Voltage charge pump with segmented boost capacitors
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorChristopher P Miller
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Abstract
A voltage charge pump circuit with boost capacitor segments and boost delay chain structures are provided. The voltage charge pump circuit comprising a plurality of boost capacitor segments each of which is individually controlled by a respective signal line of a boost delay chain structure.
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A voltage charge pump circuit comprising a plurality of boost capacitor segments each of which is individually controlled by a respective signal line of a boost delay structure, wherein the respective signal line for each of the plurality of boost capacitor segments of the boost delay structure provides a delayed input boost signal to a respective boost capacitor segment of the plurality of boost capacitor segments,
- wherein a first signal line of signal lines of the boost capacitor segments comprises a NAND gate in series with a first inverter, and
- subsequent signal lines of the signal lines of the boost capacitor segments comprise a pair of inverters in series with a single input and a second NAND gate in series with a second inverter for corresponding boost capacitor segments.
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