ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,168, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS (Grenoble, France).
"Level shifting device and method" was invented by Denis Cottin (Crolles, France) and Fabrice Romain (Voreppe, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An output potential level among two first levels is delivered according to an input level among two second levels. The output potential level is delivered at a first node connecting together first and second transistors electrically in series between two second nodes of application of the first levels. A first DC voltage is delivered by a first voltage generator powered by one of the second no...