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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1997
Kazuhiro Shiina, Hitachi, JP;
Koji Kawamoto, Hitachi, JP;
Masato Miura, Hitachi, JP;
Hitoshi Ohura, Mito, JP;
Shoichi Ozeki, Hitachi, JP;
Noboru Akiyama, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kunihoro Nunomura, Hitachi, JP;
Minehiro Nemoto, Hitachi, JP;
Masahiro Iwamura, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Haramachi Electronics Co., Ltd., Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
A driver circuit wherein a first switching element and a second switching element are totem-pole-connected, wherein the totem pole connection is connected at its one end, node and other end with a power source, an output to a load and a reference potential, respectively, wherein the first switching element is connected between the one end and the node, wherein the second switching element is connected between the node and the other end, and wherein a third switching element is connected between the one end of the totem pole connection and the control terminal of the first switching element.