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Fast voltage level shifter circuit

  • US 9,564,882 B2
  • Filed: 11/27/2015
  • Issued: 02/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A circuit comprising:

  • a switch configured to produce an output voltage on an output terminal in response to an input voltage applied to an input terminal and in response to a current drawn through the switch;

    a current mirror circuit having a control input and configured to draw the current through the switch in response to the control input; and

    a charge storage circuit connected to the input terminal and to the control input of the current mirror circuit, wherein the charge storage circuit is configured to discharge a stored charge into the control input in response to the input voltage.

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