Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for efficient level shift
- Patent Title (中): 用于高效电平转换的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12855419Application Date: 2010-08-12
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Publication No.: US08013655B2Publication Date: 2011-09-06
- Inventor: Stefan Herzer , Ferdinand Stettner , Bernhard Wicht
- Applicant: Stefan Herzer , Ferdinand Stettner , Bernhard Wicht
- Applicant Address: DE Freising
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Freising
- Agent John J. Patti; Wade J. Brady, III; Frederick J. Telecky, Jr.
- Priority: DE102009037486 20090813
- Main IPC: H03L5/00
- IPC: H03L5/00

Abstract:
An apparatus is provided that uses a first level shifter for performing a voltage shift of a low level input signal of a first voltage domain to a high level output signal of a second voltage domain. The first level shifter comprises a storing element in the second voltage domain, an input stage coupled to the storing element for providing a signal state to be stored in the storing element and a feedback loop from an output of the storing element to the input stage for controlling the input stage in response to a transition of a high level output signal of the storing element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110037509A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT LEVEL SHIFT Public/Granted day:2011-02-17
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