Charge pump with Fibonacci number multiplication

A charge pump, comprising:

• a plurality of capacitors;
• means for charging the plurality of capacitors;
• and
• means for serially coupling the charged capacitors such that the negative terminal of a first capacitor in the plurality couples to a supply voltage VCC, the positive terminal of the first capacitor couples to the negative terminal of a second capacitor in the plurality, and so on;
• wherein the means for charging the plurality of capacitors is configured to charge the capacitors such that, when serially coupled and for an integer k greater than one, the voltage across the kth capacitor equals the voltage at its negative terminal and the voltage across the (k−1)th capacitor.

A method of generating voltages, comprising:

• (a) charging a first plurality of capacitors
• (b) serially coupling the first plurality of charged capacitors such that, within the first plurality, a positive terminal of a charged first capacitor couples to a negative terminal of a charged second capacitor and so on;
• (c) charging a second plurality of capacitors from voltages produced by the first plurality of serially-coupled charged capacitors;
• and
• (d) serially coupling the second plurality of charged capacitors such that, within the second plurality, a positive terminal of a charged first capacitor couples to a negative terminal of a charged second capacitor and so on, wherein the charging of the first plurality of capacitors uses voltages produced by the second plurality of serially coupled capacitors, and wherein, during act (b), for an integer k greater than one, the voltage across the kth capacitor in the first plurality equals the voltage at its negative terminal plus the voltage across the (k−1)th capacitor in the first plurality.