Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Specific identifiable device – circuit – or system – With specific source of supply or bias voltage
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-24
2008-12-16
Le, Dinh T. (Department: 2816)
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Specific identifiable device, circuit, or system
With specific source of supply or bias voltage
C327S536000, C257S499000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07466190
ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment, a (negative-voltage) charge pump with one or more stages that receives a (high) input voltage and generates a higher-magnitude (negative) output voltage. Each stage has two capacitors for storing charges and two branches that alternate to transmit a higher-magnitude output voltage at every clock half cycle. Each branch has a PMOS transistor and a NMOS transistor. To reduce the effects of back body from the substrate, two transistors are constructed with three wells and two with four wells, where the number of wells per device is dependent upon the substrate type used.
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Agam Moshe
Habib Kazi
Lall Ravindar M.
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
Le Dinh T.
Mendelsohn Steve
Mendelsohn & Associates PC
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