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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2004
Applicants:
Alexander Burinskiy, San Jose, CA (US);
Vladislav Potanin, San Jose, CA (US);
Elena Potanina, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander Burinskiy, San Jose, CA (US);
Vladislav Potanin, San Jose, CA (US);
Elena Potanina, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The speed of a level shifter, which translates a first voltage in a first power domain to a second voltage in a second power domain, is increased by utilizing a first bipolar transistor to assist a first MOS transistor in pulling down the voltage on a first output node, and a second bipolar transistor to assist a second MOS transistor in pulling down the voltage on a second output node.