ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,445, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Level shift circuit" was invented by Takashige Miyashita (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A level shift circuit includes a low voltage side circuit arranged to receive an input signal, and a high voltage side circuit arranged to output an output signal obtained by level shifting the input signal. The low voltage side circuit includes a switching transistor arranged to switch between on state and off state according to level of the input signal, and a capacitor connected in a path where current flows from the high voltage side circuit via the switching ...