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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Yoram Betser, Mazkeret Batya, IL;
Alexander Kushnarenko, Haifa, IL;
Oleg Dadashev, Hadera, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Saifun Semiconductors Ltd., Netanya, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/00 (2006.01); G01R 29/00 (2006.01); G05F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for regulating current consumption and output current of a charge pump. According to some embodiments of the present invention, a first current coming into the charge pump and a second current coming into a driver of at least one of one or more stages of the charge pump is measured. A control loop may regulate one or more parameters of the charge pump and/or a load connected to the charge pump, such as by adjusting one or more of: a supply voltage; a stage's voltage; the stage's frequency and/or duty-cycle; and the number of stages.