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US07675345B2 Low-leakage level-shifters with supply detection 有权
具有电源检测功能的低泄漏电平转换器

  • 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
  • Application No.: US12176927
    Application Date: 2008-07-21
  • Publication No.: US07675345B2
    Publication 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
Low-leakage level-shifters with supply detection
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.
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