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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:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 ; G05F 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 ; G05F 3/02 ;
Abstract
A four-phase charge pump circuit suitable for use on integrated circuits, such as flash memory devices, includes circuitry that drives charge pump nodes in two components separated by a time delay. The two components can be triggered by edges from the clocks that control the timing of the charge pump. Driving the charge pump nodes in two components separated by a delay decreases the peak current of the charge pump and improves noise characteristics of a voltage supply or ground line connected to the charge pump.