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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshiya Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/18 ;
Abstract
A boosting circuit includes at least two capacitive elements, a first switching element, and second and third switching elements. The first switching element series-connects the capacitive elements. The second and third switching elements respectively supply different power supply potentials to one terminal and the other terminal of each capacitive element.