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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2015
Stmicroelectronics International N.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Vikas Rana, Noida, IN;
Fabio De Santis, Milan, IT;
STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V., Amsterdam, NL;
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
A cascode voltage generating circuit and method are provided. The circuit includes four switching elements. In a high voltage operation mode, the first and second switching elements, respectively, couple a first intermediate voltage input node to a first intermediate voltage output node, and a second intermediate voltage input node to a second intermediate voltage output node. In a low voltage operation mode, the third switching element couples the first and second intermediate voltage input nodes to a ground reference voltage level, and the fourth switching element couples the first and second intermediate voltage output nodes to a supply voltage level.