Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low-power level-shift circuit for data-dependent signals
- Patent Title (中): 用于数据相关信号的低功率电平移位电路
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Application No.: US14185853Application Date: 2014-02-20
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Publication No.: US09325313B2Publication Date: 2016-04-26
- Inventor: Franciscus Van Der Goes , Christopher Michael Ward
- Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Main IPC: H03L5/00
- IPC: H03L5/00 ; H03K19/00 ; H03K3/356 ; H03K19/0185

Abstract:
A low-power level-shift circuit for data-dependent signals includes a buffer circuit, a coupling capacitor, and a biasing circuit. The buffer circuit is biased by a low-voltage domain voltage supply and configured to receive a data-dependent signal. The coupling capacitor is coupled, at a first node, to an output node of the buffer circuit. The biasing circuit is coupled to a second node of the coupling capacitor and a switch. The level-shift circuit can translate a voltage level of the received data-dependent signal to a high-voltage domain that is suitable for proper operation of the switch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150214946A1 LOW-POWER LEVEL-SHIFT CIRCUIT FOR DATA-DEPENDENT SIGNALS Public/Granted day:2015-07-30
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