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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0185 (2006.01); H03K 3/356 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/018521 (2013.01); H03K 3/356113 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved level shifter for use in integrated circuits is disclosed. The level shifter is able to achieve a switching time below 1 ns while still using the core power supply voltages, VDDL and VDDH, used in the prior art. The improved level shifter comprises a coupling stage and a level-switching stage.