US 2014/0211575 A1Published application

Charge Pump Circuit and Memory

AssigneeShanghai Huahong Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation

InventorGuangjun YANG

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Abstract

Charge pump circuit and memory are provided. The charge pump circuit includes a clock driving unit, a voltage boosting unit, a boosting swing control unit, a first and second NMOS tubes, a first and second current mirror units. The clock driving unit is adapted to form and output clock driving signals to the voltage boosting unit. The voltage boosting unit is adapted to boost voltage and output it to the boosting swing control unit and the first current minor unit. The boosting swing control unit is adapted to output boosting swing control signals to the first NMOS tube. The first current minor unit is to output first mirror current and the second current minor unit is to minor the first mirror current and output second minor current. Frequency of the clock driving signal varies with leakage current load, and size of the charge pump circuit and power consumption are reduced.

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Dependent claims

A charge pump circuit, comprising a clock driving unit, a voltage boosting unit, a boosting swing control unit, a first NMOS (N-type Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) tube, a first current minor unit, a second NMOS tube and a second current mirror unit;

wherein the clock driving unit is adapted to form a clock driving signal based on a second mirror current output by the second current minor unit and output the clock driving signal to the voltage boosting unit;
the voltage boosting unit is adapted to boost a voltage based on the clock driving signal and output a boosted voltage to the boosting swing control unit and the first current minor unit;
the boosting swing control unit is adapted to output a boosting swing control signal to a gate electrode of the first NMOS tube based on the boosted voltage;
the first current mirror unit comprises a first PMOS tube and a second PMOS (P-type Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) tube, where gate electrodes of the first and second PMOS tubes are connected, source electrodes of the first and second PMOS tubes are connected and input with the boosted voltage, a drain electrode and the gate electrode of the first PMOS tube are connected with a drain electrode of the first NMOS tube, and a drain electrode of the second PMOS tube outputs the first minor current;
a source electrode of the first NMOS tube is an output terminal of the charge pump circuit, a gate electrode of the second NMOS tube is input with a first voltage and a drain electrode thereof is connected with the drain electrode of the second PMOS tube;
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the second current mirror unit comprises a third NMOS tube and a fourth NMOS tube, where gate electrodes of the third and fourth NMOS tubes are connected, source electrodes of the third and fourth NMOS tubes are input with a second voltage, a drain electrode and the gate electrode of the third NMOS tube are connected with the source electrode of the second NMOS tube, and a drain electrode of the fourth NMOS tube outputs the second minor current, and the second voltage is lower than the first voltage.

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A memory, comprising an erasing control unit, a decoding circuit, a memory array and a charge pump circuit which comprises a clock driving unit, a voltage boosting unit, a boosting swing control unit, a first NMOS tube, a first current mirror unit, a second NMOS tube and a second current mirror unit;

wherein the clock driving unit is adapted to form a clock driving signal based on a second mirror current output by the second current minor unit and output the clock driving signal to the voltage boosting unit;
the voltage boosting unit is adapted to boost a voltage based on the clock driving signal and output a boosted voltage to the boosting swing control unit and the first current minor unit;
the boosting swing control unit is adapted to output a boosting swing control signal to a gate electrode of the first NMOS tube based on the boosted voltage;
the first current mirror unit comprises a first PMOS tube and a second PMOS tube, where gate electrodes of the first and second PMOS tubes are connected, source electrodes of the first and second PMOS tubes are connected and input with the boosted voltage, a drain electrode and the gate electrode of the first PMOS tube are connected with a drain electrode of the first NMOS tube, and a drain electrode of the second PMOS tube outputs the first mirror current;
a source electrode of the first NMOS tube is an output terminal of the charge pump circuit, a gate electrode of the second NMOS tube is input with a first voltage and a drain electrode thereof is connected with the drain electrode of the second PMOS tube;
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the second current mirror unit comprises a third NMOS tube and a fourth NMOS tube, where gate electrodes of the third and fourth NMOS tubes are connected, source electrodes of the third and fourth NMOS tubes are input with a second voltage, a drain electrode and the gate electrode of the third NMOS tube are connected with the source electrode of the second NMOS tube, and a drain electrode of the fourth NMOS tube outputs the second minor current, and the second voltage is lower than the first voltage.

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