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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
May. 11, 2016
Xcelsem, Llc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gregory L. Schaffer, Cupertino, CA (US);
Maarten Jeroen Fonderie, Santa Clara, CA (US);
XCELSEM, LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A low voltage to high voltage level translator that is independent of the high supply voltage. The translator includes first and second transistors with current terminals coupled to a first supply voltage and control terminals that are cross-coupled to one of first and second output nodes. The translator includes first and second input stages each having a first current terminal coupled to a second supply voltage, having a second current terminal coupled to one of the first and second output nodes, and having a control terminal coupled to one of first and second input nodes. The translator further includes first and second resistors, each having a first terminal coupled to the second current terminal of one of the first and second transistors and a second terminal coupled to one of the first and second output nodes. The added resistors enable wider voltage translation and avoid conventional configuration issues.