US Patent Issued to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING on Sept. 1 for "Level shifter circuit and method of operating the same" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,198, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Level shifter circuit and method of operating the same" was invented by Yu-Lun Ou (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Ji-Yung Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yung-Chen Chien (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Ruei-Wun Sun (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Wei-Hsiang Ma (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Jerry Chang Jui Kao (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Shang-Chih Hsieh (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Lee-Chung Lu (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit includes a level shifter circuit, an output circuit, and a first feedback circuit. The level shifter circuit is coupled to a first voltage supply, and c...