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Level converter circuit and a liquid crystal display device employing the same

US7408544B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 22, 2005
Grant dateAug 5, 2008
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2310/0289
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display device includes a pixel driver circuit. Each of level converter circuits in the pixel driver circuit has: an input terminal supplied with a signal swinging between a first voltage and a second voltage lower than the first voltage; a first first-conductivity-type transistor having a gate electrode coupled to the input terminal, and a source region coupled to ground; a second second-conductivity-type transistor having a gate electrode coupled to a drain region of the first transistor, a source region coupled to a power supply, and a drain region coupled to an output terminal; one circuit element among a diode, a resistor and a fourth second-conductivity-type transistor, coupled between the gate electrode of the second transistor and the power supply; a third first-conductivity-type transistor having a source region coupled to the input terminal, a drain region coupled to the output terminal, and a gate electrode supplied with a dc voltage.

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