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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:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/00 ;
Abstract
A charge pump comprising a charge pump core including output switches. The charge pump core, in response to a drive signal, to generate a charge pump output. A limit swing generator, in response to an input signal, to generate the drive signal to control the charge pump core. The drive signal having voltage levels including a high level and a low level. The limit swing generator including at least one voltage generator to control the voltage levels of the drive signal such that the drive signal tracks a process variable of the output switches.