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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:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark R Thomann, Boise, ID (US);
Paul M Fuller, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
326 88 ; 326 92 ; 326 68 ;
Abstract
A voltage elevation circuit supplying additional voltage for gate switching having an elevated power supply connected to a first node of a capacitor using a transistor. The elevated power supply and booting circuit providing additional voltage for gate switching applications. One application is a MOSFET output driver application having a 3 Volt power supply. One configuration using a switch to charge a capacitor using a first voltage supply and then providing additional voltage by a boot device and by switching in an elevated power supply to maintain an elevated voltage at the node.