Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage level shifting circuit
- Patent Title (中): 电压电平移位电路
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Application No.: US14029590Application Date: 2013-09-17
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Publication No.: US09124259B2Publication Date: 2015-09-01
- Inventor: Richard C. Kimoto
- Applicant: Pacesetter, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agent Theresa A. Raymer
- Main IPC: H03L5/00
- IPC: H03L5/00 ; H03K19/0175 ; H03K3/356

Abstract:
A level shifter shifts the level of an input signal from a second voltage domain to a first voltage domain. To accommodate different input signal levels (e.g., including sub-threshold input signal levels) that may arise due to changes in the supply voltage for the second voltage domain, current for a latch circuit of the level shifter is limited based on the supply voltage for the second voltage domain. In this way, a drive circuit of the level shifter that controls the latch circuit based on the input signal is able to initiate a change of state of the latch circuit over a wide range of input signal levels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150077168A1 LEVEL SHIFTING CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2015-03-19
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