Voltage booster

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8461909
APP PUB NO 20120169408A1
SERIAL NO

13340118

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A voltage booster device may include a plurality of multiplication stages arranged in a sequence so that an input terminal of each multiplication stage, with the exception of a first multiplication stage, is connected to an output terminal of a previous multiplication stage. Each multiplication stage may include pumping circuitry for accumulating an electric charge proportional to a pump voltage value of the multiplication stage. Each multiplication stage may also include a phase signal generating circuit for switching the multiplication stages between a transfer phase and a maintaining phase. In at least one of the stages, the pumping circuitry may include at least two series connected charge accumulators. A terminal may be shared between the charge accumulators and may be connected through biasing circuitry to an output terminal of a previous multiplication stage for forcing the charge accumulators within a threshold potential drop value.

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STMICROELECTRONICS S R LAGRATTE BRIANZA (MB)

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Disegni, Fabio Enrico Carlo Spino d'adda, IT 41 43
Spampinato, Marco Messina, IT 1 0

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