Patent ID: 8710878
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: H03K

Abstract:
1. An output circuit configured to output, via an output terminal thereof, a voltage that corresponds to a control signal, the output circuit comprising: an output transistor arranged between the output terminal and a first terminal which has a first fixed electric potential; a first resistor arranged between a gate of the output transistor and the first terminal; a first ON circuit including a first ON transistor arranged between the gate of the output transistor and a second terminal which has a second fixed electric potential; and a second ON circuit including a second ON transistor arranged between the gate of the output transistor and a third terminal which has a third fixed electric potential, wherein, when an ON control signal, which instructs the output transistor to switch on, is asserted, both the first and second ON transistors are turned on, following which the first ON transistor is turned off.