Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Level shifter circuit, corresponding apparatus and method
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Application No.: US15168468Application Date: 2016-05-31
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Publication No.: US10103734B2Publication Date: 2018-10-16
- Inventor: Dario Bianchi , Federico Guanziroli , Davide Ugo Ghisu
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: IT102015000076200 20151124
- Main IPC: H03L5/00
- IPC: H03L5/00 ; H03K19/0185 ; H03K3/037

Abstract:
A level shifter circuit includes: an input stage for receiving an input signal switchable between a first and a second input level and an output stage to produce a drive signal for the load that is switchable between a first and a second output level. A level translator translates the input signal switching between the input levels into the output stage switching between the output levels. A feedback element coupled to the output stage transfers to the input stage a feedback signal representative of the output level of the output stage. The input stage includes control circuitry sensitive to the input signal and the feedback signal for detecting undesired switching of the output stage between the first and second output levels occurring in the absence of input signal switching between the first and second input levels. The control circuitry inverts the output level of the output stage resulting from undesired switching.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170149434A1 LEVEL SHIFTER CIRCUIT, CORRESPONDING APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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