Voltage generating circuit

• US 9,465,395 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2015
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: M31 Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: M31 Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Fan, Hung-Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): HOUSTON, ADAM D
• Application Number:
  US14/662,255
• Publication Number:
  US 20160098049A1
• Time in Patent Office: 572 Days
• Field of Search: 327/536, 327/540
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/56 using semiconductor devices in series with the load as final control devices G05F1/461 takes precedence

Abstract

A voltage generating circuit includes: (1) a driving unit having an input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the input terminal is configured to receive an input signal, wherein when the input signal is at a first logic level, power is configured to be charged from a first voltage terminal to the output terminal, and when the input signal is at a second logic level, power is configured to be discharged from the output terminal to a second voltage terminal; (2) a first switch configured to couple the second voltage terminal to a capacitance-compensating terminal based on the input signal; (3) a compensating capacitor configured to be coupled between the capacitance-compensating terminal and a third voltage terminal; and (4) a second switch configured to couple the capacitance-compensating terminal to a fourth voltage terminal based on the input signal.

Claims

1. A voltage generating circuit comprising:

a first driving unit having a first input terminal and a first output terminal, wherein the first input terminal is configured to receive a first input signal, and wherein when the first input signal is at a first logic level, power is configured to be charged from a first voltage terminal to the first output terminal, and when the first input signal is at a second logic level, power is configured to be charged from the first output terminal to a second voltage terminal;

a first switch configured to couple the second voltage terminal to a first capacitance-compensating terminal based on the first input signal;

a first compensating capacitor configured to be coupled between the first capacitance-compensating terminal and a third voltage terminal; and

a second switch configured to couple the first capacitance-compensating terminal to a fourth voltage terminal based on the first input signal.

2. The voltage generating circuit of claim 1, wherein the second voltage terminal has a second voltage configured to be adjusted by adjusting a capacitance of the first compensating capacitor.

3. The voltage generating circuit of claim 1, wherein when the first input signal is at the first logic level, a first electric charge is configured to pass from the first voltage terminal to the first output terminal, and when the first input signal is at the second logic level, a second electric charge is configured to pass from the first output terminal to the first compensating capacitor so as to generate at the second voltage terminal a second voltage as an output voltage at the first output terminal.

4. The voltage generating circuit of claim 3, wherein when the first input signal has the number of data periods at the first logic level substantially equal to the number of data periods of the first input signal at the second logic level within a time interval, the first switch has turning-on time substantially equal to turning-on time of the second switch within the time interval and the second voltage is kept at a stable level within the time interval.

5. The voltage generating circuit of claim 1, wherein the first compensating capacitor comprises a plurality of capacitance-compensating units coupling in parallel, each of the capacitance-compensating units comprises a capacitance-compensating switch and a second compensating capacitor coupling in series to the capacitance-compensating switch, and the voltage generating circuit further comprising:

a voltage comparing unit configured to compare a voltage at the second voltage terminal and a reference voltage so as to generate a comparison result; and

a controlling unit configured to control the capacitance-compensating switches based on the comparison result so as to adjust a capacitance of the first compensating capacitor and a voltage of the second voltage terminal.

6. The voltage generating circuit of claim 3, wherein the first output terminal has a first output capacitance, the first voltage terminal is powered by a first voltage, and the second voltage is generated based on the first voltage and a ratio of a capacitance of the first compensating capacitor to the first output capacitance.

7. The voltage generating circuit of claim 1 further comprising:

a second driving unit comprising a second input terminal and a second output terminal, wherein the second input terminal is configured to receive a second input signal inverse to the first input signal, and wherein when the second input signal is at the first logic level, power is configured to be charged from a first voltage terminal to the second output terminal, and when the second input signal is at the second logic level, power is configured to be charged from the second output terminal to a second voltage terminal;

a third switch configured to couple the second voltage terminal to a second capacitance-compensating terminal based on the second input signal;

a second compensating capacitor configured to be coupled between the second capacitance-compensating terminal and the third voltage terminal; and

a fourth switch configured to couple the second capacitance-compensating terminal to the fourth voltage terminal based on the second input signal.

8. A voltage generating circuit comprising:

a driving unit having a first input terminal and a first output terminal, wherein the first input terminal is configured to receive a first input signal, and wherein when the first input signal is at a first logic level, a first voltage terminal couples to the first output terminal, and when the first input signal is at a second logic level, the first output terminal couples to a second voltage terminal;

a first switch configured to couple the second voltage terminal to a first capacitance-compensating terminal based on the first input signal;

a first compensating capacitor configured to be coupled between the first capacitance-compensating terminal and a third voltage terminal; and

a second switch configured to couple the first capacitance-compensating terminal to a fourth voltage terminal based on the first input signal.

9. The voltage generating circuit of claim 8, wherein when the first input signal is at the first logic level, a first electric charge is configured to pass from the fourth voltage terminal to the first compensating capacitor, and when the input signal is at the second logic level, a second electric charge is configured to be shared from the first electric charge in the first compensating capacitor to the first output terminal so as to generate at the second voltage terminal a second voltage as an output voltage at the first output terminal.

10. The voltage generating circuit of claim 9, wherein the first output terminal has a first output capacitance, the fourth voltage terminal is powered by a fourth voltage, and the second voltage is generated based on the fourth voltage and a ratio of a capacitance of the first compensating capacitor to the first output capacitance.

11. The voltage generating circuit of claim 8, wherein the first compensating capacitor comprises a plurality of capacitance-compensating units coupling in parallel, each of the capacitance-compensating units comprises a capacitance-compensating switch and a second compensating capacitor coupling in series to the capacitance-compensating switch, and the voltage generating circuit further comprising:

a voltage comparing unit configured to compare a voltage at the second voltage terminal and a reference voltage so as to generate a comparison result; and

a controlling unit configured to control the capacitance-compensating switches based on the comparison result so as to adjust a capacitance of the first compensating capacitor.

12. A voltage generating circuit configured to be powered by a fifth voltage and a sixth voltage, comprising:

a first driving unit having a first input terminal and a first output terminal, wherein the first input terminal is configured to receive a first input signal, and wherein the first driving unit is configured to output a first level signal when the first input signal is at a first logic level and to output a second level signal when the first input signal is at a second logic level; and

a compensating unit, comprising at least a switch and a capacitor and configured to generate a second voltage as the voltage level of the second level signal according to the fifth voltage and the first input signal;

wherein the second voltage is less than the fifth voltage and greater than the sixth voltage, and the voltage level of the first level signal is substantially equal to the fifth voltage or the sixth voltage.

13. The voltage generating circuit of claim 12, wherein the first output terminal has a first output capacitance, and the second voltage is generated based on the fifth voltage and a ratio of a capacitance of the capacitor to the first output capacitance.