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Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2016
Applicant:

Socionext Inc., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Tomohiko Koto, Kasugai, JP;

Kenichi Konishi, Kasugal, JP;

Osamu Uno, Kasugal, JP;

Assignee:

SOCIONEXT INC., Yokohama, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 5/00 (2006.01); H03K 3/356 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/356086 (2013.01);
Abstract

A level conversion circuit includes: first P-ch and N-ch transistors and second P-ch and N-ch transistors respectively connected in series between first and second power sources; third and fourth P-ch transistors respectively connected between the gates of the second and first P-ch transistors and the drain of the first and second P-ch transistors; and fifth and sixth P-ch transistors respectively connected between the gates of the second and first P-ch transistors and a third power source, wherein differential input signals are applied to the gates of the first and second N-ch transistors, a bias voltage is applied to the gates of the third and fourth P-ch transistors, the gate of the fifth and sixth P-ch transistors are respectively connected to connection nodes of the first P-ch and N-ch transistors the second P-ch and N-ch transistors.


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