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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2005
Applicant:
Minoru Sudou, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Minoru Sudou, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A charge pump circuit is provided which outputs a high voltage by using a boosting circuit with a smaller number of stages. A diode is used to give a back-gate voltage for a MOS transistor composing the charge pump circuit, thereby minimizing a reduction in a boosted voltage due to an increase in the threshold voltage of the MOS transistor. In addition, a second MOS transistor is provided between the back gate of the MOS transistor and the ground (GND) such that in-phase clock signals are inputted to the gate of the second MOS transistor and the capacitor thereof.