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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2020
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ta-Tung Yen, San Jose, CA (US);

Chunping Song, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Guoyong Guo, San Jose, CA (US);

Hector Ivan Oporta, San Jose, CA (US);

Ahmed Abdelmoaty, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/07 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/073 (2013.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01);
Abstract

Techniques and apparatus for supplying power to gate drivers of a switched-mode power supply (SMPS) circuit. One example power supply circuit generally includes a SMPS circuit having a first input voltage node and a second input voltage node, and a charge pump. The charge pump generally includes a first capacitive element having a first terminal and a second terminal; a first switch coupled between a first input node of the charge pump and the first terminal of the first capacitive element; a second switch coupled between the second terminal of the first capacitive element and a second input node of the charge pump; a third switch coupled between the first terminal of the first capacitive element and the first input voltage node of the SMPS circuit; and a fourth switch coupled between the second terminal of the first capacitive element and the second input voltage node of the SMPS circuit.


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