Drive circuit with rise and fall time equalization
US5650801A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 7, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G3/3692
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A drive circuit in which the rise and fall characteristics with multiple voltages are made the same, while maintaining a high breakdown voltage. Drive circuit 70, which supplies power supply voltages VH and VL and voltage VM intermediate between them to output pad 32, is composed of p-channel MOS transistor P5 and n-channel MOS transistors N5, N6 and N7. When the output voltage changes from VH to VM, both transistors N6 and N7 conduct, and when the output voltage changes from VL to VM, only transistor N6 conducts. The transistors that supply intermediate voltage VM are constructed of transistors of the same conductivity type, so that the rise and fall characteristics to VM can be made the same while the breakdown voltage of the transistors in the circuit that supplies this intermediate voltage VM is kept high.
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