EP0864203A4 - High voltage level shifting cmos buffer - Google Patents

High voltage level shifting cmos buffer

Info

Publication number: EP0864203A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: high voltage; voltage level; level shifting; cmos buffer; shifting cmos
Prior art date: 1996-10-01
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 Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP97943473A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP0864203A1 (en

Inventor

Richard L Hull

Randy L Yach

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Microchip Technology Inc

Original Assignee

Microchip Technology Inc

Priority date (The priority date 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 date listed.)

1996-10-01

Filing date

1997-09-25

Publication date

2001-02-07

1997-09-25 Application filed by Microchip Technology Inc filed Critical Microchip Technology Inc

1998-09-16 Publication of EP0864203A1 publication Critical patent/EP0864203A1/en

2001-02-07 Publication of EP0864203A4 publication Critical patent/EP0864203A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- 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)

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

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP97943473A Withdrawn EP0864203A4 (en)	1996-10-01	1997-09-25	High voltage level shifting cmos buffer

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
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
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US10263621B2 (en)	2017-03-24	2019-04-16	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited	Level shifter with improved voltage difference

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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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1997
- 1997-09-25 JP JP10516616A patent/JPH11500896A/en active Pending
- 1997-09-25 WO PCT/US1997/016922 patent/WO1998015060A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1997-09-25 EP EP97943473A patent/EP0864203A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1997-09-25 KR KR1019980704021A patent/KR19990071743A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1997-09-30 TW TW086114170A patent/TW357361B/en active

Patent Citations (8)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
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)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1996, no. 06 28 June 1996 (1996-06-28) *
See also references of WO9815060A1 *

Also Published As

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

Publication	Publication Date	Title
EP0885297A4 (en)	1999-11-24	Novel era
MX9809680A (en)	1999-03-01	Detergent composition
MX9809675A (en)	1999-03-01	Detergent composition
EP0980145A4 (en)	2000-09-20	Output buffer circuit
GB9613758D0 (en)	1996-09-04	Detergent composition
MX210136B (en)	2002-09-04	Detergent composition
EP0884381A4 (en)	2001-04-11	Detergent composition
HK1008786A1 (en)	1999-05-21	Inositolglycans having insulin-like action
MX9809685A (en)	1999-03-01	Detergent composition
ZA973494B (en)	1998-10-23	Detergent composition
GB9622864D0 (en)	1997-01-08	Detergent composition
GB2319748B (en)	2001-04-18	Photoreceptor
MX225368B (en)	2005-01-05	Detergent composition
GB2318364B (en)	2000-09-13	Detergent composition
EP0864203A4 (en)	2001-02-07	High voltage level shifting cmos buffer
HUP9904366A3 (en)	2001-11-28	Detergent composition
MX9809625A (en)	1999-03-01	Detergent composition
GB9619921D0 (en)	1996-11-06	Detergent composition
ZA97280B (en)	1998-07-14	Detergent composition
GB9604986D0 (en)	1996-05-08	Detergent component
GB9610863D0 (en)	1996-07-31	Detergent composition
EP0968266A4 (en)	2000-01-05	Detergent composition
TW372101U (en)	1999-10-11	Input buffer
ZA972704B (en)	1998-09-28	Detergent composition
GB9621656D0 (en)	1996-12-11	Detergent composition

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1998-07-31	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
1998-09-16	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 19980625
1998-09-16	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE
1998-12-09	RIN1	Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)	Inventor name: YACH, RANDY, L. Inventor name: HULL, RICHARD, L.
2001-02-07	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20001229
2001-02-07	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A4 Designated state(s): CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE
2001-02-07	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Free format text: 7H 03K 19/185 A, 7H 03K 19/0948 B, 7H 03K 3/356 B, 7H 03K 17/10 B
2003-08-22	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2003-10-08	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20030401