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Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2023
Applicant:

Stmicroelectronics International N.v., Geneva, CH;

Inventors:

Joran Pantel, Marseilles, FR;

Daniel Olson, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/05 (2005.12); H03K 19/0175 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/05 (2012.12); H03K 19/017509 (2012.12);
Abstract

A system-on-a-chip includes a first digital domain and a second digital domain. An interface circuit includes a level-shifting circuit for converting a signal between the first digital domain and the second digital domain. The first digital domain includes a control circuit configured to generate a control signal for transmission to the second digital domain. The control signal includes a pulse having a nominal duration adapted to the level-shifting circuit. At the input of the level-shifting circuit, the interface circuit includes, in the first domain, a conditional pulse-stretching circuit that lengthens a duration of the pulse of the control signal to at least the nominal duration when a duration of the pulse of the control signal is shorter than the nominal duration and non-zero.


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