Patent ID: 6057717
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: H03K

Abstract:
An output circuit comprising:a first field effect transistor having a channel of a first conductivity type, having a gate connected to a first node, having a first electrode connected to a first power supply and having a second electrode connected to a second node,a second field effect transistor having a channel of the first conductivity type, having a gate connected to a third node, having a first electrode connected to said second node, having a second electrode connected to a fourth node and having a substrate connected to a fifth node,a third field effect transistor having a channel of the first conductivity type, having a gate connected to a sixth node, having a first electrode connected to said third node, having a second electrode connected to said fourth node and having a substrate connected to said fifth node,a fourth field effect transistor having a channel of a second conductivity type which is opposite the first conductivity type, having a gate connected to said sixth node, having a first electrode connected to said third node and having a second electrode connected to a second power supply, andan inverter having an input terminal connected to said fourth node and an output terminal connected to said sixth node.