US Patent Issued to Winbond Electronics on Nov. 11 for "Level-shift buffer device, system and operating method thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,220, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Winbond Electronics Corp. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Level-shift buffer device, system and operating method thereof" was invented by John H. Bui (San Jose, Calif.) and Poongyeub Lee (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A level-shift buffer device includes an input buffer circuit, a configurable circuit and a level-shift circuit. The input buffer circuit receives input/output (I/O) supply voltage at a first voltage level among a plurality of voltage levels that are supported by the level-shift buffer device. The input buffer circuit generates a first input signal according to the first vol...