Voltage multiplier and voltage multipliers in an amplifier with double rail output
US4691271A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 1986 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02M3/07
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An amplifier with double rail output being a switchable to single rail output is provided by power pumping circuitry which is controllable by an error detector to deliver modulated power pulses from a d.c. power source to on-following current steering circuits for coupling to either or both of first and second output terminals. In one embodiment the amplifier is envisaged in an integrated circuit form wherein the current steering circuits are provided by switched voltage multipliers of novel structure so that voltage stress of some capacitive elements is reduced, thereby reducing the area these elements would otherwise occupy in the integrated circuit.
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