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

The pre driver circuit which generates the pull up and pull down signal is mainly a voltage level shifter circuit.

A low voltage to high voltage level shifter circuit for mems application. It converts the low voltage control signal to high voltage control signal. Conclusion a low voltage to high voltage level shifter circuit for mems application is designed using normal low voltage devices. 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. 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.

For a chip level dvs system level shifters are required between core circuits and i o circuits interface where low voltage logic. The pre driver circuit which generates the pull up and pull down signal is mainly a voltage level shifter circuit. 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. 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.

Conventional voltage level shifter circuit using high voltage nmos and high. The design uses a stack of. This approach also requires dual supply voltages. Wilamowski journal proceedings of the 15th biennial university government industry microelectronics symposium cat.

Simulation result of the proposed voltage level shifter circuit. The pre driver circuit which generates the pull up and pull down signal is mainly a voltage level shifter circuit. The simulation result indicates that the magnitude of the vgs. Li and bogdan m.

High voltage 15 v drivers are integrated into the vlsi chip for mems application with the development of soc technology. In 12 the authors presented a low to high voltage level shifter for use in a vlsi chip for mems applications. An inverting buffer stage is connected to a supply voltage and coupled to the input voltage divider s output. It features zero dc current consumption while reduces internal voltage swing.

High voltage 15 v drivers are integrated into the vlsi chip for mems application with the development of soc technology. The level shifter is a key circuit component in multi voltage circuits and has important implementation 15. It converts the low voltage control signal to high voltage control signal.