IP Library Granted Patent US 8,068,102
Granted Patent B2
US 8,068,102 · App. 11/802,635 · Granted Nov 29, 2011

Drive voltage supply circuit

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Patent No.
US 8,068,102
App. No.
11/802,635
Granted
Nov 29, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive voltage supply circuit has a first wire line, a second wire line, a first drive circuit, a plurality of second drive circuits, a control circuit for driving the first drive circuit and the plurality of second drive circuits, and an impedance element connected between the first wire line and each of output terminals.

Claims (20)

1. A drive voltage supply circuit comprising:

a first wire line supplied with a first potential;

a second wire line supplied with a second potential;

a first drive circuit having a first transistor connected between the first wire line and a third wire line;

a plurality of second drive circuits each connected between the second wire line and the third wire line and having a diode and a second transistor which are connected in series as well as an output terminal connected to a common connection node between the diode and the second transistor;

a control circuit for driving the first drive circuit and the plurality of second drive circuits; and

a third transistor connected between the first wire line and the output terminal and composing a current source for supplying a current to each of the output terminals, wherein

the third transistor is driven by the control circuit.

2. The drive voltage supply circuit of claim 1 , further comprising:

a MOS transistor provided between the first wire line and the second wire line to perform a switching operation in a phase opposite to a phase of a signal for driving the second drive circuit.

3. The drive voltage supply circuit of claim 2 further comprising:

a selection circuit for performing a switching operation using an external input to prevent a transistor composing the first drive circuit and at least one of the MOS transistors composing the current source from being simultaneously turned ON.

4. A drive voltage supply circuit comprising:

a first wire line supplied with a first potential;

a second wire line supplied with a second potential;

a first drive circuit having a first transistor connected between the first wire line and a third wire line;

a plurality of second drive circuits each connected between the second wire line and the third wire line and having a diode and a second transistor which are connected in series as well as an output terminal connected to a common connection node between the diode and the second transistor:

a control circuit for driving the first drive circuit and the plurality of second drive circuits; and

a third transistor connected between the first wire line and the output terminal and composing a switch configured to control current supply to the output terminal, wherein

the third transistor is driven by the control circuit.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: COLLABO INNOVATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 033021/0806 →
LIEN Recorded Jan 13, 2014
From: COLLABO INNOVATIONS, INC.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031997/0445 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 20, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0534 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2007
From: YOSHIDA, SEIYA; MATSUNAGA, HIROKI; MAEJIMA, AKIHIRO; KANEDA, JINSAKU; ANDO, HIROSHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020207/0058 →