Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-mode switched capacitor dc-dc voltage converter
- Patent Title (中): 多模开关电容器dc-dc电压转换器
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Application No.: US12167383Application Date: 2008-07-03
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Publication No.: US07923865B2Publication Date: 2011-04-12
- Inventor: Abraham Lodewijk Melse
- Applicant: Abraham Lodewijk Melse
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agent Stephen W. Bauer; Michael J. Ostrom
- Main IPC: H02J1/00
- IPC: H02J1/00

Abstract:
The disclosure describes techniques for converting an input voltage level to two or more output voltage levels using only two pump capacitors and three switching phases. The disclosure also describes techniques for selectively controlling a dc-dc converter to operate in different conversion modes. One mode may use only two pump capacitors and three switching phases to produce output voltage levels with a first set of conversion ratios. Another mode may use two pump capacitors and two switching phases to produce output voltage levels with a second set of conversion ratios. The first mode may use three different subcircuit arrangements of the pump capacitors. The second mode may use two different subcircuit arrangements of the pump capacitors. A converter may include switches and pump capacitors that can be selectively configured to transition between two or three different subcircuits, thereby producing output voltages according to different conversion ratios on a selective basis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090326624A1 MULTI-MODE SWITCHED CAPACITOR DC-DC VOLTAGE CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2009-12-31
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