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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2006
Applicant:
Bin Jiang, Singapore, SG;
Inventor:
Bin Jiang, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., , BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A level shifter circuit for shifting from a first voltage level technology (such as 0.9 volt) to a second level voltage technology (such as 3.3 volt) with increased switching speed. The increased speed is achieved by adding a boost circuit to the pull-up transistors to boost the switching speed and shut itself down after the transition. The level shifter circuit does not require intermediate level transistors or intermediate level voltage sources.