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Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2021
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshifumi Sakamoto, Chino, JP;

Motoaki Nishimura, Chino, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H03K 19/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/687 (2013.01); H03K 19/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A circuit device includes an output terminal, an output transistor, and a gate voltage control circuit. The output transistor is provided between a first power supply node and the output terminal. The gate voltage control circuit changes a gate voltage of the output transistor at a first temporal voltage change rate after an input signal changes from a first logic level to a second logic level, changes the gate voltage at a second temporal voltage change rate smaller than the first temporal voltage change rate after the gate voltage reaches a first determination voltage, and changes the gate voltage at a third temporal voltage change rate greater than the second temporal voltage change rate after the gate voltage reaches a second determination voltage.


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