Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bipolar junction transistor based switched capacitors
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Application No.: US15723841Application Date: 2017-10-03
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Publication No.: US10236825B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Alberto Valdes Garcia , Bodhisatwa Sadhu , Jahnavi Sharma
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.
- Agent Vazken Alexanian
- Main IPC: H03B5/12
- IPC: H03B5/12

Abstract:
A switched capacitor is provided. The switched capacitor includes a pair of parallel component stacks. Each stack is connected to a common top node and a common bottom node. Each stack includes a BJT. Each stack further includes a first resistor in series with the BJT and having a first side connected to a collector of the BJT at an intermediate node in a same one of the stacks and a second side connected to the common top node. Each stack also includes a capacitor having a first side connected to the intermediate node and a second side for providing an impedance. Each stack additionally includes a second resistor having a first side connected to a base of the BJT to prevent base-current surge in the BJT and a second side connected to a switch base control signal that selectively turns the BJT on or off.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180048264A1 BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTOR BASED SWITCHED CAPACITORS Public/Granted day:2018-02-15
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