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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/081 (2006.01); H03K 17/0812 (2006.01); G01J 5/06 (2006.01); G01J 5/12 (2006.01); G01J 5/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/0814 (2006.01); H01L 25/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/689 (2006.01); H03K 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/08122 (2013.01); G01J 5/061 (2013.01); G01J 5/12 (2013.01); G01J 5/16 (2013.01); H01L 25/16 (2013.01); H03K 17/08142 (2013.01); H03K 17/689 (2013.01); H03K 2017/0806 (2013.01);
Abstract
A level shift circuit includes: an electrothermal converter converting a first electric signal with a first reference potential as a reference to heat; a thermoelectric converter converting the heat from the electrothermal converter to a second electric signal with a second reference potential which is different from the first reference potential as a reference; and an insulating region electrically insulating the electrothermal converter from the thermoelectric converter.