公开(公告)号：US07605579B2

公开(公告)日：2009-10-20

申请号：US11602222

申请日：2006-11-21

申请人： Yoram Betser ,  Alexander Kushnarenko ,  Oleg Dadashev

发明人： Yoram Betser ,  Alexander Kushnarenko ,  Oleg Dadashev

IPC分类号： G01R19/00 ,  G01R29/00 ,  G05F1/10

CPC分类号： H02M3/073 ,  H02M2001/0009

摘要： The present invention is a method and apparatus for regulating current consumption and output current of a charge pump. According to some embodiments of the present invention, a first current coming into the charge pump and a second current coming into a driver of at least one of one or more stages of the charge pump is measured. A control loop may regulate one or more parameters of the charge pump and/or a load connected to the charge pump, such as by adjusting one or more of: a supply voltage; a stage's voltage; the stage's frequency and/or duty-cycle; and the number of stages.

摘要翻译： 本发明是用于调节电荷泵的电流消耗和输出电流的方法和装置。 根据本发明的一些实施例，测量进入电荷泵的第一电流和进入电荷泵的一个或多个级中的至少一个的驱动器的第二电流。 控制回路可以调节电荷泵的一个或多个参数和/或连接到电荷泵的负载，例如通过调节以下的一个或多个：电源电压; 舞台的电压; 舞台的频率和/或占空比; 和阶段数。

公开(公告)号：US20080094127A1

公开(公告)日：2008-04-24

申请号：US11602222

申请日：2006-11-21

申请人： Yoram Betser ,  Alexander Kushnarenko ,  Oleg Dadashev

发明人： Yoram Betser ,  Alexander Kushnarenko ,  Oleg Dadashev

IPC分类号： G05F1/10

CPC分类号： H02M3/073 ,  H02M2001/0009

摘要： Measuring and controlling current consumption and output current of a charge pump by measuring a first current coming into the charge pump; and measuring a second current coming into a driver for at least one of the one or more stages of the charge pump. A control loop may one or more parameters of the charge pump and/or a load connected to the charge pump, such as by adjusting one or more of: a supply voltage; a stage's voltage; the stage's frequency and/or duty-cycle; and the number of stages, or by decreasing the current consumption by adjusting a load connected to the output of the charge pump pipe. The first and second currents may be compared with first and second reference currents. A load connected to the charge pump may comprise non-volatile memory cells, and the charge pump may be implemented on a same integrated circuit chip as the memory cells.

摘要翻译： 通过测量进入电荷泵的第一电流来测量和控制电荷泵的电流消耗和输出电流; 以及测量进入所述电荷泵的所述一个或多个阶段中的至少一个的驱动器的第二电流。 控制回路可以是电荷泵的一个或多个参数和/或连接到电荷泵的负载，例如通过调节以下的一个或多个：电源电压; 舞台的电压; 舞台的频率和/或占空比; 或通过调节连接到电荷泵管的输出的负载来减小电流消耗。 可以将第一和第二电流与第一和第二参考电流进行比较。 连接到电荷泵的负载可以包括非易失性存储器单元，并且电荷泵可以在与存储器单元相同的集成电路芯片上实现。

公开(公告)号：US07233192B2

公开(公告)日：2007-06-19

申请号：US11099660

申请日：2005-04-06

申请人： Oleg Dadashev

发明人： Oleg Dadashev

IPC分类号： H03K3/01 ,  G05F1/10

CPC分类号： H02M3/07

摘要： A method includes controlling the connection of a charge pump output to a load capacitor as a function of activation control signals to an oscillator controlling the charge pump. A charge pump system includes a charge pump, an oscillator, a switching element and an enable signal generator. The switching element connects and disconnects the charge pump from a load capacitor. The enable signal generator is connected to the oscillator and to the switching element and enables and disables the oscillator and the switching element as a function of the output of the charge pump.

摘要翻译： 一种方法包括根据控制电荷泵的振荡器来控制作为激活控制信号的电荷泵输出与负载电容器的连接。 电荷泵系统包括电荷泵，振荡器，开关元件和使能信号发生器。 开关元件将电荷泵与负载电容器连接并断开。 使能信号发生器连接到振荡器和开关元件，并使振荡器和开关元件作为电荷泵的输出的功能和禁止。

公开(公告)号：US07221138B2

公开(公告)日：2007-05-22

申请号：US11236360

申请日：2005-09-27

申请人： Oleg Dadashev

发明人： Oleg Dadashev

IPC分类号： G01R19/00 ,  H01L29/94

CPC分类号： G01R19/0092

摘要： A method for measuring output current of a charge pump, the method including providing a charge pump including a plurality of n charge pump stages, wherein an output of stage n−1(Von−1) is output to stage n, an output voltage of stage n being referred to as charge pump voltage output Vout, connecting an additional output pass device to the output of stage n−1, an output voltage of the additional output pass device being referred to as Voutm, forcing Voutm to be at least approximately equal to Vout, drawing at least one of output voltage (Voutm) and output current (Ioutm) from the additional output pass device, measuring Ioutm (e.g., comparing Ioutm with a reference current), and correlating Iout with Ioutm.

摘要翻译： 一种用于测量电荷泵的输出电流的方法，所述方法包括提供包括多个n个电荷泵级的电荷泵，其中输出级n-1（Vo N-1-N）的输出 将阶段n的输出电压称为电荷泵电压输出Vout，将附加输出通过装置连接到级n-1的输出，附加输出通过装置的输出电压称为Voutm， 迫使Voutm至少近似等于Vout，从附加输出通过器件中抽出输出电压（Voutm）和输出电流（Ioutm）中的至少一个，测量Ioutm（例如，将Ioutm与参考电流进行比较），并将Iout 与Ioutm。

公开(公告)号：US06233180B1

公开(公告)日：2001-05-15

申请号：US09244454

申请日：1999-02-04

申请人： Boaz Eitan ,  Oleg Dadashev

发明人： Boaz Eitan ,  Oleg Dadashev

IPC分类号： G11C708

CPC分类号： G11C7/22 ,  G11C7/06 ,  G11C8/18

摘要： A delay device for delaying the activation of a sensing indication signal includes a reference word-line, a reference word-line driver, and a comparator. The reference word-line driver is controlled by a strobe signal, and is connected to the reference word-line and a reference word-line voltage. Additionally, when so indicated by the strobe signal, the reference word-line driver provides the reference word-line voltage to the reference word-line. The comparator is connected to the reference word-line and to the reference word-line voltage and activates the sensing indication signal when the voltage on the reference word-line is at least equal to a predetermined function of the reference word-line voltage.

摘要翻译： 用于延迟感测指示信号的激活的延迟装置包括参考字线，参考字线驱动器和比较器。 参考字线驱动器由选通信号控制，并连接到参考字线和参考字线电压。 此外，当由选通信号指示时，参考字线驱动器将参考字线电压提供给参考字线。 比较器连接到参考字线和参考字线电压，并且当参考字线上的电压至少等于参考字线电压的预定函数时，激活感测指示信号。

公开(公告)号：US6108240A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-22

申请号：US243977

申请日：1999-02-04

申请人： Yoav Lavi ,  Oleg Dadashev

发明人： Yoav Lavi ,  Oleg Dadashev

IPC分类号： G11C16/10 ,  G11C16/14 ,  G11C16/26 ,  G11C16/04

CPC分类号： G11C16/3427 ,  G11C16/10 ,  G11C16/14 ,  G11C16/26

摘要： A method and apparatus for erasing a single floating gate transistor in an array of floating gate transistors is provided. A selected floating gate transistor, which is located in a first row and a first column of the array, is erased as follows. A low voltage V.sub.LOW (e.g., 0 Volts) is applied to the gate of each transistor in the first row of the array. An erase voltage V.sub.ERASE (e.g., 8 Volts) is applied to the drain of each transistor in the first column of the array. An intermediate voltage V.sub.INT (e.g., 3 Volts) is applied to the source of each transistor in the array, as well as to the drain of each transistor of the array that is not in the first column. Under these conditions, only the selected floating gate transistor is erased. Other floating gate transistors in the first column are not erased because the gate-to-drain voltages of these transistors are limited by the intermediate voltage V.sub.INT applied to their gates.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于擦除浮置栅极晶体管阵列中的单个浮栅晶体管的方法和装置。 位于阵列的第一列和第一列中的选择的浮置栅极晶体管被擦除如下。 将低电压VLOW（例如，0伏）施加到阵列的第一行中的每个晶体管的栅极。 将擦除电压VERASE（例如，8伏）施加到阵列的第一列中的每个晶体管的漏极。 将中间电压VINT（例如3伏特）施加到阵列中的每个晶体管的源极以及阵列中不在第一列中的每个晶体管的漏极。 在这些条件下，只有所选择的浮栅晶体管被擦除。 由于这些晶体管的栅极至漏极电压受到施加到其栅极的中间电压VINT的限制，第一列中的其他浮置栅极晶体管不会被擦除。