Disclosed are a transceiver device (100) and a method for interfacing between at least two different voltage domains (12, 14), namely a first supply voltage domain (12) having a higher first supply voltage and a second supply voltage domain (14) having a lower second supply voltage. The transceiver device (100) has: a first interface (110), which is supplied by the first supply voltage and is adapted to interface to at least one external first digital device (20) operating in the first supply voltage domain (12); a second interface (120), which is supplied by the second supply voltage and is adapted to interface to an external communication bus (24) operating in the second supply voltage domain (14); a first internal communication link (130), which is adapted to transfer transmit data, which can be generated by the external first digital device (20) operating in the first supply voltage domain (12), from the first interface (110) to the second interface (120), and a second internal communication link (170), which is adapted to transfer transmit data, which can be supplied from the external communication bus (24) operating in the second supply voltage domain (14), from the second interface (120) to the first interface (110). The transceiver device (100) may be embodied as a monolithic integrated circuit, which may be implemented in silicon-on-insulator, SOT, technology. The first and the second internal communication link (130, 170) may be based on the principles of one of differential voltage transmission (140, 180) and digital current loop transmission (150, 190).
MONOLITHIC HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSCEIVER CONNECTED TO TWO DIFFERENT SUPPLY VOLTAGE DOMAINS
2021-08-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H04L TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION , Übertragung digitaler Information, z.B. Telegrafieverkehr / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |
Monolithic high-voltage transceiver connected to two different supply voltage domains
European Patent Office | 2022
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