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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Applicant:
Tadao Seto, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Tadao Seto, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toyko, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device including: a first circuit portion including: a first circuit that is connected between a first high-side power line and a low-side power line and that outputs a second signal based on a first signal input thereto; and a second circuit portion including: a first transistor that is connected between a second high-side power line and a node and that has a normally-on characteristic; a second circuit that is connected between the node and the low-side power line and that outputs a third signal based on the second signal input thereto.