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Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2021
Applicant:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:
Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01); H03K 3/356 (2006.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01); H03K 3/012 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/018521 (2013.01); H03K 3/012 (2013.01); H03K 3/356113 (2013.01); H03K 3/356182 (2013.01); H03K 19/00315 (2013.01); H03K 19/00384 (2013.01);
Abstract

A high-voltage tolerant circuit includes a first level shifter responsive to an input signal having a first logic high voltage and a first logic low voltage for providing a first intermediate signal having the first logic high voltage and a second logic low voltage referenced to a second reference voltage higher than the first logic low voltage, a second level shifter responsive to the input signal for providing a second intermediate signal having a second logic high voltage referenced to a first reference voltage lower than the first logic high voltage, and the first logic low voltage, an output stage responsive to the first and second intermediate signals for providing an output signal having the first logic high voltage and the first logic low voltage, and a reference voltage generation circuit providing the second logic high and second logic low voltages without drawing current from the reference voltage generation circuit.


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