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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1997
Hironori Banba, Kamakura, JP;
Takeshi Miyaba, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A pull-up P-channel MOS transistor is connected between an output node and a VPP power supply terminal, while a pull-down N-channel MOS transistor is connected between the output node and a VSS power supply terminal. The output node has been electrically charged to VPP in an initial state. When a control signal SAEN has been made to be the 'L' level, the change in the output node is gradually discharged. Since the output from the differential amplifying circuit is at the 'H' level, the voltage at the output node is rapidly lowered. When the voltage at the output node has been made to be lower than a predetermined level, output voltage VOUT having a predetermined level is output.