Electric power conversion systems – Current conversion – With voltage multiplication means
Patent
1988-11-14
1990-01-30
Salce, Patrick R.
Electric power conversion systems
Current conversion
With voltage multiplication means
307110, 0 2M 725
Patent
active
048977748
ABSTRACT:
A monolithic integrated circuit containing an inverting
on-inverting voltage doubler charge pump circuit is disclosed for converting a unipolar supply voltage to a bipolar supply voltage of a greater magnitude. The unipolar input voltage is placed across a first external transfer capacitor by a first set of MOS switches during a first time period. The unipolar input voltage source is placed in series with the first transfer capacitor and this series combination of voltages is placed across a first external reservoir capacitor by a second set of MOS switches during a second time period. The voltage appearing across the first external reservoir capacitor is placed on a second transfer capacitor during the first time period by a third set of MOS switches. The voltage across the second transfer capacitor is placed into a second external reservoir capacitor with its polarity inverted by a fourth set of MOS switches during the second time period. A dual-collector lateral junction transistor, formed during the conventional CMOS processing steps used to fabricate the MOS switches, is connected as a voltage clamp between a ground potential and the two bipolar DC output lines of the power supply circuit to assure correct start-up conditions for the circuit. Gain reduction devices are placed in the semiconductor substrate to collect minority carriers which would otherwise be injected into inherent parasitic four layer PNPN junction devices created as a result of the architecture of the circuit, to prevent latch-up of the four layer devices. In a preferred embodiment, an RS-232 receiver and transmitter are contained on the same monolithic integrated circuit as the dual charge pump power supply.
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Allen Charles M.
Bingham David
Jones Judson H.
Maxim Integrated Products
Salce Patrick R.
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