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US 8,138,815 B2Granted
Level converter
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsHans Taddiken, Herbert Kebinger
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AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsHans Taddiken, Herbert Kebinger
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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.
A level converter for providing an output signal switchable between a first output signal level and a second output signal level at a circuit output on the basis of an input signal comprising a first input signal state and a second input signal state, the level converter comprising:
A level converter for providing an output signal switchable between a first output signal level and a second output signal level at a circuit output on the basis of an input signal comprising a first input signal state and a second input signal state, the level converter comprising:
A level converter for converting a first signal level of a main input signal being able to assume the first and a second signal level at a main input terminal to a third signal level at a main output terminal to acquire a main output signal being able to assume the third signal level and a fourth signal level, wherein the fourth signal level is equal to the second signal level or different from the second signal level, comprising:
A method for converting a first signal level of a main input signal being able to assume the first and a second signal level at a main input terminal, to a third signal level at a main output terminal to acquire a main output signal being able to assume the third signal level and the second signal level, the method comprising:
A method of providing an output signal at a circuit output, which is switchable between a first output signal level and a second output signal level, on the basis of an input signal comprising a first input signal state and a second input signal state, the method comprising:
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