Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Level shifter device
- Patent Title (中): 电平转换器
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Application No.: US14154272Application Date: 2014-01-14
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Publication No.: US08816749B2Publication Date: 2014-08-26
- Inventor: Agatino Antonino Alessandro
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza (MB)
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza (MB)
- Agency: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
- Priority: ITMI2013A0058 20130117
- Main IPC: H03L5/00
- IPC: H03L5/00 ; H03K19/0175

Abstract:
A level shifter includes a first terminal configured to receive a first supply voltage, a second terminal configured to receive a second supply voltage, an input terminal configured to receive an input signal and an output terminal. The level shifter is configured to shift the input signal from the level of the first supply voltage to the level of the second supply voltage in outputting the output signal. The level shifter includes a storage circuit for storing the output signal value and configured, when the first supply voltage is no longer available, to force the output terminal to assume the last output voltage value stored by the storage circuit when the first supply voltage was available and before the first supply voltage was not available.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140197872A1 LEVEL SHIFTER DEVICE Public/Granted day:2014-07-17
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