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US08339183B2 Charge pump with reduced energy consumption through charge sharing and clock boosting suitable for high voltage word line in flash memories 有权
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

Charge pump with reduced energy consumption through charge sharing and clock boosting suitable for high voltage word line in flash memories
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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