@inproceedings{KillatSchmidtBaumgartneretal., author = {Killat, Dirk and Schmidt, J. and Baumgartner, A. and Baraniecki, Robert and Salzmann, O.}, title = {One-chip solution in 0.35 µm standard CMOS for electronic ballasts for fluorescent lamps}, language = {en} } @misc{Killat, author = {Killat, Dirk}, title = {A One-Chip Solution for Electronic Ballasts}, series = {Power Electronics Technology}, volume = {30}, journal = {Power Electronics Technology}, number = {3}, pages = {22 -- 27}, language = {en} } @misc{Killat, author = {Killat, Dirk}, title = {Converter with inductor and digital controlled timing}, language = {en} } @misc{Killat, author = {Killat, Dirk}, title = {Voltage to current converter}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KillatKrenzkeJi, author = {Killat, Dirk and Krenzke, Rainer and Ji, Cang}, title = {A 36-V H-bridge driver interface in a standard 0.35-µm CMOS process}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KillatSalzmannBaumgartner, author = {Killat, Dirk and Salzmann, O. and Baumgartner, A.}, title = {A 14-V high speed driver in 5-V-only 0.35-µm standard CMOS}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KillatBaraniecki, author = {Killat, Dirk and Baraniecki, Robert}, title = {Full digital dimming regulation of fluorescent lamps with -54 dB/Hz light ripple}, series = {Conference record of the 2005 IEEE Industry Applications Conference, fortieth IAS annual meeting, 2 - 6 October 2005, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Vol. 4}, booktitle = {Conference record of the 2005 IEEE Industry Applications Conference, fortieth IAS annual meeting, 2 - 6 October 2005, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Vol. 4}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, isbn = {0-7803-9208-6}, pages = {2734 -- 2740}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Killat, author = {Killat, Dirk}, title = {A Sub-1-V CMOS Bandgap using Forward Body Bias of the PMOS Differential Pair for Reduction of the Threshold Voltages}, series = {Proceedings, 2006 8th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, Oct. 23 - 26, 2006, Shanghai, China}, booktitle = {Proceedings, 2006 8th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, Oct. 23 - 26, 2006, Shanghai, China}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, isbn = {1-424-40160-7}, pages = {1692 -- 1694}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KillatShaoYangetal., author = {Killat, Dirk and Shao, Bin and Yang, Yujia and Hong, Zhiliang and Xu, Chihao}, title = {A Capacitive Step-Down Converter Using a Linear Mode Pre-Regulator for Improved Load Regulation}, series = {Proceedings, 2006 8th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, Oct. 23 - 26, 2006, Shanghai, China}, booktitle = {Proceedings, 2006 8th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, Oct. 23 - 26, 2006, Shanghai, China}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Picataway, NJ}, isbn = {1-4244-0160-7}, pages = {1708 -- 1710}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Killat, author = {Killat, Dirk}, title = {A Low Power and Low 1/f-Noise Transconductance for the Input Stage of a Current Sense A/D Converter}, series = {7th International Conference on ASIC, October 2007, Guilin, China}, booktitle = {7th International Conference on ASIC, October 2007, Guilin, China}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, isbn = {978-1-4244-1132-0}, pages = {277 -- 280}, language = {en} } @article{KillatSchleifer, author = {Killat, Dirk and Schleifer, Horst}, title = {Modeling of integrator leakage in a continuous time delta-sigma-modulator using Matlab}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KillatXuZhuetal., author = {Killat, Dirk and Xu, Weiwei and Zhu, Xiaoting and Hong, Zhiliang}, title = {Design of Single-Inductor Dual-Output Switching Converters with Average Current Mode Control}, series = {2008 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, APCCAS 2008, Macao, China, 30 November - 3 December 2008}, booktitle = {2008 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, APCCAS 2008, Macao, China, 30 November - 3 December 2008}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, isbn = {978-1-424-42341-5}, pages = {902 -- 905}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KillatXuLietal., author = {Killat, Dirk and Xu, Weiwei and Li, Ye and Gong, Xiaohan and Hong, Zhiliang}, title = {A Single-Inductor Dual-Output Switching Converter with Low Ripples and Improved Cross Regulation}, series = {2009 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC 2009, San Jose, California, USA, 13 - 16 September 2009}, booktitle = {2009 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC 2009, San Jose, California, USA, 13 - 16 September 2009}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, isbn = {978-1-424-44071-9}, pages = {303 -- 306}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KillatLiGongetal., author = {Killat, Dirk and Li, Ye and Gong, Xiaohan and Xu, Weiwei and Hong, Zhiliang}, title = {An experimental extracted model for latchup analysis in CMOS process}, series = {IEEE 8th International Conference on ASIC, 2009, ASICON '09, 20 - 23 Oct. 2009, Changsha, China, proceedings}, booktitle = {IEEE 8th International Conference on ASIC, 2009, ASICON '09, 20 - 23 Oct. 2009, Changsha, China, proceedings}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, isbn = {978-1-4244-3868-6}, pages = {1035 -- 1038}, language = {en} } @misc{KillatXuZhuetal., author = {Killat, Dirk and Xu, Weiwei and Zhu, Xiaoting and Hong, Zhiliang}, title = {A single-inductor dual-output switching converter with average current mode control}, series = {Journal of Semiconductors}, volume = {39}, journal = {Journal of Semiconductors}, number = {9}, issn = {1674-4926}, pages = {095012-1 -- 095012-6}, language = {en} } @misc{KillatXuLietal., author = {Killat, Dirk and Xu, Weiwei and Li, Ye and Gong, Xiaohan and Hong, Zhiliang}, title = {A Dual-Mode Single-Inductor Dual-Output Switching Converter with Small Ripple}, series = {IEEE transactions on power electronics}, volume = {25}, journal = {IEEE transactions on power electronics}, number = {3}, issn = {0885-8993}, pages = {614 -- 623}, language = {en} } @misc{KillatHaaseWerker, author = {Killat, Dirk and Haase, Ordwin and Werker, Heinz}, title = {Output driving circuit}, language = {en} } @misc{Killat, author = {Killat, Dirk}, title = {Circuit for voltage monitoring and for generating a reset signal}, language = {en} } @misc{KillatWerker, author = {Killat, Dirk and Werker, Heinz}, title = {Driving Circuit}, language = {en} } @misc{Killat, author = {Killat, Dirk}, title = {High voltage push-pull driver on standard CMOS}, language = {en} } @misc{Killat, author = {Killat, Dirk}, title = {Digital regulation of fluorescent lamps}, language = {en} } @misc{Killat, author = {Killat, Dirk}, title = {Floating gate programmable cell array for standard CMOS}, language = {en} } @misc{Killat, author = {Killat, Dirk}, title = {Comparator with high-voltage inputs in an extended CMOS process for higher voltage levels}, language = {en} } @misc{Killat, author = {Killat, Dirk}, title = {Differential gain stage for low voltage supply}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KillatXuLietal., author = {Killat, Dirk and Xu, Weiwei and Li, Ye and Hong, Zhiliang}, title = {A 90\% Peak Efficiency Single-Inductor Dual-Output Buck-Boost Converter with Extended-PWM Control}, series = {2011 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference digest of technical papers, San Francisco, California, USA, 20 - 24 February 2011}, booktitle = {2011 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference digest of technical papers, San Francisco, California, USA, 20 - 24 February 2011}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, isbn = {978-1-61284-303-2}, pages = {394 -- 396}, language = {en} } @misc{KillatAdler, author = {Killat, Dirk and Adler, Andreas}, title = {Sigma-delta modulator}, language = {en} } @misc{XuHongKillat, author = {Xu, Weiwei and Hong, Zhiliang and Killat, Dirk}, title = {Switching converter having a plurality N of outputs providing N output signals and at least one inductor and method for controlling such a switching converter}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KillatXuLietal., author = {Killat, Dirk and Xu, Weiwei and Li, Ye and Hong, Zhiliang and Schleifer, Horst}, title = {A single-inductor multiple-bipolar-output (SIMBO) converter with fully-adaptive feedback matrix and improved light-load ripple}, series = {2011 proceedings of the ESSCIRC (ESSCIRC 2011), Helsinki, Finland, 12 - 16 September 2011}, booktitle = {2011 proceedings of the ESSCIRC (ESSCIRC 2011), Helsinki, Finland, 12 - 16 September 2011}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, isbn = {978-1-457-70703-2}, pages = {435 -- 438}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{PashminehKillatHongchengetal., author = {Pashmineh, Sara and Killat, Dirk and Hongcheng, Xu and Zhang, Yi and Ortmanns, M.}, title = {An efficiency-enchanced asynchronous buck converter with threshold compensated freewheeling diode}, series = {IEEE 2013 International Semiconductor Conference Dresden - Grenoble (ISCDG), September 26 to 27, 2013, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany}, booktitle = {IEEE 2013 International Semiconductor Conference Dresden - Grenoble (ISCDG), September 26 to 27, 2013, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, isbn = {978-1-4799-1250-6}, pages = {4}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{PashminehKillatHongchengetal., author = {Pashmineh, Sara and Killat, Dirk and Hongcheng, Xu and Ortmanns, M.}, title = {Design of high speed high-voltage drivers based on stacked standard CMOS for various supply voltages}, series = {IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2013, (MWSCAS), Columbus, Ohio, August 4 -7}, booktitle = {IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2013, (MWSCAS), Columbus, Ohio, August 4 -7}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, pages = {529 -- 532}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{PashminehKillatHongcheng, author = {Pashmineh, Sara and Killat, Dirk and Hongcheng, Xu}, title = {Technique for Reducing On-Resistance of High-Voltage Drivers Based on Stacked Standard CMOS}, series = {9th Conference on Ph. D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME) 2013, Session T1A2, Paper ID 23, Villach, 24 - 27th June 2013}, booktitle = {9th Conference on Ph. D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME) 2013, Session T1A2, Paper ID 23, Villach, 24 - 27th June 2013}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, isbn = {978-1-4673-4580-4}, pages = {185 -- 188}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Killat, author = {Killat, Dirk}, title = {A current mode 6-bit self-clocked tracking ADC with adaptive clock frequency for DC-DC converters}, series = {IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2013), Session A1L-H, Paper ID 1418, Peking, 19-23 Mai, 2013}, booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2013), Session A1L-H, Paper ID 1418, Peking, 19-23 Mai, 2013}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, isbn = {978-1-4673-5760-9}, pages = {145 -- 148}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{MezgerKillat, author = {Mezger, Florian and Killat, Dirk}, title = {Digital observer based current loop control for buck converters - Prototype implementation on an FPGA}, series = {23rd International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Istanbul, June 2014}, booktitle = {23rd International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Istanbul, June 2014}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, pages = {1336 -- 1341}, abstract = {Digital observer based current loop control for buck converters - Prototype implementation on an FPGA}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{MezgerKillat, author = {Mezger, Florian and Killat, Dirk}, title = {A digital observer based current loop control for buck converters}, series = {39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Wien, November 2013}, booktitle = {39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Wien, November 2013}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, pages = {181 -- 186}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{PashminehKillatBramburgeretal., author = {Pashmineh, Sara and Killat, Dirk and Bramburger, Stefan and Hongcheng, Xu and Ortmanns, M.}, title = {An LDO using stacked transistors on 65 nm CMOS}, series = {21st European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD), Dresden, September 2013}, booktitle = {21st European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD), Dresden, September 2013}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, pages = {4}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{PashminehKillat, author = {Pashmineh, Sara and Killat, Dirk}, title = {Design of a high-voltage differential amplifier based on stacked low-voltage standard CMOS with different input stages}, series = {38th International Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO), Opatija, Croatia, 2015}, booktitle = {38th International Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO), Opatija, Croatia, 2015}, publisher = {IEEE}, doi = {10.1109/MIPRO.2015.7160237}, pages = {50 -- 55}, abstract = {This paper presents the design of a high-voltage differential amplifier using six different pre-input stage circuits to reduce high-voltage input levels to low-voltage signals. The proposed circuits are designed using 65 nm CMOS process technology with a nominal voltage of 2.5 V and a supply voltage of 5 V. The designs are based on stacked low-voltage standard CMOS transistors. The different pre-input stage circuits are compared to each other in terms of their circuit description, drawbacks, advantages and simulation results. The principle of the five designed pre-input stage circuits can be applied to higher voltage range input signals as well.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KonetzkeRutschHoffmannetal., author = {Konetzke, Eric and Rutsch, Matthias and Hoffmann, Maik and Unger, Alexander and Golinske, Ren{\´e} and Killat, Dirk and Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal and Dixon, Steve and Kupnik, Mario}, title = {Phased array transducer for emitting 40-kHz air-coupled ultrasound without grating lobes}, series = {Proceedings, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 21 Oct - 24 Oct 2015}, booktitle = {Proceedings, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 21 Oct - 24 Oct 2015}, publisher = {IEEE}, doi = {10.1109/ULTSYM.2015.0019}, pages = {4}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{PashminehKillat, author = {Pashmineh, Sara and Killat, Dirk}, title = {Self-biasing high-voltage driver based on standard CMOS with an adapted level shifter for a wide range of supply voltages}, series = {IEEE, Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference (NORCAS), NORCHIP \& International Symposium on System-on-Chip (SoC), Oslo, Norway 2015}, booktitle = {IEEE, Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference (NORCAS), NORCHIP \& International Symposium on System-on-Chip (SoC), Oslo, Norway 2015}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, doi = {10.1109/NORCHIP.2015.7364405}, pages = {1 -- 4}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{PashminehKillat, author = {Pashmineh, Sara and Killat, Dirk}, title = {Design of High-Voltage Level Shifters Based on Stacked Standard Transistors for a Wide Range of Supply Voltages}, series = {SBCCI'15, Proceedings of the 28th Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems Design}, booktitle = {SBCCI'15, Proceedings of the 28th Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems Design}, publisher = {ACM}, address = {New York, NY}, isbn = {978-1-4503-3763-2}, doi = {10.1145/2800986.2801003}, pages = {6}, language = {en} } @misc{PashminehKillat, author = {Pashmineh, Sara and Killat, Dirk}, title = {High-voltage circuits for power management on 65 nm CMOS}, series = {Advances in Radio Science}, journal = {Advances in Radio Science}, number = {13}, doi = {10.5194/ars-13-109-2015}, pages = {109 -- 120}, abstract = {This paper presents two high-voltage circuits used in power management, a switching driver for buck converter with optimized on-resistance and a low dropout (LDO) voltage regulator with 2-stacked pMOS pass devices. The circuit design is based on stacked MOSFETs, thus the circuits are technology independent.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{PashminehKillat, author = {Pashmineh, Sara and Killat, Dirk}, title = {Design of a high-voltage driver based on low-voltage CMOS with an adapted level shifter optimized for a wide range of supply voltage}, series = {2015 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), Cairo, Egypt, 6-9 Dec. 2015}, booktitle = {2015 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), Cairo, Egypt, 6-9 Dec. 2015}, publisher = {IEEE}, doi = {10.1109/ICECS.2015.7440235}, pages = {5 -- 8}, abstract = {This paper presents the design of a high-voltage driver with an adapted level shifter for switching converters. The proposed HV-driver and level shifter are based on stacked standard CMOS, therefore the design is technology independent. The circuit is designed in 65-nm TSMC technology with a nominal voltage of 2.5 V and optimized for arbitrary supply voltages from 2.6 V to 6.0 V. This range is extended by 41.7\% when compared against common drivers and level shifters with the circuit being suitable for a supply voltage range of 2.4 V between 2.6 V and 5.0 V. The total area of the designed level shifter is about 3.8\% of that required for similar circuit in previous work.}, language = {en} } @misc{KillatHuang, author = {Killat, Dirk and Huang, Yan}, title = {Tracking analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with a self-controlled variable clock}, language = {en} } @misc{Killat, author = {Killat, Dirk}, title = {Multi-Stage Fully Differential Amplifier with Controlled Common Mode Voltage}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{HuangSchleiferKillat, author = {Huang, Yan and Schleifer, Horst and Killat, Dirk}, title = {Design and analysis of novel dynamic latched comparator with reduced kickback noise for high-speed ADCs}, series = {21st European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD), Dresden, 2013}, booktitle = {21st European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD), Dresden, 2013}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, doi = {10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662236}, pages = {4}, language = {en} } @misc{KillatKlugeUmbachetal., author = {Killat, Dirk and Kluge, Johannes von and Umbach, Frank and Langenheinrich, Werner A. and Schmitz, Richard}, title = {Measurement and modelling of sensitivity and noise of MOS magnetic field-effect transistors}, series = {Sensors and Actuators : A, Physical}, volume = {61}, journal = {Sensors and Actuators : A, Physical}, number = {1-3}, issn = {0924-4247}, doi = {10.1016/S0924-4247(97)80286-5}, pages = {346 -- 351}, abstract = {The characteristics of magnetic field-sensitive split-drain MOSFETs (MAGFETs) have been experimentally measured. The sensitivity depends on the geometry and the operating point of the MAGFET. Particular attention is paid to the lateral parasitic conductance between the split drains. The equivalent spectral noise density of the magnetic flux density is measured. Additionally, a macro-model of the MAGFET has been developed for SPICE.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KillatKlugeUmbachetal., author = {Killat, Dirk and Kluge, Johannes von and Umbach, Frank and Langenheinrich, Werner A. and Schmitz, Richard}, title = {Sensitivity and Noise of MOS magnetic field effect transistors}, series = {Proceedings of the 26th European Solid State Device Research Conference, Congress Centre, Bologna, Italy, 9 - 11 September 1996}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 26th European Solid State Device Research Conference, Congress Centre, Bologna, Italy, 9 - 11 September 1996}, publisher = {Ed. Frontieres}, address = {Gif-sur-Yvette}, isbn = {2-86332-196-X}, pages = {111 -- 114}, language = {en} } @misc{KillatSchmitz, author = {Killat, Dirk and Schmitz, Richard}, title = {A reflected-light receiver with 2 nA sensitivity using CDS and separate low-pass filtering of the input signal at each clock-phase}, series = {Sensors and Actuators}, volume = {52}, journal = {Sensors and Actuators}, number = {1-3}, issn = {0924-4247}, doi = {10.1016/0924-4247(96)80145-2}, pages = {175 -- 178}, abstract = {The design of an integrated receiver for reflected light using correlated double sampling (CDS) is presented. CDS has the disadvantage that input signals of high frequencies are folded back to the base band caused by sampling the continuous input signal. However, the circuit presented here uses a new method to limit the bandwidth of the CDS input signal. Two filter-capacitors, one for each clock phase, are periodically connected to the input of the CDS circuit. As the input signal is low-pass filtered by the ohmic output resistance of the optical sensor in conjuction with the filter-capacitors, aliasing can be avoided. Measurements of a test circuit demonstrate the effectiveness of this principle.}, language = {en} } @misc{KillatLangenheinrich, author = {Killat, Dirk and Langenheinrich, Werner A.}, title = {Signal processing for magnetic micro torque sensors}, series = {Sensors and Actuators A: Physical}, volume = {46}, journal = {Sensors and Actuators A: Physical}, number = {1-3}, issn = {0924-4247}, doi = {10.1016/0924-4247(94)00913-3}, pages = {315 -- 319}, abstract = {A novel type of signal processing for a magnetic micro torque sensor is described and simulated. The sensor principles are based on a soft magnetic core shaped as a yoke, two current-carrying coils, a soft magnetic amorphous ribbon with strong magnetostrictive properties that is fixed on a shaft, and at least two magnetic flux-density sensors. The sensor determines directly the change of permeability of the amorphous ribbon on the shaft. Nevertheless, the variation of the air gap between the sensor and the rotating shaft affects the measurement principle. Therefore, the magnetic flux density is measured at two positions, one at the face of the soft magnetic core and the other beside the face of the core in the area of the stray flux. The evaluation of these two flux densities yields the distance between the sensor and the shaft as well as the permeability of the amorphous ribbon. The problem arising with this practice is the determination of the sensitivity of the flux-density sensors. As the current-carrying coils are alternately operated in a common and a push-pull mode, the unknown sensitivities of the flux-density sensors do not affect the evaluation of the permeability of the amorphous ribbon on the shaft.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Killat, author = {Killat, Dirk}, title = {St{\"o}rgr{\"o}ßeneliminierende Sensorsignalverarbeitung}, publisher = {VDI-Verlag}, address = {D{\"u}sseldorf}, isbn = {3-18-326509-5}, pages = {XV, 136}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{PashminehKillat, author = {Pashmineh, Sara and Killat, Dirk}, title = {A high-voltage driver based on stacked low-voltage transistors with minimized on-resistance for a buck converter in 65 nm CMOS}, series = {2016 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 15-18 May 2016}, booktitle = {2016 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 15-18 May 2016}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway, NJ}, isbn = {978-1-4673-8721-7}, doi = {10.1109/CCECE.2016.7726692}, pages = {1 -- 5}, abstract = {This paper presents a high-voltage (HV) driver for switching a buck converter. The circuit is based on 3-stacked CMOS using gate control circuits to drive maximum current which indicates minimized on-resistance of the HV-driver thus achieving faster switching. The circuit is designed and fabricated using 65 nm CMOS TSMC process technology with a nominal voltage of 2.5 V and with a supply voltage of 5.5 V. Since the design is based on stacked CMOS transistors, the circuit is technology-independent. The initial on-resistances of the driver pull-up and the pull-down paths have an improvement of 75\% and 36\% respectively. Due to a buck converter switched by the designed HV-driver, output voltages in the range of 0.45 V to 2.45 V can be achieved from different high supply voltages in the range of 3.5 V to 5.5 V. The circuit occupies an area of 0.187 mm2.}, language = {en} }