US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on March 31 for "Level shifter and semiconductor device including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,701, issued on March 31, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Level shifter and semiconductor device including the same" was invented by Eonguk Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinsu Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Chanhee Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A level shifter includes: an input circuit receiving an input signal swinging between a reference voltage and a first power supply voltage having a level higher than a level of the reference voltage; an output circuit outputting an output signal swinging between a second power supply voltage having a level higher than the le...