Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Level converter
- Patent Title (中): 电平转换器
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Application No.: US12323694Application Date: 2008-11-26
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Publication No.: US07880527B2Publication Date: 2011-02-01
- Inventor: Hans Taddiken , Herbert Kebinger
- Applicant: Hans Taddiken , Herbert Kebinger
- Applicant Address: DE Neubiberg
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neubiberg
- Agency: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.
- Priority: DE102008052351 20081020
- Main IPC: H03L5/00
- IPC: H03L5/00

Abstract:
A level converter for providing an output signal at a circuit output based on an input signal includes an output coupling circuit formed to provide an output signal based on a first partial output signal and a second partial output signal, a driver circuit formed to provide the second partial output signal such that the second partial output signal is switchable between two different signal levels depending on the state of the input signal, wherein an input of the driver circuit is capacitively coupled to the input of the level converter in order to allow for switching between the signal levels of the second partial output signal by the capacitive coupling in response to a change in the state of the input signal, and a holding circuit formed to keep the state of the second partial output signal constant in case of a constant state of the input signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090115487A1 Level Converter Public/Granted day:2009-05-07
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