Gate enhanced tri-channel positive charge pump

An apparatus comprising:

• a switching device to transfer charge from its input terminal to its output terminal upon activation of said switching device;
• a pull-up device having its first terminal coupled to said input terminal and its second terminal coupled to a boot node of said switching device, said pull-up device to precharge said boot node;
• a pull-down device having its first terminal coupled to said input terminal and its second terminal coupled to said boot node, said pull-down device to discharge said boot node when a gate of said pull-down device is turned on;
• a boot capacitor coupled to said boot node, said boot capacitor to hold a first charge on said boot node when a voltage potential on said boot node is boosted with a first clock signal;
• a control device coupled to said pull-down device, said control device activated with a second clock signal to enable and disable said pull-down device by turning on and off said pull-down device;
• and
• a storage capacitor coupled to said output terminal of said switching device, said storage capacitor to hold a second charge at a pump node, wherein said second charge is boosted with said second clock signal.

An integrated circuit device comprising:

• a positive charge pump of at least two pump cells wherein each cell comprises:
• a cell input and a cell output;
• a first transistor coupled to said cell input;
• a first capacitor having its first terminal coupled to a source terminal of said first transistor at said cell output and its second terminal coupled to a first clock signal;
• a second capacitor having its first terminal coupled to a gate terminal of said first transistor and its second terminal coupled to a second clock signal;
• a control device having a gate terminal coupled to said first capacitor and a source terminal coupled to said second capacitor;
• a diode connected transistor comprising an input terminal coupled to a drain terminal of said first transistor, and an output terminal coupled to said gate terminal of said first transistor;
• and
• a selectively diode connectable transistor comprising a control terminal coupled to a drain terminal of said control device, an input terminal coupled to said gate terminal of said first transistor, and an output terminal coupled to said drain terminal of said first transistor, said selectively diode connectable transistor enabled to pass charge upon activation by said control device;
• wherein a source terminal of said first transistor of a first pump cell is coupled to a drain terminal of said first transistor of an adjacent pump cell;
• and
• a clock generator to generate said first and second clock signals.