- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for charge pumps for radio frequency systems
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Application No.: US14816585Application Date: 2015-08-03
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Publication No.: US09729048B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Jonathan Christian Crandall , Robert Michael Fisher , Curtis Lee Mayberry
- Applicant: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Woburn
- Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Woburn
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: H04B1/40
- IPC: H04B1/40 ; H02M3/07

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for charge pumps are disclosed herein. In certain configurations, a charge pump includes a mode control circuit, a clock generation circuit that generates a clock signal, two or more switched capacitors, and a capacitor charging circuit used to charge the switched capacitors in response to transitions of the clock signal. The mode control circuit can be used to operate the charge pump in one of a plurality of modes associated with different clock signal oscillation frequencies and with different power supply voltages of the capacitor charging circuit. For example, in certain configurations, the selected mode can control an oscillation frequency of clock signal and a voltage level of a power supply voltage used by the capacitor charging circuit when charging the switched capacitors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160036320A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CHARGE PUMPS FOR RADIO FREQUENCY SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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