ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,473, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Level shifter" was invented by Wan-Yen Lin (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Chia-Hui Chen (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) and Chia-Jung Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A level shifter includes an input circuit having first and second input terminals configured to receive complementary input signals at a first voltage level and a second voltage level. A cross-latch circuit is coupled to the input circuit, and has first and second output terminals configured to provide complementary output signals at a third voltage level and a...