EP0864203A4 - High voltage level shifting cmos buffer - Google Patents

High voltage level shifting cmos buffer

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Publication number
EP0864203A4
EP0864203A4 EP97943473A EP97943473A EP0864203A4 EP 0864203 A4 EP0864203 A4 EP 0864203A4 EP 97943473 A EP97943473 A EP 97943473A EP 97943473 A EP97943473 A EP 97943473A EP 0864203 A4 EP0864203 A4 EP 0864203A4
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EP
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Prior art keywords
high voltage
voltage level
level shifting
cmos buffer
shifting cmos
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Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
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EP97943473A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP0864203A1 (en
Inventor
Richard L Hull
Randy L Yach
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Microchip Technology Inc
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Microchip Technology Inc
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Application filed by Microchip Technology Inc filed Critical Microchip Technology Inc
Publication of EP0864203A1 publication Critical patent/EP0864203A1/en
Publication of EP0864203A4 publication Critical patent/EP0864203A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K19/00—Logic circuits, i.e. having at least two inputs acting on one output; Inverting circuits
    • H03K19/0175—Coupling arrangements; Interface arrangements
    • H03K19/0185—Coupling arrangements; Interface arrangements using field effect transistors only
    • H03K19/018507—Interface arrangements
    • H03K19/018521—Interface arrangements of complementary type, e.g. CMOS
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/10—Modifications for increasing the maximum permissible switched voltage
    • H03K17/102—Modifications for increasing the maximum permissible switched voltage in field-effect transistor switches
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K3/00—Circuits for generating electric pulses; Monostable, bistable or multistable circuits
    • H03K3/02—Generators characterised by the type of circuit or by the means used for producing pulses
    • H03K3/353—Generators characterised by the type of circuit or by the means used for producing pulses by the use, as active elements, of field-effect transistors with internal or external positive feedback
    • H03K3/356—Bistable circuits
    • H03K3/356104—Bistable circuits using complementary field-effect transistors
    • H03K3/356113—Bistable circuits using complementary field-effect transistors using additional transistors in the input circuit

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computing Systems (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mathematical Physics (AREA)
  • Read Only Memory (AREA)
  • Logic Circuits (AREA)
EP97943473A 1996-10-01 1997-09-25 High voltage level shifting cmos buffer Withdrawn EP0864203A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US72392596A 1996-10-01 1996-10-01
US723925 1996-10-01
PCT/US1997/016922 WO1998015060A1 (en) 1996-10-01 1997-09-25 High voltage level shifting cmos buffer

Publications (2)

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EP0864203A1 EP0864203A1 (en) 1998-09-16
EP0864203A4 true EP0864203A4 (en) 2001-02-07

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EP97943473A Withdrawn EP0864203A4 (en) 1996-10-01 1997-09-25 High voltage level shifting cmos buffer

Country Status (5)

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EP (1) EP0864203A4 (en)
JP (1) JPH11500896A (en)
KR (1) KR19990071743A (en)
TW (1) TW357361B (en)
WO (1) WO1998015060A1 (en)

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JP2001144603A (en) 1999-11-18 2001-05-25 Oki Micro Design Co Ltd Level shifter circuit and data output circuit including it
KR100585168B1 (en) * 2004-12-22 2006-06-02 삼성전자주식회사 A multipath input buffer circuit
WO2007143402A2 (en) * 2006-06-02 2007-12-13 Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. Cognitive monitoring wireless device for healthcare equipment
JP5110247B2 (en) 2006-07-31 2012-12-26 ミツミ電機株式会社 Semiconductor integrated circuit device
US10263621B2 (en) 2017-03-24 2019-04-16 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited Level shifter with improved voltage difference

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US5175512A (en) * 1992-02-28 1992-12-29 Avasem Corporation High speed, power supply independent CMOS voltage controlled ring oscillator with level shifting circuit
US5243236A (en) * 1991-12-31 1993-09-07 Intel Corporation High voltage CMOS switch with protection against diffusion to well reverse junction breakdown
EP0599273A2 (en) * 1992-11-25 1994-06-01 Sony Corporation Circuit for converting level of low-amplitude input
WO1995019658A1 (en) * 1994-01-18 1995-07-20 Vivid Semiconductor, Inc Integrated circuit operating from different power supplies
EP0696850A1 (en) * 1994-08-10 1996-02-14 Cirrus Logic, Inc. Digital voltage level shifters and systems using the same
JPH0851351A (en) * 1994-08-09 1996-02-20 Toshiba Corp Level converter circuit
US5559464A (en) * 1993-07-06 1996-09-24 Seiko Epson Corporation Signal voltage level conversion circuit and output buffer circuit

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US5243236A (en) * 1991-12-31 1993-09-07 Intel Corporation High voltage CMOS switch with protection against diffusion to well reverse junction breakdown
US5175512A (en) * 1992-02-28 1992-12-29 Avasem Corporation High speed, power supply independent CMOS voltage controlled ring oscillator with level shifting circuit
EP0599273A2 (en) * 1992-11-25 1994-06-01 Sony Corporation Circuit for converting level of low-amplitude input
US5559464A (en) * 1993-07-06 1996-09-24 Seiko Epson Corporation Signal voltage level conversion circuit and output buffer circuit
WO1995019658A1 (en) * 1994-01-18 1995-07-20 Vivid Semiconductor, Inc Integrated circuit operating from different power supplies
JPH0851351A (en) * 1994-08-09 1996-02-20 Toshiba Corp Level converter circuit
US5825205A (en) * 1994-08-09 1998-10-20 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Level-shift circuit for driving word lines of negative gate erasable type flash memory
EP0696850A1 (en) * 1994-08-10 1996-02-14 Cirrus Logic, Inc. Digital voltage level shifters and systems using the same

Non-Patent Citations (2)

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Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1996, no. 06 28 June 1996 (1996-06-28) *
See also references of WO9815060A1 *

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TW357361B (en) 1999-05-01
WO1998015060A1 (en) 1998-04-09
EP0864203A1 (en) 1998-09-16
JPH11500896A (en) 1999-01-19
KR19990071743A (en) 1999-09-27

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