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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chan-Hong Chern, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tsung-Ching Huang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chih-Chang Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Ming-Chieh Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Fu-Lung Hsueh, Kaohsiung, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A circuit includes a first power node configured to carry a first voltage having a first voltage level, an output node, a node coupled between the first power node and the output node, and a contending transistor coupled between the node and a second power node configured to carry a second voltage having a second voltage level. The circuit generates a signal at the output node that ranges between the first voltage level and a third voltage level, the contending transistor couples the node with the second power node responsive to the signal, a difference between the first voltage level and the second voltage level has a first magnitude, a difference between the first voltage level and the third voltage level has a second magnitude, and the second magnitude is a multiple of the first magnitude having a value greater than one.