An output circuit having a buffer, the buffer including the first transistor which receives at a gate thereof a periodic input voltage and the second transistor, the first and the second transistors being connected in series across a power line and a ground line, a junction of the first and second transistors being connected to an output terminal. The output circuit includes a circuit for applying, to a gate of the second transistor, a first voltage for the second transistor to serve as a bias transistor for charging a load connected to the output terminal with a voltage corresponding to the input voltage, and the second voltage greater than the first voltage for the second transistor to serve as a discharge transistor for discharging the load.