摘要 |
A semiconductor device capable of preventing malfunctions of instantaneous lighting, and comprises a drive circuit, a drive control circuit, and a power supply circuit. The power supply circuit has a boosting circuit which is provided with a first power supply potential VDD being a ground potential from an external power supply and a second power supply potential VSS, being a potential other than the ground potential, and raises the absolute value of the second power supply potential VSS and charges to the capacitor; and a bias generating circuit generating a potential to be supplied to the drive circuit and drive control circuit based on the output potential of the boosting circuit. A first power supply potential VDD and the potential of the bias generating circuits are supplied to the drive circuit which outputs a potential selected from the potentials V0 to V5 supplied in accordance with the control of the drive control circuit during a normal power supply period, and, during a power supply emergency, in which the absolute value between the first and the second potentials VDD and VSS becomes lower than a prescribed vale, tuns on a P-type MOS transistor based on a LOW active signal from a buffer, whereby all potentials output from the drive circuit are forcibly set to the first power supply potential VDD.
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