US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on June 2 for "Level shifter with automatic direction sensing" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,117, issued on June 2, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Level shifter with automatic direction sensing" was invented by Deric Wayne Waters (Dallas), Roland Son (Richardson, Texas), Sualp Aras (Dallas) and Ralph Braxton Wade III (McKinney, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bidirectional level shifter circuit includes first and second driver circuits, first and second comparators, and a control circuit. The first driver circuit includes a first driver output and a first enable input. The second driver circuit includes a second driver output and a second enable input. The first comparator includes a first comparator...