Voltage level shifting circuit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9124259
APP PUB NO 20150077168A1
SERIAL NO

14029590

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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.

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PACESETTER INCSYLMAR CA 91342

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Kimoto, Richard C Fremont, US 12 369

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