US Patent Issued to GlobalFoundries U.S. on Dec. 30 for "Single-stage and multi-stage voltage level shifters" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,838, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Single-stage and multi-stage voltage level shifters" was invented by Siva Kumar Chinthu (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed structures include a single-stage and a multi-stage voltage level shifter. Each structure includes multiple transistors, which are optionally all symmetric low-voltage transistors, and the structures are configured to avoid operation outside the safe operating area (SOA) of such transistors. The single-stage voltage level shifter and the first stage of the multi-stage voltage level shifter can be essentially ...