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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1996
Takeshi Nakashiro, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Isao Abe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Suyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Junichi Machida, Chiba-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A level shifting circuit has a high-level shifter connected to a first high voltage and to a first low voltage, for amplifying the peak voltage of an input signal; a low-level shifter connected to a second high voltage lower than the first high voltage and to a second low voltage lower than the first low voltage, for amplifying the trough voltage of the input signal; a high-voltage controlling transistor connected to the first high voltage and to an output node and turned on and off according to the output of the high-level shifter; and a low-voltage controlling transistor connected to the output node and to the second low voltage and turned on and off according to the output of the low-level shifter complementarily to the high-voltage controlling transistor. The level shifting circuit is capable of amplifying both the peak and trough voltages of an input signal.