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Voltage boosting circuit of a semiconductor memory circuit

US5610549A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 1995
Grant dateMar 11, 1997
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C5/145
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A voltage booting circuit for boosting a supply voltage VCC supplied from a system to a desired boosting voltage VPP level. The voltage boosting circuit includes a transmission transistor formed by a triple-well process. The transmission transistor has bipolar characteristics and operates as a bipolar diode.

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