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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 03, 2013
Applicant:

International Rectifier Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Min Fang, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);

Massimo Grasso, Trivolzio, IT;

Niraj Ranjan, El Segundo, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 5/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/0175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/01759 (2013.01); H03L 5/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to an exemplary implementation, a level shifter includes a low voltage circuit and a high voltage circuit. The low voltage circuit is configured to provide a differential signal to the high voltage circuit. The high voltage circuit is configured to receive the differential signal from the low voltage circuit so as to level shift the differential signal from a first ground of the low voltage circuit to a second ground of the high voltage circuit. The differential signal is provided by the low voltage circuit responsive to a feedback signal from the high voltage circuit. The feedback signal can indicate common mode noise in the level shifter. Furthermore, the low voltage circuit can be configured to refresh the differential signal responsive to the feedback signal.


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