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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2014
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Seiichiro Kihara, Osaka, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a high-reliability level shift circuit not prone to faulty operation due to noise. A level shift circuitis provided with: first and second current control elementsandinto control terminals of which a reverse-phase input signal and an in-phase input signal are input, respectively; first and second load circuitsandwhich are connected at one end to a high-side power source terminal Vb and at the other end to each of first terminals of the first and second current control elementsand; a comparatorin which a pair of differential input terminals Np and Nn are connected separately to each of the first terminals of the first and second current control elementsand; a current generating circuitin which first and second current output terminals Na and Nb are connected to second terminals of the first and second current control elementsand, and which separately generates a current which flows through the respective first and second current control elementsand; and voltage suppressing circuitsandwhich are connected separately or commonly to the first and second current output terminals Na and Nb, respectively, and suppress voltage from rising in the first and second current output terminals Na and Nb, respectively.