CHARGE PUMPING USING ADJUSTABLE CAPACITOR

    公开(公告)号:US20250023464A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18350664

    申请日:2023-07-11

    Abstract: A voltage supply circuit that generates a voltage on a voltage supply node. The voltage supply circuit includes an adjustable capacitor, an alternating voltage source, a charge source, and an adjusting circuit. When the alternating voltage on the second capacitor terminal transitions low, the voltage on the first capacitor terminal also becomes low, and the charge source provides charge to the first capacitor terminal of the adjustable capacitor. When the alternating voltage on the second capacitor terminal transitions high, the voltage on the first capacitor terminal also becomes high, and charge is thereby pumped from the first capacitor terminal to the voltage supply node. The adjusting circuit periodically samples the voltage on the voltage supply node, and adjusts the capacitance of the adjustable capacitor to increase or decrease that voltage.

    POWER TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT THAT GENERATES INTERNAL VOLTAGE SUPPLY

    公开(公告)号:US20240405768A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18327620

    申请日:2023-06-01

    Abstract: A power transistor circuit suppling an internal voltage to an internal voltage supply node. The power transistor circuit includes external terminals, to each of which signals and/or voltages are applied, for each of the input node, output node and control node of the power transistor. The power transistor circuit includes the power transistor, a current draw transistor, a first diode connected between an external control terminal and the internal voltage supply node, and a second diode connected between the current draw transistor output node and the internal voltage supply node. The power transistor circuit includes a charge pump that receives power from the internal voltage supply node and outputs a voltage to the control node of the current draw transistor. In operation, the internal voltage supply node receives power from the external control terminal via the first diode, or an external input terminal via the current draw transistor and the second diode.

    CURRENT SENSING BY USING AGING SENSE TRANSISTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240393374A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18322441

    申请日:2023-05-23

    Abstract: A current sense circuit that allows for accurate sensing of a power current that flows through a power transistor as the power transistor ages. The circuit includes the power transistor, a sense transistor and a pull-up component. The control nodes of the power transistor and the sense transistor are connected, causing the power transistor and sense transistor to be on or off simultaneously. The pull-up component is connected between the input node of the power transistor and the input node of the sense transistor. When power is provided to the pull-up component, and when each of the power transistor and sense transistor are off, the pull-up component forces a voltage present at the sense transistor input node to be approximately equal to a voltage present at the power transistor input node, causing the sense and power transistors to age together.

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