Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Level down shifter
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Application No.: US17021393Application Date: 2020-09-15
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Publication No.: US11239842B1Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Seshagiri Rao Bogi , Gayathri Gandhi , Vinay Chenani , Fabrice Blanc
- Applicant: Arm Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Quinn IP Law
- Priority: IN202011032822 20200730
- Main IPC: H03K19/0185
- IPC: H03K19/0185 ; H03K3/356 ; H03K19/17784

Abstract:
A level down shifter circuit includes a latch and an assist circuit. The latch is configured to generate a digital shifted signal and a complementary shifted signal by a voltage downshift of a digital input signal and a complementary input signal. The digital input signal and the complementary input signal are in a first voltage domain. The digital shifted signal and the complementary shifted signal are in a second voltage domain. The second voltage domain has a smaller voltage range than the first voltage domain. The assist circuit is configured to alternately pull the digital shifted signal and the complementary shifted signal to an intermediate voltage in response to the digital input signal and the complementary input signal. The intermediate voltage is in the second voltage domain.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220038101A1 LEVEL DOWN SHIFTER Public/Granted day:2022-02-03
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