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Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2017
Applicant:

Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Xu Zhang, Milpitas, CA (US);

Jian Li, San Jose, CA (US);

San Hwa Chee, San Ramon, CA (US);

Assignee:

Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 3/07 (2006.01); H02M 1/36 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/07 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 1/36 (2013.01); H02M 3/073 (2013.01); H02M 2003/072 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system of driving a switched capacitor converter having a plurality of switches. A first driver coupled to a first switch is powered by providing a first reference voltage level VCC to a first supply and a GND reference to a second supply node of the first driver. A second driver coupled to a second switch is powered by providing a unidirectional path between the first supply node of a first driver and the first supply node of the second driver and by keeping OFF the second switch while turning ON the first switch. A third driver coupled to a third switch is powered by providing a unidirectional path between the first supply node of a second driver and the first supply node of the third driver and by keeping OFF the first and third switch while turning ON the second switch.


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