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- Patent Title: Charge pump with reduced energy consumption through charge sharing and clock boosting suitable for high voltage word line in flash memories
- Patent Title (中): 电荷泵通过电荷共享和时钟提升降低能耗,适用于闪存中的高电压字线
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Application No.: US12509367Application Date: 2009-07-24
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Publication No.: US08339183B2Publication Date: 2012-12-25
- Inventor: Khin Htoo , Feng Pan , Byungki Woo , Trung Pham , Yuxin Wang
- Applicant: Khin Htoo , Feng Pan , Byungki Woo , Trung Pham , Yuxin Wang
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: SanDisk Technologies Inc.
- Current Assignee: SanDisk Technologies Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Main IPC: G05F1/10
- IPC: G05F1/10

Abstract:
A charge pump circuit for generating an output voltage is described. Charge pump circuits typically have two branches. As the clocks supplying the branches of a charge pump circuit alternate, the output of each branch will alternately provide an output voltage, which are then combined to form the pump output. The techniques described here allow charge to be transferred between the two branches, so that as the capacitor of one branch discharges, it is used to charge up the capacitor in the other branch. An exemplary embodiment using a voltage doubler-type of circuit, with the charge transfer between the branches accomplished using a switch controller by a boosted version of the clock signal, which is provided by a one-sided voltage doubler.
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