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EP3979498 - LEVEL SHIFTER CIRCUIT WITH INTEGRATED FEEDBACK CIRCUIT AND DC-DC CONVERTER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  14.10.2022
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  04.03.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip01.10.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NXP USA, Inc.
6501 William Cannon Drive West
Austin TX 78735 / US
[2022/14]
Inventor(s)01 / Shuvalov, Denis Sergeevich
5656 AG Eindhoven / NL
 [2022/14]
Representative(s)Schmütz, Christian Klaus Johannes
NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH
Intellectual Property Group
Beiersdorfstr. 12
22529 Hamburg / DE
[N/P]
Former [2022/14]Schmütz, Christian Klaus Johannes
NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH
Intellectual Property Group
Troplowitzstraße 20
22529 Hamburg / DE
Application number, filing date20199329.230.09.2020
[2022/14]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3979498
Date:06.04.2022
Language:EN
[2022/14]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.03.2021
ClassificationIPC:H03K3/356, H03K19/0185
[2022/14]
CPC:
H03K3/356104 (EP); H03K3/0375 (US); H02M3/158 (US);
H03K19/018528 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2022/46]
Former [2022/14]AL,  AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:PEGELSCHIEBERSCHALTUNG MIT INTEGRIERTER RÜCKKOPPLUNGSSCHALTUNG UND GLEICHSPANNUNGSWANDLER[2022/14]
English:LEVEL SHIFTER CIRCUIT WITH INTEGRATED FEEDBACK CIRCUIT AND DC-DC CONVERTER[2022/14]
French:CIRCUIT DE DÉCALAGE DE NIVEAU AVEC CIRCUIT DE RÉTROACTION ET CONVERTISSEUR CC-CC INTÉGRÉS[2022/14]
Examination procedure07.05.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
06.10.2022Examination requested  [2022/46]
06.10.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
02.10.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
30.09.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[XA]US2001045859  (TSUJI TAKAHARU [JP], et al) [X] 1-6,15 * paragraph [0065] - paragraph [0072]; figures 8-9 * [A] 7-14;
 [XA]US2007164789  (PANJWANI GEETA [IN], et al) [X] 1-3,15 * paragraph [0050] - paragraph [0060]; figures 2-5 * [A] 4-14;
 [X]  - LIU DAWEI ET AL, "A New Design Technique for Sub-Nanosecond Delay and 200 V/ns Power Supply Slew-Tolerant Floating Voltage Level Shifters for GaN SMPS", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS I: REGULAR PAPERS, IEEE, US, vol. 66, no. 3, doi:10.1109/TCSI.2018.2878668, ISSN 1549-8328, (20190301), pages 1280 - 1290, (20190204), XP011708930 [X] 1,8,12,13 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2018.2878668
 [X]  - LIU DAWEI ET AL, "Design of 370-ps Delay Floating-Voltage Level Shifters With 30-V/ns Power Supply Slew Tolerance", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II: EXPRESS BRIEFS, IEEE, US, vol. 63, no. 7, doi:10.1109/TCSII.2016.2530902, ISSN 1549-7747, (20160701), pages 688 - 692, (20160623), XP011615354 [X] 1 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2016.2530902
by applicantUS10270448
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