Fast voltage regulators for charge pumps
US7868604B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 18, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02M1/44
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital multilevel memory system includes a charge pump and a voltage regulator for generating regulated high voltages for various memory operations. The charge pump may include a plurality of boost circuits to boost the output of the charge pump during a fast start up. Afterwards, the boost circuits are disabled to allow the charge pump to generate high voltages without boosting. The boost circuits may be successively enabled to boost the voltage. The boost circuits may be loadless. The voltage regulator may operate in an open loop and may include a resistive divider as a reference voltage for regulating the high voltage from the charge pump. The charge pump may include spread spectrum pump clocking to reduce electromagnetic inference for capacitor or inductor on-chip charge pumping.
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