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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Tsmc Nanjing Company, Limited, Nanjing, CN;
Jing Ding, Hsinchu, TW;
Zhang-Ying Yan, Hsinchu, TW;
Qingchao Meng, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Ting Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED, Nanjing, CN;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes: first and second input circuits in a central region and correspondingly configured to operate in a first voltage domain; first and second single bit level shifters (SBLSs) correspondingly in first and second regions at first and second sides of the central region relative to a first direction and electrically coupled correspondingly to the first and second input circuits, and correspondingly configured to operate in a second voltage domain; and a control circuit configured to toggle each of the first and second SBLSs between a normal state and a standby state when a control signal is received from the control circuit.