Title :
Bidirectional buffer for mixed voltage applications
Author :
Chow, Hwang-Cherng
Author_Institution :
VLSI Design Dept., Ind. Technol. Res. Inst., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
A succinctest design of a mixed voltage bidirectional buffer in the literature is proposed for interface applications. By employing a floating N-well circuit technique, two series PMOS transistors are used as an active pull-up driver. Such a structure provides a simple circuit that requires only a single terminal pad, a single power supply, and is free of DC leakage current. Mixed voltage interface applications such as 3.3 V/5 V, 2.5 V/3.3 V and 5 V/12 V are demonstrated
Keywords :
CMOS digital integrated circuits; VLSI; buffer circuits; 2.5 to 12 V; DC leakage current elimination; active pull-up driver; bidirectional buffer; floating N-well circuit technique; interface applications; mixed voltage applications; series PMOS transistors; single power supply; Application software; Art; Bonding; Driver circuits; Leakage current; Logic; MOSFETs; Power supplies; Threshold voltage; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1999. ISCAS '99. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5471-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1999.777855
