A Low Voltage To High Voltage Level Shifter Circuit For Mems Application

The level shifter often consumes significant power due to high supply voltage and has limited bandwidth due to the low f t of thick oxide high voltage transistors.

A low voltage to high voltage level shifter circuit for mems application.

Wilamowski journal proceedings of the 15th biennial university government industry microelectronics symposium cat. The pre driver circuit which generates the pull up and pull down signal is mainly a voltage level shifter circuit. Processing such as delay and frequency control in low voltage domain following by a level shifter to shift up the signal to high voltage domain as illustrated in fig. For a chip level dvs system level shifters are required between core circuits and i o circuits interface where low voltage logic.

An inverting buffer stage is connected to a supply voltage and coupled to the input voltage divider s output. High voltage 15 v drivers are integrated into the vlsi chip for mems application with the development of soc technology. The pre driver circuit which generates the pull up and pull down signal is mainly a voltage level shifter circuit. Conventional voltage level shifter circuit using high voltage nmos and high.

The simulation result indicates that the magnitude of the vgs. This approach also requires dual supply voltages. The interface of a low voltage and high voltage gates. In 12 the authors presented a low to high voltage level shifter for use in a vlsi chip for mems applications.

It converts the low voltage control signal to high voltage control signal. The transistor stack is connected between an input signal and ground and has at least one output. The pre driver circuit which generates the pull up and pull down signal is mainly a voltage level shifter circuit. It converts the low voltage control signal to high voltage control signal.

Li and bogdan m. A shifter circuit comprises in one embodiment an input voltage divider stage comprising multiple transistors arranged in a transistor stack defining a plurality of intermediate nodes. The design uses a stack of. Conclusion a low voltage to high voltage level shifter circuit for mems application is designed using normal low voltage devices.

The level shifter is a key circuit component in multi voltage circuits and has important implementation 15. 10 1109 ugim 2003 1225712 a low voltage to high voltage level shifter circuit for mems application article pan2003alv title a low voltage to high voltage level shifter circuit for mems application author dong pan and harry w. High voltage 15 v drivers are integrated into the vlsi chip for mems application with the development of soc technology.