A comprehensive study on the design methodology of level shifter circuits

Y Li, J Zhao, Y Liu, G Wang - IEEE Transactions on Circuits and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The level shifter (LS) circuit has become an indispensable circuit component in both analog
and digital systems. In the past decades, there has been an exponential increase in the …

An ultralow-voltage energy-efficient level shifter

M Lanuzza, F Crupi, S Rao, R De Rose… - … on Circuits and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief presents an energy-efficient level shifter (LS) able to convert extremely low level
input voltages to the nominal voltage domain. To obtain low static power consumption, the …

Energy-efficient wide-range voltage level shifters reaching 4.2 fJ/transition

R Lotfi, M Saberi, SR Hosseini… - IEEE Solid-State …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter proposes a new level-shifting structure that can convert extremely low levels of
input voltages to high output voltages while maintaining excellent delay and power …

A low-power and high-speed voltage level shifter based on a regulated cross-coupled pull-up network

S Kabirpour, M Jalali - … Transactions on Circuits and Systems II …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this brief, a fast and very low power voltage level shifter (LS) is presented. By using a new
regulated cross-coupled (RCC) pull-up network, the switching speed is boosted and the …

Mixed tunnel-FET/MOSFET level shifters: A new proposal to extend the tunnel-FET application domain

M Lanuzza, S Strangio, F Crupi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we identify the level shifter (LS) for voltage up-conversion from the ultralow-
voltage regime as a key application domain of tunnel FETs (TFETs). We propose a mixed …

A high-speed and power-efficient voltage level shifter for dual-supply applications

SR Hosseini, M Saberi, R Lotfi - IEEE Transactions on Very …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief presents a fast and power-efficient voltage levelshifting circuit capable of
converting extremely low levels of input voltages into high output voltage levels. The …

An 80-mV-to-1.8-V conversion-range low-energy level shifter for extremely low-voltage VLSIs

R Matsuzuka, T Hirose, Y Shizuku… - … on Circuits and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a low-power and low-energy level shifter (LS) circuit that can convert extremely
low-voltage input into high-voltage output. The proposed LS consists of a preamplifier (pre …

An energy-efficient level shifter for ultra low-voltage digital LSIs

H You, J Yuan, W Tang, S Qiao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief presents a fast and energy-efficient level shifter with wide conversion range. To
achieve both energy-efficient and high-speed voltage level conversion, a novel architecture …

A highly linear current-starved VCO based on a linearized current control mechanism

S Kabirpour, M Jalali - Integration, 2019 - Elsevier
A highly linear voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) suitable for emerging time-based and
VCO-based applications is presented. By providing a very linear and high dynamic range …

A sub-100mV ultra-low voltage level-shifter using current limiting cross-coupled technique for wide-range conversion to I/O voltage

X Chen, T Zhou, J Huang, G Wang, Y Li - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a sub-100mV ultra-low-voltage level-shifter for wide-range voltage conversion
to I/O voltage is presented. The level-shifter uses a current limiting diode-connected …