Title :
Low power CMOS level shifters by bootstrapping technique
Author :
Tan, S.C. ; Sun, X.W.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
fDate :
8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A level shifter circuit using bootstrapped gate drive to minimise voltage swing is presented. Capacitors are used to maintain the voltage difference between the gates of pull-up PMOS and pull-down NMOS. The power saving over conventional level shifter is typically 50% for a 5 V input and 12 V output
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; bootstrap circuits; driver circuits; low-power electronics; 12 V; 5 V; CMOS; bootstrapped gate drive; level shifter circuit; low power circuit; power saving; pull-down NMOS; pull-up PMOS; voltage difference; voltage swing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020627
