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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiep V. Tran, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 ;
Abstract
A charge pump circuit. The circuit includes an input node for receiving a clock signal having cycles. The charge pump circuit includes a pump circuit coupled to the input node, including a first capacitor and having an output node coupled to a second capacitor, the pump circuit operating to provide a predetermined charge the second capacitor in response to a cycle of the clock signal. The predetermined charge corresponds to the amount of charge accumulated on the first capacitor during the cycle of the clock signal.