A comprehensive study on the design methodology of level shifter circuits
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 …
and digital systems. In the past decades, there has been an exponential increase in the …
A wide-range level shifter using a modified Wilson current mirror hybrid buffer
SC Luo, CJ Huang, YH Chu - IEEE Transactions on Circuits and …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wide-range level shifters play critical roles in ultra-low-voltage circuits and systems.
Although state-of-the-art level shifters can convert a subthreshold voltage to the standard …
Although state-of-the-art level shifters can convert a subthreshold voltage to the standard …
An ultralow-voltage energy-efficient level shifter
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 …
input voltages to the nominal voltage domain. To obtain low static power consumption, the …
Fast and wide range voltage conversion in multisupply voltage designs
Multisupply voltage design technique is widely used in modern system-on-chips to tradeoff
energy and speed. Level shifters (LSs) allow different voltage domains to be interfaced. In …
energy and speed. Level shifters (LSs) allow different voltage domains to be interfaced. In …
A low-power subthreshold to above-threshold voltage level shifter
This brief presents a power-efficient voltage level-shifter architecture that is capable of
converting extremely low levels of input voltages to higher levels. In order to avoid the static …
converting extremely low levels of input voltages to higher levels. In order to avoid the static …
A 65-nm 25.1-ns 30.7-fJ robust subthreshold level shifter with wide conversion range
Level shifters (LS) are crucial interface circuits for multisupply voltage designs, and it is
challenging to achieve both robust and efficient level conversion from subthreshold to …
challenging to achieve both robust and efficient level conversion from subthreshold to …
Energy-efficient wide-range voltage level shifters reaching 4.2 fJ/transition
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 …
input voltages to high output voltages while maintaining excellent delay and power …
A high-speed and ultra low-power subthreshold signal level shifter
In this paper, we present a novel level shifter circuit converting subthreshold signal levels to
super-threshold signal levels at high-speed using ultra low-power and a small silicon area …
super-threshold signal levels at high-speed using ultra low-power and a small silicon area …
A low-power and high-speed voltage level shifter based on a regulated cross-coupled pull-up network
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 …
regulated cross-coupled (RCC) pull-up network, the switching speed is boosted and the …
A coarse-fine VCO-ADC for MEMS microphones with sampling synchronization by data scrambling
This letter presents a mostly digital analog-to-digital converter implemented with voltage-
controlled oscillators that can directly interface a capacitive MEMS microphone. The ADC is …
controlled oscillators that can directly interface a capacitive MEMS microphone. The ADC is …