Patent ID: 8138815

Claim:
A level converter for providing an output signal switchable between a first output signal level and a second output signal level at a circuit output on the basis of an input signal comprising a first input signal state and a second input signal state, the level converter comprising: a driver circuit formed to provide a driver output signal so that the driver output signal is switchable between two different signal levels depending on the state of the input signal, wherein a level range between the two signal levels associated with the first and second input signal states of the input signal and a level range between the two signal levels of the driver output signal are shifted with respect to each other, wherein an input of the driver circuit is capacitively coupled to an input of the level converter in order to allow for switching between signal levels of the driver output signal by the capacitive coupling in response to a change in the state of the input signal, wherein the level converter comprises a holding circuit formed to keep a state of the driver output signal constant in case of a constant state of the input signal, wherein the holding circuit comprises a static feed-forward between the input of the level converter and the driver circuit input, wherein the static feed-forward comprises a coupling path passing in parallel to the capacitive coupling between the input of the level converter and the input of the driver circuit; and wherein there is a shift between a direct voltage level of the input signal present at the input of the level converter and a direct voltage level of an input signal present at the input of the driver circuit.