Stites & Harbison PLLC
Level conversion circuit
A level conversion circuit capable of realizing low-power/high-speed operation and suppression of variations in input/output characteristics due to variations in source voltage and temperature and device variation. The level conversion circuit comprises: a source follower circuit including a first transistor to input an AC signal of CML level thereto and a second transistor to input a control voltage thereto; and a control-voltage generating circuit to generate the control voltage to be inputted to the second transistor. The control-voltage generating circuit comprises: a replica source follower circuit which is a replica of the source follower circuit including a third transistor to input a central voltage of CML level thereto and a fourth transistor to input the control voltage thereto; and a comparator which controls the control voltage, thereby equalizing an output voltage of the replica source follower and a threshold voltage of a CMOS circuit.
Hitachi, Ltd.
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H03K H03K
inventional inventional
Ryo Fumio Keiichi Hiroki Hisaaki
Nemoto Yuuki Yamamoto Yamashita Kanai