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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2023
Omni Design Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Manar Ibrahim El-Chammas, Austin, TX (US);
Vaibhav Tripathi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jagdish Kumar Agrawal, Banagalore, IN;
Omni Design Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A latchup detector includes a level shifter and a comparator. The level shifter is electrically coupled to a voltage supply rail to receive as inputs a regulator output voltage and a target supply voltage. The level shifter includes a first level-shifter circuit that lowers the regulator output voltage to a first voltage and a second level-shifter circuit that lowers the target supply voltage to a second voltage. The comparator receives as inputs the first and second voltages. The comparator produces a first output voltage when the difference between the first and second voltages is greater than or equal to a predetermined voltage difference and a second output voltage when the difference between the first and second voltages is less than the predetermined voltage difference. The first output voltage can correspond to a latchup event.