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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2012
Tatsufumi Kurokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsufumi Kurokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A buffer circuit includes a first node receiving a first voltage, a second node receiving a second voltage lower than the first voltage, a third node, an output node driving the first voltage and the second voltage, a first transistor coupled between the first node and the output node, a second transistor coupled between the second node and the output node, one end of the second transistor being connected to the second node, another end of the second transistor being connected to the third node, and a switch circuit coupled between the output node and the third node. Both of the first transistor and the switch circuit include a transistor having a first breakdown voltage. The second transistor has a second breakdown voltage being different from the first breakdown voltage.