Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-bit level shifter and method of operating same
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Application No.: US17348013Application Date: 2021-06-15
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Publication No.: US11456744B1Publication Date: 2022-09-27
- Inventor: Jing Ding , Zhang-Ying Yan , Qingchao Meng , Yi-Ting Chen
- Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. , TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu; CN Jiangsu
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.,TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.,TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu; CN Jiangsu
- Agency: Hauptman Ham, LLP
- Priority: CN202110616093.0 20210602
- Main IPC: H03K19/00
- IPC: H03K19/00 ; H03K19/0175 ; H03K19/0185 ; G11C16/00 ; H03K3/356
Abstract:
A multi-bit level-shifter (MBLS) includes two or more input circuits correspondingly configured to operate in a first voltage domain. The MBLS also includes two or more single bit level shifters (SBLSs) electrically coupled correspondingly to the two or more input circuits, and correspondingly configured to operate in a second voltage domain. The MBLS also includes a control circuit configured to toggle each of the two or more SBLSs between a normal mode and a standby mode according to a toggle-control signal received from the control circuit.
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