Patents by Inventor Bruno Salvador

Bruno Salvador has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Voltage level translator
    Patent number: 7449933
    Abstract: A low to high voltage level converter includes first and second n-channel transistors arranged to force to the ground voltage a first connection node and a second connection node, respectively. A boosting circuit operates to boost an input voltage of at least one of a first and second control nodes for the first and second n-channel transistors above a low voltage level. The converter further includes first and second cross-coupled p-channel transistors arranged to force to the high voltage level the first connection node and the second connection node, respectively. A digital output signal is taken from one of the first and second connection nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe Goncalves, Bruno Salvador, Olivier Goducheau
  • Voltage level translator
    Publication number: 20070139092
    Abstract: A low to high voltage level converter includes first and second n-channel transistors arranged to force to the ground voltage a first connection node and a second connection node, respectively. A boosting circuit operates to boost an input voltage of at least one of a first and second control nodes for the first and second n-channel transistors above a low voltage level. The converter further includes first and second cross-coupled p-channel transistors arranged to force to the high voltage level the first connection node and the second connection node, respectively. A digital output signal is taken from one of the first and second connection nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe Goncalves, Bruno Salvador, Olivier Goducheau