Abstract:
A transistor switching regulator having a pulse width control which includes a minimum pulse output, a ''''ramp-up'''' start pulse output and a feedback controlled running pulse output sequenced to start up and run the transistor switching regulator in a controlled manner. The three pulse outputs are derived from an emitter coupled astable multivibrator having a linearizing boot strap circuit, coupled to one of its emitter output circuits and having a long time constant for gradually charging the capacitor of the boot strap circuit during the ramp-up operation. A circuit which is sensitive to the boot strap circuit during the charging of its capacitor provides a sequence of pulses of gradually increasing width during the ramp-up operation.
Abstract:
In the pumping circuit a charge is pumped from the substrate of a VLSI chip through a PN diode (D3) to a node (B) in response to periodic input signals coupled through a purnping FET capacitor (T1) to said node (B), said pumped charge then passing through a current sinking FET transistor (T2) to a reference potential, thereby providing a desired substrate voltage to said substrate. … The pumping FET capacitor (T1) has a high capacitance by means of a triple plate structure. In addition a space saving technique of providing a dual use for the source diffusion of the current sinking device in the circuit is applied so as to also serve as the guard ring around the charge pumping circuit of the substrate voltage generator.