Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for a clock shifter circuit
- Patent Title (中): 时钟移位电路系统
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Application No.: US13409525Application Date: 2012-03-01
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Publication No.: US08975942B2Publication Date: 2015-03-10
- Inventor: Scott G. Bardsley , Peter Derounian
- Applicant: Scott G. Bardsley , Peter Derounian
- Applicant Address: US MA Norwood
- Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Norwood
- Agency: Kenyon & Kenyon, LLP
- Main IPC: H03L5/00
- IPC: H03L5/00 ; H03K5/135

Abstract:
A clock shifter circuit may receive a input clock in a first voltage domain and may generate a level-shifted output clock in a second voltage domain. The circuit may include a cross-coupled pair of transistor switches and a pair of capacitors. Each switch may have a drain coupled to one of the capacitors, a source coupled to a circuit supply voltage, and a gate coupled to the other capacitor. One capacitor may receive a true input clock version, while the other may receive a complement version. Each capacitor, in an alternating manner, may activate an opposing transistor switch to charge its capacitor during an active phase of its respective input clock. The circuit may generate the output clock from an output node connected between one of the transistor switches and its capacitor. The output clock may drive a load directly coupled to the output node.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130229220A1 SYSTEM FOR A CLOCK SHIFTER CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2013-09-05
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