Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Level-shifter circuit
- Patent Title (中): 电平转换电路
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Application No.: US12841627Application Date: 2010-07-22
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Publication No.: US08638155B2Publication Date: 2014-01-28
- Inventor: Andrew Notman , Mark McCloy-Stevens
- Applicant: Andrew Notman , Mark McCloy-Stevens
- Applicant Address: GB Edinburgh
- Assignee: Wolfson Microelectronics plc
- Current Assignee: Wolfson Microelectronics plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB Edinburgh
- Agency: Dickstein Shapiro LLP
- Priority: GB0912745.7 20090722; GB0918790.7 20091027
- Main IPC: H03L5/00
- IPC: H03L5/00

Abstract:
A level-shift circuit, comprising: an input, for receiving a first voltage; an output, for outputting a second voltage; a resistor array comprising one or more resistors connected in series to the input; a current sink for providing a current that is independent of the first voltage; a switch arrangement comprising a plurality of switch connections for establishing a selected one from a plurality of force paths between the current sink and the input, the selected force path comprising a selected number of the one or more resistors of said resistor array; and at least one connection between the output and the resistor array that provides a sense path between the resistor array and the output that does not comprise any of the switch connections used to establish each of the plurality of force paths.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110018588A1 LEVEL-SHIFTER CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2011-01-27
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