Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low-leakage level-shifters with supply detection
- Patent Title (中): 具有电源检测功能的低泄漏电平转换器
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Application No.: US12176927Application Date: 2008-07-21
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Publication No.: US07675345B2Publication Date: 2010-03-09
- Inventor: Ayman A. Fayed
- Applicant: Ayman A. Fayed
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Lawrence J. Bassuk; W. James Brady; Frederick J. Telecky, Jr.
- Main IPC: H03L5/00
- IPC: H03L5/00

Abstract:
Low-leakage level-shifters with reduced leakage are disclosed. In one example, a level-shifter circuit to reduce leakage when there is an invalid supply voltage is described, including a level-shifter configured to shift a voltage of an digital input signal based on a first supply voltage to a digital output signal based on a second supply voltage, comprising a first transistor and a second transistor configured to set the digital output signal based on the digital input signal, a supply detector configured to generate a detection signal based on the first supply voltage, a disabler configured to, based on the detection signal, set the digital output signal of the level-shifter to a predetermined state, and a leakage reducer configured to, based on the detection signal, electrically disconnect the first and second transistors from the level-shifter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090027102A1 Low-Leakage Level-Shifters with Supply Detection Public/Granted day:2009-01-29
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