Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device and electronic appliance
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Application No.: US15175189Application Date: 2016-06-07
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Publication No.: US09640127B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Jun Koyama , Atsushi Umezaki
- Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-214848 20090916
- Main IPC: H03K3/00
- IPC: H03K3/00 ; G09G3/36 ; H03K19/00 ; H03K19/0185 ; H03K17/687 ; H01L27/12 ; H01L27/02 ; H01L29/786

Abstract:
The amplitude voltage of a signal input to a level shifter can be increased and then output by the level shifter circuit. Specifically, the amplitude voltage of the signal input to the level shifter can be increased to be output. This decreases the amplitude voltage of a circuit (a shift register circuit, a decoder circuit, or the like) which outputs the signal input to the level shifter. Consequently, power consumption of the circuit can be reduced. Alternatively, a voltage applied to a transistor included in the circuit can be reduced. This can suppress degradation of the transistor or damage to the transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US09830878B2 Semiconductor device and electronic appliance Public/Granted day:2017-11-28
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