Output stage for a low-current charge pump and demodulator integrating such a pump
US6052015A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 9, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03L7/0895
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention discloses an output stage for a charge pump, mainly formed by transistors, for example, MOS-type transistors. This output stage includes capacitive elements intended to compensate charge/discharge phenomena of parasitic capacitances intrinsic to the transistors. A charge pump including such a stage may thus produce a low-value nominal current and enables to completely integrate a phase-locked loop demodulator.
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