Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Single-polarity level shifter circuit and semiconductor device
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Application No.: US17286094Application Date: 2019-10-16
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Publication No.: US11296701B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Kei Takahashi , Yuki Okamoto , Takahiko Ishizu , Minato Ito
- Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Atsugi
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Atsugi
- Agency: Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office
- Agent Eric J. Robinson
- Priority: JPJP2018-201033 20181025
- International Application: PCT/IB2019/058800 WO 20191016
- International Announcement: WO2020/084399 WO 20200430
- Main IPC: H03K19/018
- IPC: H03K19/018 ; H03K19/0185

Abstract:
A semiconductor device capable of level shifting in a negative potential direction using an n-channel transistor is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first source follower, a second source follower, and a comparator. The first source follower is supplied with a second high power supply potential and a low power supply potential; the second source follower is supplied with a first high power supply potential and the low power supply potential; and a digital signal which expresses a high level or a low level using the second high power supply potential or the first high power supply potential is input to the first source follower. Here, the second high power supply potential is a potential higher than the first high power supply potential, and the first high power supply potential is a potential higher than the low power supply potential. The comparator compares output potentials of the first source follower and the second source follower and outputs a digital signal which expresses a high level or a low level using the first high power supply potential or the low power supply potential.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210384906A1 SINGLE-POLARITY LEVEL SHIFTER CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-12-09
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