A High-voltage Floating Level Shifter for a Multi-stage Charge-pump in a Standard 1.8 V/3.3 V CMOS Process

This paper proposes a high-voltage floating level shifter with a periodically-refreshed charge pump topology. Designed and fabricated in a standard 1.8 V/3.3 V CMOS process, the circuit can withstand shifting voltages from 3 V to 8.5 V with a delay response of 1.8 ns and occupies 0.008 mm2. The prop...

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Autores: Palomeque Mangut, David, Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito, Delgado Restituto, Manuel 
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/161767
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/161767
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeue.2022.154389
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Level shifter
Gate driver
CMOS
Charge pump
High-voltage compliance
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Sumario:This paper proposes a high-voltage floating level shifter with a periodically-refreshed charge pump topology. Designed and fabricated in a standard 1.8 V/3.3 V CMOS process, the circuit can withstand shifting voltages from 3 V to 8.5 V with a delay response of 1.8 ns and occupies 0.008 mm2. The proposed circuit has been used in a multi-stage charge pump for programming its voltage conversion ratio. Experimental results show that the level shifters successfully enable/disable the stages of the charge pump, thus modifying its output voltage between 5.35 V and 12.4 V for an output current of 3 mA.