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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Socionext Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Socionext Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/12 (2006.01); H03K 19/017 (2006.01); H03K 19/094 (2006.01); H01L 29/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/0952 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/01721 (2013.01); H03K 17/122 (2013.01); H03K 19/094 (2013.01); H01L 21/00 (2013.01); H01L 29/00 (2013.01); H03K 19/0952 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a driver circuit including a first group of transistors provided between first and second nodes and including n of the transistor(s) where n is equal to or greater than one, and a second group of transistors provided in parallel with the first group of transistors and including m of the transistor(s) where m is equal to or greater than one and not equal to n, the m transistors being connected together in series. The n-channel transistor in the first group and at least one of the two n-channel transistors in the second group have their gate connected to an input node.