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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016

Filed:

May. 17, 2013
Applicant:

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., Shanghai, CN;

Inventors:

Shicong Zhou, Shanghai, CN;

Edward Yu, Shanghai, CN;

Xiao Zheng, Shanghai, CN;

Josh Yang, Shanghai, CN;

Michael Yang, Shanghai, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/153 (2006.01); H02M 3/156 (2006.01); H02M 3/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments provide voltage regulator circuitry and devices. An exemplary voltage regulator circuitry can include a current comparing unit configured to convert an output voltage from a charge pump to a current and to compare the current with at least two different reference currents to generate a comparison result. A logic controller can be configured to generate a clock frequency adjustment signal based on the comparison result. A programmable clock unit can be configured to adjust a frequency of a clock signal according to the clock frequency adjustment signal to send the clock signal to the charge pump. Accordingly, the disclosed voltage regulator device can have reduced power consumption and improved reliability.


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