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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2009
Hynek Saman, Beroun, CZ;
Jim Brown, Livingston, GB;
Hynek Saman, Beroun, CZ;
Jim Brown, Livingston, GB;
Dialog Semiconductor GmbH, Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern, DE;
Abstract
Systems and methods to achieve a charge pump for generating from single supply voltage energy efficient supply voltages having a value of ±⅙ Vdd, ±⅕ Vdd, ±¼ Vdd, ±⅓ Vdd, ±½ Vdd or ±1 Vdd that are symmetrical around ground voltage have been disclosed. The charge pump requires two flying capacitors only. The charge pump generates positive and negative supply voltages following a 1/N ratio of Vdd voltage, i.e. +−Vdd/N, and can be generalized to generate +/−Vdd/2voltages. This is especially useful for supplying class-G amplifiers with a voltage or power, which is just enough e.g. for an audio signal to be correctly generated at the output of the amplifier.