ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,185, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Nuvoton Technology Corp. (Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan).
"Level shifter" was invented by Chou-Chuan Chen (Toufen, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A level shifter is disclosed. The input circuit receives an input signal operating within a first voltage range that is defined by a first voltage level. A pull-up circuit is coupled between a second voltage line and the input circuit. The second voltage line supplies a second voltage level. The second voltage level is higher than the first voltage level. A first connection node between the pull-up circuit and the input circuit serves as an outp...