Digital-system designs require you to consider many core voltages. Memory operates at 1.8V, I 2 C and FPGA devices operate at 3.3V, microcontrollers operate at 5V, and charge-coupled-device image ...

Use of buck-boost circuits in switching-regulator ICs. Considerations in level-shift circuit design. Switching regulators with internal level shifting. The magnitude of the negative voltage generated ...

Level-shifters are an indispensable circuit in multi-power-domain SoCs. Many techniques and architectures have been proposed to enhance the performance of these circuits. Inverter-based level shifters ...

Several Apple patents have appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Following is a summary of each. Patent number 7994820 is for a level shifter with embedded logic and low minimum voltage. Per ...

These days, there is a requirement of achieving high frequency targets with lower power consumption. Achieving both the targets simultaneously is very difficult and the situation becomes even more ...

Toshiba is aiming at UART and SPI interfaces with three four-channel dual-supply level-translator-transceivers. “The bus transceivers support level-up and level-down voltage translation from either of ...

Voltage level shifters are pivotal components in modern CMOS integrated circuits, facilitating robust interfacing between domains operating at disparate voltage levels. Recent advancements in this ...

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Magnachip Mixed-Signal, Ltd. (“MMS” or the “Company”) announced today the release of a multi-functional Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) and a ...

Because digital systems often have only a single-polarity power supply, a common problem becomes translating an opposite-polarity pulse train into a positive-or negative-pulse output. Here are some ...

Diodes has automotive qualified a four-bit bidirectional level translator that does not require a direction control pin. Its B and A ports are designed to track two different power supply rails (VccB ...