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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Teruhiro Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/9175 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/9175 ;
Abstract
The voltage translator uses a PMOS transistor connected to a positive voltage source and a wordline, an NMOS transistor connected to a voltage source lower than the earth potential and a wordline as output stages, and has a PMOS transistor having a feedback function which is connected to the positive voltage source and an NMOS transistor having a feedback function which is connected to a voltage source lower than the earth potential. In the voltage translator, not only the positive voltage but a voltage lower than the earth potential as well is supplied to a selected wordline.