Electrical transmission or interconnection systems – Capacitor – Parallel-charge – series-discharge
Patent
1996-07-19
1998-06-02
Elms, Richard T.
Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Capacitor
Parallel-charge, series-discharge
327306, 327536, 363 60, H02M 318
Patent
active
057604975
ABSTRACT:
A charge pump circuit includes a plurality of voltage boost stages that are mutually parallel-connected between a supply line and an output line. Each of the stages includes first and second charge storing devices in each of which a first terminal is connected to a charge/discharge node and a second terminal is connected to a boost node to switch between a first charge state and a second charge state for transferring a charge to the output line. Each stage also includes an inverter with an input node connected to the boost node related to the first charge storing device and an output node which is connected to the boost node related to the second charge storing device. Further, a first charge transfer diode, which is connected between the charge/discharge node related to the first charge storing device and the output line and a second charge transfer diode, which is connected between the charge/discharge node related to the second charge storing device and the output line are also included in each stage. Each one of the voltage boost stages includes an additional diode that is connected between the charge/discharge node related to the first charge storing device and the output line. The additional diode discharges the first charge storing device when a potential of the output line is lower than a potential, minus the threshold of the additional diode, of the charge/discharge node related to the first charge storing device.
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Elms Richard T.
SGS--Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l.
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