Crisscross voltage level shifter
US6002290A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2017 |
Classification
- 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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