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7449916 Voltage level shift circuit  
A voltage level shift circuit is provided. The circuit includes an input buffer unit, a level shift unit and a voltage stabilizing capacitor. The input buffer is coupled between a first voltage...
7449933 Voltage level translator  
A low to high voltage level converter includes first and second n-channel transistors arranged to force to the ground voltage a first connection node and a second connection node, respectively. A...
7446566 Level shifter  
A level shifter circuit includes first and second cross-coupled P channel transistors, first and second cross-coupled N channel transistors, and first and second inverters. The first and second P...
7443223 Level shifting circuit  
A level shifting circuit having a signal input that operates in a first voltage domain and a signal output that operates in a second voltage domain. In some embodiments, the level shifting circuit...
7439790 Level shifter circuit  
A level shifter circuit. It comprises a first level shifter unit which comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a first diode, a first capacitor, a second diode and a second capacitor....
7436213 Level shifter  
In a level shifter, OFF leakage currents flow through two N-type transistors for signal input even when they are OFF. However, another N-type transistor serving as an OFF leakage generation circuit...
7429881 Wide input common mode sense amplifier  
According to embodiments of the subject matter disclosed in this application, a wide input common mode sense amplifier may include a level shifter stage and an amplifier stage. The level shifter...
7429877 Design structure for a flexible multimode logic element for use in a configurable mixed-logic signal distribution path  
A design structure for a multimode circuit that is configured to operate in one of multiple operating modes is disclosed. In particular, a design structure for a exemplary multimode circuit may be...
7427877 Level shift circuit, and actuator apparatus and optical switch system using same  
A level shift circuit that shifts both the high potential level and the low potential level of an input voltage, a micro actuator and an optical switch using such a level shift circuit are...
7425845 Semiconductor integrated circuit  
The present invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit having two kinds of input/output circuits realizing higher speed and higher packing density with rational configuration. The...
7425860 Level converting circuit  
A level shifter in which short circuit current and the increase in delay are reduced when a first power source is controlled. In a level shifter for converting a signal level of a first logic...
7420405 Electronic isolator  
The present invention is an electronic isolator that provides low input to output insertion loss, high output to input insertion loss, and substantial asymmetric isolation between a source circuit...
7417484 Level shifter with boost and attenuation programming  
A level shifter circuit comprises a bias module that receives a first signal and that selectively outputs a selected one of a second signal and a third signal based on an operating frequency of...
7417483 Wide-band wide-swing CMOS gain enhancement technique and method therefor  
A regulated cascode current source has a current source circuit. A level shifter circuit is coupled to the current source circuit. The level shifter circuit has a circuit for independently...
7414453 Level conversion circuit  
A level conversion circuit that prevents the operation speed from decreasing when the power supply voltage decreases while appropriately performing level conversion. The level conversion circuit...
7414435 Circuit arrangement and method for converting logic signal levels and use of the circuit arrangement  
A circuit arrangement for converting logic signal levels has a level converter and a mixing arrangement for influencing a pulse width. The level converter includes a first signal path and a second...
7414442 Buffer circuit and integrated circuit  
In a two-stage inverter circuit including an inverter circuit constituted by first and second FETs and an inverter circuit constituted by two FETs, a source and a gate of a third FET are connected...
7411438 Low-power integrated-circuit signal processor with wide dynamic range  
An integrated circuit includes at least three separate power supply terminals, at least one for those portions of the circuit that must accommodate the widest signal-related voltage excursion, at...
7411421 Apparatus and method for generating differential signal using single-ended drivers  
A first pair of single-ended drivers, each having a respective output connected to a first line of a differential channel, are defined to work against each other with respect to driving a first...
7411439 Driver circuit with reduced jitter between circuit domains  
A circuit for coupling a logic signal from a circuit input to a circuit output includes a parallel connection of a first circuit branch and a second circuit branch, wherein an inverter in the first...
7408544 Level converter circuit and a liquid crystal display device employing the same  
A display device includes a pixel driver circuit. Each of level converter circuits in the pixel driver circuit has: an input terminal supplied with a signal swinging between a first voltage and a...
7408389 Output circuit with signal level shift  
In a level shifting circuit, by supplying current to a gate resistor, a bias is applied to a gate of a transistor. Further, current corresponding to the current which flowed through the gate...
7405596 Driver circuit  
A driver circuit is improved in drive capability corresponding to a resolution increase for a CCD sensor while suppressing chip size of a driver circuit. A preceding-stage circuit, operating on V...
7403037 Signal amplifier  
The signal amplifier has a source follower receiving an input signal, a voltage divider generating a bias voltage which is input to the source follower through a different path from the input...
7403039 Flexible multimode logic element for use in a configurable mixed-logic signal distribution path  
A multimode circuit that is configured to operate in one of multiple operating modes is disclosed. In particular, an exemplary multimode circuit may be configured to operating in one of a...
7400171 Electronic switch having extended voltage range  
In one embodiment, an electronic switch selectively passes an input signal from an input node to an output node based on a switch-control signal. The bulk of at least one transistor in the switch...
7400168 Semiconductor device with level conversion circuit  
A level conversion circuit includes a differential pair of first and second transistors receiving differential input signals; a current mirror section; and a CMOS-type latch circuit. The current...
7397279 Voltage level translator circuit with wide supply voltage range  
A voltage level translator circuit for translating an input signal referenced to a first voltage supply to an output signal referenced to a second voltage supply includes an input stage for...
7397297 Level shifter circuit  
A level shifter circuit, which includes a Schmitt trigger function, shifts voltage of a high level signal into a low voltage and shifts a signal at an intermediate value of an input voltage. The...
7397296 Power supply detection circuit biased by multiple power supply voltages for controlling a signal driver circuit  
A power supply detection circuit biased by at least two power supply voltages for controlling a signal driver circuit. Upstream and downstream amplifiers, powered by upstream and downstream power...
7391252 Circuit arrangement with a short-circuit protective circuit  
A circuit arrangement in which the temperature dependency of the short-circuit current and/or the influence of the output signal by the load current are at least partially avoided has first and...
7392419 System and method automatically selecting intermediate power supply voltages for intermediate level shifters  
The present invention provides for a system comprising a level shifter configured to receive a first clock signal from a first power domain, to receive a counter signal, to select one of a...
7391403 Latch, latch driving method , and flat display apparatus  
This invention applies illustratively to a horizontal driving circuit for a liquid crystal display device, and to a liquid crystal display device utilizing that horizontal driving circuit. With a...
7388402 Level shift circuit  
A level shift circuit is used to receive a low-voltage signal to generate a corresponding high-voltage signal. The circuit has a first transistor of a first type, a second transistor of a second...
7385423 Low-power low-voltage buffer with half-latch  
A low-power low-voltage buffer with a half-latch is provided. The half-latch buffer design may provide increased speed without dramatically increasing power consumption.
7382172 Level shift circuit and method for the same  
The present invention discloses a level shift circuit which comprises: level shift means for receiving an input of a first operational voltage and generating an output of a second operational...
7382173 Level shift circuit with voltage pulling  
A level shift circuit with voltage pulling includes a voltage-pulling circuit and at least one inverter. The voltage-pulling circuit contains a capacitance element, a first switch receiving a first...
7378903 System and method for minimizing DC offset in outputs of audio power amplifiers  
An amplifier system receives an input signal and generating therefrom an amplified output signal. The amplifier system is recited as comprising an input stage and an amplifier stage. The input...
7378896 Single pin for multiple functional control purposes  
A method for using a single pin to support both power input and power control functions for an integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit is in communication with a system. The method...
7375575 Method and apparatus for controlled voltage level shifting  
A method and an apparatus for voltage level shifting are described. A voltage level shifter includes two level shifting circuits and a differential amplifier. The differential amplifier forms a...
7375574 Semiconductor device  
A semiconductor device includes a differential level converter circuit that receives a first signal and outputs a second signal of greater amplitude. The differential level converter has a first...
7373114 Signal transmission circuit, signal output circuit and termination method of signal transmission circuit  
This invention provides a signal transmission circuit, a signal output circuit, and a termination method of a signal transmission circuit capable of preventing the re-reflection of the signal at a...
7372314 Voltage level conversion circuit  
A voltage level conversion circuit is provided with a level converter for converting a VDD 1 system input signal into a VDD 2 system signal, and a NOT circuit for inverting the level-converted...
7368970 Level shifter circuit  
A level shifter circuit includes a level shifter unit and a latch unit. The level shifter unit receives two complementary input signals and converts the voltage levels of two complementary input...
7368969 Level shift circuit and semiconductor device  
A level shift circuit including a capacitor, a charge control circuit, and a limiting circuit. The charge control circuit is connected to the capacitor to provide the voltage of a high potential...
7365571 Input buffer with wide input voltage range  
The input buffer is driven by a data input/output supply voltage. The input buffer generates an output signal from an input signal that swings between the data input/output supply voltage and a...
7362158 Level shifter and a display device having the same  
A level shifter and a display device having the same are provided. In a level shifter, a first transistor includes a gate electrode receiving a first driving voltage, and a source electrode...
7358789 Level shifter for display device  
A semiconductor device having a level shifter, a differential amplifier circuit, and the like, where power consumption is reduced by reducing an unnecessary through current and distortion of an...
7359277 High speed power-gating technique for integrated circuit devices incorporating a sleep mode of operation  
A high speed power-gating technique for an integrated circuit device having a Sleep Mode of operation comprises providing an output stage coupled between a supply voltage source and a reference...
7358790 High performance level shift circuit with low input voltage  
A level shift circuit adds two NMOS transistors or two PMOS transistors between the NMOS transistors and PMOS transistors at the VP-side and the VN-side and connects the gates of the added...