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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Tatsufumi Kurokawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A buffer circuit includes a first node that receives a first voltage, a second node, an output node that receives the first voltage, a first transistor coupled between the first node and the second node, the first transistor having a backgate receiving the first voltage, and a second transistor coupled between the second node and the output node, the second transistor having a backgate receiving a second voltage being higher than the first voltage.