Drive control circuit of charged pump circuit
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1. A drive control circuit for a charge pump circuit, the charge pump circuit includinga plurality of rectification elements connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal, each of the rectification elements respectively including a node, and a plurality of capacitors each respectively having a first end and a second end, the first ends of the capacitors being coupled to respective ones of the nodes and clock signals being provided to the second ends of the capacitors, the charge pump circuit having a plurality of drive steps which raise a power source voltage that is supplied to the input terminal based on the clock signals, the clock signals including first and second clock signals which respectively change level, so that the clock signals provided to the capacitors coupled to the nodes of immediately adjacent ones of the rectification elements have high level periods that do not coincide, the drive control circuit comprising:
- a power source voltage detecting circuit that detects the power source voltage at the input terminal;
a control circuit that changes a number of drive steps of the charge pump circuit based on the detected power source voltage; and
a by-pass circuit that selectively by-passes the drive steps of the charge pump circuit to provide a final output of the changed number of drive steps directly to the output terminal, in accordance with the change in the number of drive steps.
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Abstract
A drive control circuit of a charged pump circuit has a power source voltage detecting circuit for detecting a power source voltage, a control circuit for changing the number of the drive steps of the charged pump circuit in accordance with the detected output of the power source voltage detecting circuit, and a by-pass circuit for allowing an output at the last step to be by-passed towards an output side of the drive steps in accordance with a change in the number of drive steps of the charged pump circuit.
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1. A drive control circuit for a charge pump circuit, the charge pump circuit including
a plurality of rectification elements connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal, each of the rectification elements respectively including a node, and a plurality of capacitors each respectively having a first end and a second end, the first ends of the capacitors being coupled to respective ones of the nodes and clock signals being provided to the second ends of the capacitors, the charge pump circuit having a plurality of drive steps which raise a power source voltage that is supplied to the input terminal based on the clock signals, the clock signals including first and second clock signals which respectively change level, so that the clock signals provided to the capacitors coupled to the nodes of immediately adjacent ones of the rectification elements have high level periods that do not coincide, the drive control circuit comprising: -
a power source voltage detecting circuit that detects the power source voltage at the input terminal;
a control circuit that changes a number of drive steps of the charge pump circuit based on the detected power source voltage; and
a by-pass circuit that selectively by-passes the drive steps of the charge pump circuit to provide a final output of the changed number of drive steps directly to the output terminal, in accordance with the change in the number of drive steps. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A drive control circuit for a charge pump circuit, the charge pump circuit including
a plurality of first rectification elements connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal, each of the first rectification elements respectively including a node, a plurality of capacitors each respectively having a first end and a second end, the first ends of the capacitors being coupled to respective ones of the nodes and clock signals being provided to the second ends of the capacitors, and second rectification elements as an output voltage clamp connected between the output terminal and ground, the charge pump circuit having a plurality of drive steps which raise a power source voltage that is supplied to the input terminal based on the clock signals, the clock signals including first and second clock signals which respectively change level, so that the clock signals provided to the capacitors coupled to the nodes of immediately adjacent ones of the first rectification elements have high level periods that do not coincide, the drive control circuit comprising: -
a current detecting circuit that detects current flowing in the second rectification elements;
a control circuit that changes a number of drive steps of the charge pump circuit based on the detected current; and
a by-pass circuit that selectively by-passes the drive steps of the charge pump circuit to provide a final output of the changed number of drive steps directly to the output terminal, in accordance with the change in the number of drive steps. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A drive control circuit for a charge pump circuit, the charge pump circuit including
a plurality of rectification elements connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal, each of the rectification elements respectively including a node, and a plurality of capacitors each respectively having a first end and a second end, the first ends of the capacitors being coupled to respective ones of the nodes and clock signals being provided to the second ends of the capacitors, the charge pump circuit having a plurality of drive steps which raise a power source voltage that is supplied to the input terminal based on the clock signals, the clock signals including first and second clock signals which respectively change level, so that the clock signals provided to the capacitors coupled to the nodes of immediately adjacent ones of the rectification elements have high level periods that do not coincide, the drive control circuit comprising: -
a power source voltage detecting circuit that detects the power source voltage at the input terminal;
a control circuit that changes a number of drive steps of the charge pump circuit based on the detected power source voltage; and
a by-pass circuit that selectively by-passes the drive steps of the charge pump circuit to couple the input terminal directly to a first drive step of the changed number of drive steps, in accordance with the change in the number of drive steps. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A drive control circuit for a charge pump circuit, the charge pump circuit including
a plurality of first rectification elements connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal, each of the first rectification elements respectively including a node, a plurality of capacitors each respectively having a first end and a second end, the first ends of the capacitors being coupled to respective ones of the nodes and clock signals being provided to the second ends of the capacitors, and second rectification elements as an output voltage clamp connected between the output terminal and ground, the charge pump circuit having a plurality of drive steps which raise a power source voltage that is supplied to the input terminal based on the clock signals, the clock signals including first and second clock signals which respectively change level, so that the clock signals provided to the capacitors coupled to the nodes of immediately adjacent ones of the first rectification elements have high level periods that do not coincide, the drive control circuit comprising: -
a current detecting circuit that detects current flowing in the second rectification elements;
a control circuit that changes a number of drive steps of the charge pump circuit based on the detected current; and
a by-pass circuit that selectively by-passes the drive steps of the charge pump circuit to couple the input terminal directly to a first drive step of the changed number of drive steps, in accordance with the change in the number of drive steps. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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Current AssigneeOki Semiconductor Company Limited (ROHM Co., Ltd.)
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Original AssigneeOKI Electric Industry Company Limited
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InventorsSugimura, Naoaki
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Primary Examiner(s)Nu Ton, My-Trang
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Assistant Examiner(s)ENGLUND, TERRY LEE
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Application NumberUS09/362,500Time in Patent Office795 DaysField of Search327/535, 327/536, 327/537, 363/59, 363/60, 323/313US Class Current327/536CPC Class CodesH02M 3/073 Charge pumps of the Schenke...
