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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
May. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Eric Schwartz, San Carlos, CA (US);
Tse Nga Ng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/07 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/07 (2013.01); H01L 21/02288 (2013.01);
Abstract
A voltage multiplier includes a supply voltage, at least two multiplier stages electrically connected together, each stage having a trigger voltage terminal, an input terminal, an output terminal, and a capacitor, and each stage connected to the supply voltage, an input stage electrically connected to a first of the at least two multiplier stages, and an output stage electrically connected to a final of the at least two multiplier stages.