An Ultra Low-Power and High-Speed Down-Conversion Level Shifter Using Low Temperature Poly-Si TFTs for Mobile Applications

  • Ahn, Soon-Sung (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Choi, Jung-Hwan (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Choi, Byong-Deok (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kwon, Oh-Kyong (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • Published : 2006.08.22

Abstract

An ultra low-power down-conversion level shifter using low temperature poly-crystalline silicon thin film transistors is proposed for mobile applications. The simulation result shows that the power consumption of the proposed circuits is only 17% and the propagation delay is 48% of those of the conventional cross-coupled level shifter without additional area. And the measured power consumption is only 21% of that of the crosscoupled level shifter.

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