Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charge pump circuits and methods
- Patent Title (中): 电荷泵电路及方法
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Application No.: US12868587Application Date: 2010-08-25
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Publication No.: US08258857B2Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Kenneth C. Adkins , Sang Ton Ngo , M. Abid Hussain , Thomas O'Brien , Sridhar Kotikalapoodi , George A. Hall
- Applicant: Kenneth C. Adkins , Sang Ton Ngo , M. Abid Hussain , Thomas O'Brien , Sridhar Kotikalapoodi , George A. Hall
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Summit Microelectronics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Summit Microelectronics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Fountainhead Law Group P.C.
- Main IPC: G05F1/10
- IPC: G05F1/10

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention include charge pump circuits and methods. In one embodiment, a first charge pump receives a voltage and generates a first charge pump output voltage and current for supplying the power requirements of a circuit. A second charge pump is coupled in series with the first charge pump. The second charge pump generates a second charge pump output voltage and current for supplying different power requirements of the circuit. In one embodiment, the first charge pump provides a high current low voltage output to a first circuit and the second charge pump provides a low current high voltage output to a second circuit. Capacitors of the first charge pump may be external to an integrated circuit and capacitors of the second charge pump may be internal to the integrated circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120049936A1 Charge Pump Circuits and Methods Public/Granted day:2012-03-01
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