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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manfred Mauthe, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
363 60 ; 363 59 ; 307110 ;
Abstract
integrated voltage multiplier circuit for low supply voltage. In order to improve the signal-to-noise ratio in battery-operated switched capacitor filter circuits in hearing aids, the range of modulation can be increased by doubling the supply voltage. A circuit for voltage multiplication in CMOS technology generates a negative voltage for a given voltage. In order to be able to utilize both clock phases, a two-stage embodiment is selected, both of these working onto a smoothing capacitor. The voltage multiplier circuit is driven by a fourth inverter stage and with a level converter having a connected, third inverter stage.