Granted Patent B2

US 7,859,306 · App. 12/505,351 · Granted Dec 28, 2010

Abstract

Claims (13)

1. A load driving circuit comprising:

a bias current circuit configured to generate a bias current having a current value corresponding to a level of a control signal;

a control circuit configured to control the level of the control signal so that the bias current is increased and thereafter decreased, when an input signal reaches one logic level; and

a driving circuit configured to

raise an output voltage for driving a load to a higher logic level in a time corresponding to the current value of the bias current, when the input signal reaches the one logic level, and

lower the output voltage to a lower logic level, when the input signal reaches the other logic level,

the control circuit including

a constant current circuit configured to generate a constant current, and

a control signal output circuit configured to

control the level of the control signal so that a capacitor is charged with the constant current when the input signal reaches the other logic level, and

control the level of the control signal according to the sum of a discharging current from the capacitor and the constant current so that the bias current is increased and thereafter decreased, when the input signal reaches the one logic level.

2. The load driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the bias current circuit generates the bias current of the current value corresponding to the level of the control signal when the input signal reaches the one logic level, and stops generating the bias current when the input signal reaches the other logic level.

Assignments (9)