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Boosting circuit for high voltage operation

US6518831B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 6, 2001
Grant dateFeb 11, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 6, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M3/073
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A boosting circuit for a high voltage operation in a semiconductor memory device for preventing a transistor of a high voltage pump circuit from being destroyed due to an excessive bootstrap voltage in a pumping operation, by controlling the operation of the high voltage pump circuit according to a signal detecting that the bootstrap voltage of the high voltage pump circuit has increased above a predetermined level.

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