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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Stefan Herzer, Ilmenau, DE;
Ferdinand Stettner, Dachau, DE;
Bernhard Wicht, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH, Freising, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus is provided that uses a first level shifter for performing a voltage shift of a low level input signal of a first voltage domain to a high level output signal of a second voltage domain. The first level shifter comprises a storing element in the second voltage domain, an input stage coupled to the storing element for providing a signal state to be stored in the storing element and a feedback loop from an output of the storing element to the input stage for controlling the input stage in response to a transition of a high level output signal of the storing element.