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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2019
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventor:
John A. Fifield, Underhill, VT (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 5/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01); H03K 19/017 (2006.01); H03K 19/0944 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/01855 (2013.01); H03K 19/01742 (2013.01); H03K 19/0944 (2013.01);
Abstract
A high speed VPP level translator circuit using thin-oxide field effect transistors (FETs) and methods of use are disclosed. The level translator includes a resistor divider and a one-shot circuit in parallel with the resistor divider. The one-shot circuit conducts to assist a transition from a first state to a second state, and is non-conducting during the transition from the second state to the first state.