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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2025
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Arjunsimha Chaturbhuj, San Jose, CA (US);
Chen Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Ling Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Nikhil Acharya, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stanley B. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Derek K. Shaeffer, Redwood City, CA (US);
Henry C. Jen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A level-shifter circuit that uses a gating signal is disclosed. The level-shifter circuit may initialize a shift node in response to a deactivation of a gating signal and an input signal. When the gating signal is activated, the level-shifter circuit may float the shift node, which can then be charged to a voltage level greater than that of an input signal. The level-shifter circuit may use the voltage level of the shift node to generate at least one output signal.