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Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2021
Applicants:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Tsmc Nanjing Company, Limited, Jiangsu, CN;

Inventors:

Jing Ding, Hsinchu, TW;

Zhang-Ying Yan, Hsinchu, TW;

Qingchao Meng, Hsinchu, TW;

Yi-Ting Chen, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/0175 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01); G11C 16/00 (2006.01); H03K 3/356 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/018521 (2013.01); H03K 3/356113 (2013.01); H03K 3/356182 (2013.01);
Abstract

A multi-bit level-shifter (MBLS) includes two or more input circuits correspondingly configured to operate in a first voltage domain. The MBLS also includes two or more single bit level shifters (SBLSs) electrically coupled correspondingly to the two or more input circuits, and correspondingly configured to operate in a second voltage domain. The MBLS also includes a control circuit configured to toggle each of the two or more SBLSs between a normal mode and a standby mode according to a toggle-control signal received from the control circuit.


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