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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2014
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Kazuhiro Koudate, Kawasaki, JP;
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A level shifter includes high breakdown voltage first and second PMOS transistors, high breakdown voltage first and second depression NMOS transistors having gates respectively supplied with first and second control signals, low breakdown voltage first and second NMOS transistors having gates respectively supplied with third and fourth control signals, and a timing control unit that generates the first control signal and the third control signal different from the first control signal corresponding to an inverted signal of an input signal, and generates the second control signal and the fourth control signal different from the second control signal corresponding to a non-inverted signal of the input signal.