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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2004
Applicants:
Mirza M. Jahan, Chandler, AZ (US);
Noor E. Sarwar, Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Mirza M. Jahan, Chandler, AZ (US);
Noor E. Sarwar, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0175 (2006.01); H03K 19/094 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A level shifter may reduce leakage current and provide firewall protection between circuits of different voltage domains when one voltage domain is in a standby mode. The level shifter may either couple or decouple input circuitry from a reference voltage in response to a firewall enable signal, may translate signals between a first voltage domain and a second voltage domain when the firewall enable signal is deasserted, and may generate an output signal having a predetermined one of either a high or low state when the firewall enable signal is asserted.