power source voltage, and that, in accordance with switching of an input signal of a voltage lower than the first power source voltage, switches an output signal that has been level-shifted, from the first power source voltage to a voltage lower than the first power source voltage; and a threshold voltage changing circuit that, in accordance with a switching direction of the input signal, changes a threshold voltage of the input signal for switching the output signal.
Claims6
A level shifter comprising:
- a level shifter section that is driven by a first power source voltage, and that, in accordance with switching of an input signal of a voltage lower than the first power source voltage, switches an output signal that has been level-shifted, from the first power source voltage to a voltage lower than the first power source voltage;
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- a threshold voltage changing circuit that, in accordance with a switching direction of the input signal, changes a threshold voltage of the input signal for switching the output signal.
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