Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage-level converter
- Patent Title (中): 电压电平转换器
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Application No.: US10010737Application Date: 2001-12-07
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Publication No.: US06919737B2Publication Date: 2005-07-19
- Inventor: Atila Alvandpour , Ram K. Krishnamurthy
- Applicant: Atila Alvandpour , Ram K. Krishnamurthy
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.
- Main IPC: H03K19/0185
- IPC: H03K19/0185 ; H03K19/0175

Abstract:
A voltage-level converter and a method of converting a first logic voltage level to a second logic voltage level are described. In one embodiment, a voltage-level converter connects a first logic unit connected to a first supply voltage to a second logic unit connected to a second supply voltage. The voltage-level converter includes at least one transistor connected to the second supply voltage. The at least one transistor has a threshold voltage whose absolute value is greater-than-or-about-equal to the absolute value of the difference between the second supply voltage and the first supply voltage. In an alternative embodiment, a method for converting a first logic voltage level to a second logic voltage level includes transmitting a logic signal from a logic unit having an output voltage swing of between a first voltage level and a second voltage level, receiving the logic signal at a logic circuit having a pull-up transistor and an output voltage swing between a third voltage level and a fourth voltage level, and turning off the pull-up transistor when the logic signal has a value slightly greater than the difference between the third voltage level and the first voltage level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030107404A1 Voltage-level converter Public/Granted day:2003-06-12
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