Electric power conversion systems – Current conversion – With voltage multiplication means
Patent
1997-12-15
1998-12-08
Berhane, Adolf Deneke
Electric power conversion systems
Current conversion
With voltage multiplication means
327108, H02M 318, H02K 513
Patent
active
058479465
ABSTRACT:
A bus switch is constructed from an n-channel transistor. The gate terminal of the n-channel transistor is boosted above the power supply (Vcc) to increase current drive and reduce the channel resistance of the bus switch. The gate terminal is connected to a boosted node. When the bus switch is turned on, a pulse is generated to drive the boosted node from ground to Vcc. The boosted node is also an input of a delay line. After a delay through the delay line, the pulsed pull-up is turned off. Feeding the boosted node to the delay line allows the pulse to be self-timed. The delay line then drives the back-side of a capacitor from ground to Vcc. This voltage swing is coupled through the capacitor to the boosted node, driving the boosted node about 1.3 volts above Vcc. A small keeper transistor supplies a small current to the boosted node to counteract any leakage. This leaker transistor is connected to a charge pump, and the delay line that enables this keeper transistor is also connected to the charge pump. A precise sequence of events boosts the gate voltage of the bus switch above Vcc without drawing large currents from the charge pump.
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Auvinen Stuart T.
Berhane Adolf Deneke
Pericom Semiconductor Corp.
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