In perusing my NASA Tech Briefs this month I noticed a nice design idea for you IC types. They claim “High-voltage input circuitry would be combined with standard low-voltage CMOS circuitry.” Other ...

In electronic design, a level translator enables communication between devices whose I/O voltages don’t match. Years ago, the I/O voltages usually matched, because most processor and logic devices ...

From its early days, the semiconductor industry's mantra has been smaller, better, faster, and cheaper. Today's handheld computing devices are more powerful than the first computers, which required ...

Fig 1. A typical CMOS input circuit comprises a “P” and “N” transistor. One is fully “on” for logic high, and the other is “on” for a logic low. Fig 2. When a CMOS input pin is at logic high or low ...