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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2011
Applicant:
Yuui Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Yuui Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/094 (2006.01); H03B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a clamp transistor is inserted in series between a P-channel field effect transistor and an N-channel field effect transistor and an intermediate level between a high potential supplied to a source of the P-channel field effect transistor and a low potential supplied to a source of the N-channel field effect transistor is input into a gate of the clamp transistor to clamp a drain potential of the N-channel field effect transistor.