Controlled active shutdown of charge pump

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2006-11-28

2006-11-28

Nguyen, Matthew V. (Department: 2838)

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Specific identifiable device, circuit, or system

With specific source of supply or bias voltage

C363S060000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07142041

ABSTRACT:
Circuits and methods to shut down any charge pump having any number of stages have been achieved. The invention is especially relevant to charge pumps, which have a supply that is incapable of sinking significant current, such as a supply derived from an LDO. The shutdown can be done either until all stages have zero voltage or until all stages have the input voltage level. The shutdown is performed in a staged manner, from the output backwards to the input, so there is reduced charge sharing between the capacitors so that no voltage exceeds its normal operating range. An additional advantage of the present invention is that the charge pump can be switched back on, before the shutdown sequence is complete, with all internal and external nodes of the charge pump staying within their normal operating range.

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