Invention Application
- Patent Title: Oscillator and charge pump circuit using the same
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Application No.: US12155876Application Date: 2008-06-11
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Publication No.: US20080252388A1Publication Date: 2008-10-16
- Inventor: Masanobu Kishida , Fukashi Morishita
- Applicant: Masanobu Kishida , Fukashi Morishita
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
- Current Assignee: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP2004-367060 20041220; JP2005-283844 20050929
- Main IPC: H03B1/00
- IPC: H03B1/00

Abstract:
The present invention provides a current-limited oscillator capable of performing stable operation even when it is driven with a low power-supply voltage, and a charge pump circuit using the oscillator. A current-limited oscillator has a delay section that includes a plurality of series-connected inverters to delay an output pulse on the basis of a current limiting level indication signal, and the oscillator further includes at least one first transistor that limits a first current between the inverters and a high potential power supply and at least one second transistor that limits a second current between the inverters and a low potential power supply, wherein at least one of the plurality of inverters is configured as a first inverter that is connected with the first transistor and is not connected with the second transistor, and at least another of the plurality of inverters is configured as a second inverter that is not connected with the first transistor and is connected with the second transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US07804368B2 Oscillator and charge pump circuit using the same Public/Granted day:2010-09-28
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