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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2023
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0175 (2006.01); H03K 3/356 (2006.01); H03K 19/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/35613 (2013.01); H03K 19/0008 (2013.01); H03K 19/00361 (2013.01); H03K 19/0175 (2013.01); H03K 19/018528 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circuit that includes a level shifter. The level shifter includes a shift path with two transistors coupled in series. The circuit also includes a GIDL detection circuit for detecting GIDL current conditions. The GIDL detection circuit generates a GIDL signal indicative of a GIDL current condition. The signal is utilized to control a voltage of a control electrode of a transistor of the shift path to increase the conductivity of the transistor when the signal is indicative of a GIDL current condition to minimize a GIDL current through at least a portion of the shift path when the second transistor is nonconductive due to the level shifter being in a low power mode.