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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Kamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/00 ;
Abstract
In a bus driver for driving a bus having first and second power supply terminals, an input terminal for receiving an input signal and an output terminal connected to the bus, a switching element is provided between the output terminal and the second power supply terminal, and the switching element is controlled by a voltage at the input terminal. A pull-up resistor is connected between the first power supply terminal and the output terminal.