US 12,155,508 B2
Digital isolator
Minoru Nagata, Yokohama Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP); and Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP); and Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/118,271.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-150208 (JP), filed on Sep. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0097302 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 25/02 (2006.01); H01P 1/36 (2006.01); H03K 3/037 (2006.01); H03K 19/20 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 25/0266 (2013.01) [H01P 1/36 (2013.01); H03K 3/037 (2013.01); H03K 19/20 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A digital isolator that is an edge transmission type digital isolator, comprising:
an edge detection circuit configured to detect an edge of a pulse of a signal based on an input signal input through an input terminal, and to output a first detection signal corresponding to a first polarity edge of the detected pulse and a second detection signal corresponding to an edge of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity of the detected pulse;
a driving buffer circuit configured to output a first drive signal based on the first detection signal, and to output a second drive signal based on the second detection signal;
an isolation element configured to receive the first drive signal and the second drive signal on a primary side, to output a first edge signal based on the first drive signal from a first output on a secondary side, and to output a second edge signal based on the second drive signal from a second output on the secondary side;
a receiving inverter circuit having a first gate to which the first edge signal is input and a second gate to which the second edge signal is input, and configured to output a first received signal corresponding to the first edge signal and a second received signal corresponding to the second edge signal;
a latch circuit configured to latch data based on a pulse of the first received signal and a pulse of the second received signal, and to output an output signal to an output terminal according to the data;
a switch circuit configured to switch a state of conduction between a reference potential and the first output of the isolation element, and to switch a state of conduction between the reference potential and the second output of the isolation element; and
a control circuit configured to control a switching operation of the switch circuit by a control signal generated based on the output signal.