Voltage generating system

1. A voltage generating system comprising:

a first voltage generating device for generating a plurality of voltages between a maximum voltage and a minimum voltage as a first set of voltages; and

a second voltage generating device for generating a plurality of voltages between the maximum voltage and the minimum voltage as a second set of voltages, the second set of voltages being different from the first set of voltages,

wherein the first voltage generating device generates the maximum voltage, and supplies the first set of voltages and the maximum voltage to the second voltage generating device,

the second voltage generating device generates the minimum voltage, and supplies the second set of voltages and the minimum voltage to the first voltage generating device, and

the first and second voltage generating devices each select a voltage from the first and second sets of voltages, and output the selected voltage,

wherein the first voltage generating device comprises:

a first voltage generating section for generating the maximum voltage;

a first intermediate voltage generating section for, based on the maximum voltage and the minimum voltage, generating as the first set of voltages a plurality of voltages which are lower than or equal to the maximum voltage and are higher than a voltage at a middle point between the maximum voltage and the minimum voltage; and

a first voltage selecting section for selecting a voltage from the first and second sets of voltages and outputting the selected voltage, and

the second voltage generating device comprises:

a second voltage generating section for generating the minimum voltage;

a second intermediate voltage generating section for, based on the maximum voltage and the minimum voltage, generating as the second set of voltages a plurality of voltages which are higher than or equal to the minimum voltage and are lower than or equal to the voltage at the middle point; and

a second voltage selecting section for selecting a voltage from the first and second sets of voltages and outputting the selected voltage.

2. The voltage generating system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second intermediate voltage generating sections each have:

a resistor circuit including a plurality of resistors connected in series;

a first set of switches connected to respective nodes having voltages higher than the voltage at the middle point, of a plurality of nodes of the resistor circuit;

a second set of switches connected to respective nodes lower than or equal to the voltage at the middle point, of the plurality of nodes of the resistor circuit; and

a plurality of buffers connected to the first set of switches, respectively, and to the second set of switches, respectively, and for impedance-converting respective input voltages and outputting the respective results,

wherein the first set of switches are turned ON in the first intermediate voltage generating section, and

the second set of switches are turned ON in the second intermediate voltage generating section.

3. The voltage generating system of claim 2 , further comprising:

a timing control section for generating first and second timing control signals having alternating active periods,

wherein the first set of switches are turned ON in the first intermediate voltage generating section when the first timing control signal is active, and

the second set of switches are turned ON in the second intermediate voltage generating section when the second timing control signal is active.

4. The voltage generating system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a timing control section for generating a plurality of timing control signals having successive active periods,

wherein the first intermediate voltage generating section has:

a resistor circuit including a plurality of resistors connected in series;

a plurality of switches connected to a plurality of nodes of the resistor circuit, respectively, and corresponding to the plurality of timing control signals, respectively; and

a buffer connected to the plurality of switches, and

the plurality of switches are turned ON when the respective corresponding timing control signals are active, and

the buffer impedance-converts a voltage output from an ON-state switch of the plurality of switches, and outputting the result.

5. The voltage generating system of claim 1 , wherein, between the first intermediate voltage generating section and the second intermediate voltage generating section, a pair of nodes which should have the same voltage other than the maximum voltage and the minimum voltage are connected together.

6. The voltage generating system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third voltage generating device for selecting a voltage from the first and second sets of voltages and outputting the selected voltage.

7. A voltage generating system comprising:

a first voltage generating device for generating a plurality of voltages between a maximum voltage and a minimum voltage as a first set of voltages; and

a second voltage generating device for generating a plurality of voltages between the maximum voltage and the minimum voltage as a second set of voltages, the second set of voltages being different from the first set of voltages,

wherein the first voltage generating device generates the maximum voltage, and supplies the first set of voltages and the maximum voltage to the second voltage generating device,

the second voltage generating device generates the minimum voltage, and supplies the second set of voltages and the minimum voltage to the first voltage generating device,

the first and second voltage generating devices each select a voltage from the first and second sets of voltages, and output the selected voltage, and

the first and second voltage generating devices have the same configuration, and the same configuration operates as the first voltage generating device when receiving an identification signal indicating that the same configuration should operate as the first voltage generating device, and as the second voltage generating device when receiving an identification signal indicating that the same configuration should operate as the second voltage generating device.

8. A voltage generating system comprising:

a first voltage generating device for generating a plurality of voltages between a maximum voltage and a minimum voltage as a first set of voltages;

a second voltage generating device for generating a plurality of voltages between the maximum voltage and the minimum voltage as a second set of voltages, the second set of voltages being different from the first set of voltages; and

a third voltage generating device for generating a plurality of voltages between the maximum voltage and the minimum voltage as a third set of voltages, the third set of voltages being different from the first and second sets of voltages,

wherein the first voltage generating device generates the maximum voltage, and supplies the first set of voltages and the maximum voltage to the second and third voltage generating devices,

the second voltage generating device generates the minimum voltage, and supplies the second set of voltages and the minimum voltage to the first and third voltage generating devices,

the third voltage generating device supplies the third set of voltages to the first and second voltage generating devices,

the first to third voltage generating devices each select a voltage from the first to third sets of voltages, and output the selected voltage, and

the first to third voltage generating devices have the same configuration, and the same configuration operates as the first voltage generating device when receiving an identification signal indicating that the same configuration should operate as the first voltage generating device, as the second voltage generating device when receiving an identification signal indicating that the same configuration should operate as the second voltage generating device, and as the third voltage generating device when receiving an identification signal indicating that the same configuration should operate as the third voltage generating device.