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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2006
Applicant:
Hassan Chaoui, Toulouse, FR;
Inventor:
Hassan Chaoui, Toulouse, FR;
Assignee:
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a first portion () of translator circuit () is configured to extract a first supply voltage level from a high level of an input signal, an inverter () is configured to operate from the first supply-voltage level and a second portion () of the translator circuit is configured to operate from a second supply voltage level (V) that is greater than the first supply voltage level.