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Crisscross voltage level shifter

US6002290A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 1997
Grant dateDec 14, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K19/018528
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A crisscross level shifter comprising a pull-down circuit configured as a pair of cascode amplifiers and a crisscross pull-up circuit. The cascode amplifiers are enhanced by a feedforward circuit coupling, for both amplifiers, the input of one cascode amplifier to the output of the other cascode amplifier.

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