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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2020
Applicant:
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mojtaba Ashourloo, Toronto, CA;
John Pigott, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0185 (2006.01); H03K 19/20 (2006.01); H03K 3/356 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/018528 (2013.01); H03K 3/35613 (2013.01); H03K 19/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A level shifter comprising: a translation circuit having two input lines and two output lines and configured to receive a differential signal in a low-voltage domain on the two input lines and provide a second differential signal, being a copy of the first differential signal, in a high-voltage domain on the two output lines; and a combiner circuit configured to convert the second differential signal into a single-ended signal at a high-voltage shifter output; wherein the combiner circuit comprises a two-input Muller C-element circuit wherein one input is inverted. Corresponding methods are also disclosed.