US Patent Issued to Sandisk Technologies on Dec. 23 for "Mini-pump level shifter for robust switching operation under low VDD environment" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,480, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Mini-pump level shifter for robust switching operation under low VDD environment" was invented by Alvin Joshua (Fujisawa, Japan), Hardwell Chibvongodze (Hiratsuka, Japan), Yuki Kuniyoshi (Fujisawa, Japan) and Akitomo Nakayama (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "On memory die and other circuits, some parts may operate at a VDD logic level while other elements operate at a higher logic level, such as at or near the die's supply level VSUP. To reduce power consumption and increase operating speeds, VDD levels are moving to increasingly low...