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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327537 ; 327534 ;
Abstract
A substrate voltage detecting circuit includes a detection node, a transistor responsive to a detected substrate voltage for changing a comparison voltage, a differential amplifier for comparing the comparison voltage with a prescribed reference voltage and outputting an enable signal when the comparison voltage exceeds the reference voltage, and a transistor turned on in response to the enable signal for fixing the reference voltage at an L level. The internal voltage detecting circuit further includes transistors for reducing current consumption. Consequently, the responsibility thereof is improved even with small power consumption.