<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Charge pumps are circuits that produce the voltage higher than supply voltage or negative voltage. Today, charge pumps became an integral part of the electronic equipment. The integration of charge pumps directly into the system allows manufacturers to feed a complex system with many specific power requirements from a single source. However, charge pump efficiency is reduced by many phenomena. This paper is focused on the question of efficiency of proposed variant of the charge pump. In this article, the efficiency dependence on a number of stages, output current, clock frequency and MOSFETs sizes was simulated by Eldo. The aim of this study is to determine the MOSFETs sizes and theirs influence to efficiency and the output voltage. Complex optimization of the charge pump circuit will follow in further text.</p></abstract>

Charge pumps are circuits that produce the voltage higher than supply voltage or negative voltage. Today, charge pumps became an integral part of the electronic equipment. The integration of charge pumps directly into the system allows manufacturers to feed a complex system with many specific power requirements from a single source. However, charge pump efficiency is reduced by many phenomena. This paper is focused on the question of efficiency of proposed variant of the charge pump. In this article, the efficiency dependence on a number of stages, output current, clock frequency and MOSFETs sizes was simulated by Eldo. The aim of this study is to determine the MOSFETs sizes and theirs influence to efficiency and the output voltage. Complex optimization of the charge pump circuit will follow in further text.

Efficiency of Innovative Charge Pump versus Clock Frequency and MOSFETs Sizes

Department of Circuit Theory, FEE CTU in Prague, Technicka 2, 16627, Prague,

ASICentrum, a company of the Swatch Group, Novodvorska 994, 14221, Prague,

Measurement Science Review

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Charge pumps are circuits that produce the voltage higher than supply voltage or negative voltage. Today, charge pumps became an integral part of the...

Efficiency of Innovative Charge Pump versus Clock Frequency and MOSFETs Sizes

Published Online: Oct 26, 2016

Page range: 260 - 265

Received: Mar 29, 2016

Accepted: Oct 07, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2016-0032

Keywords
2-phase Charge Pump, non-volatile memory, efficiency, switch size determination

© 2016 David Matoušek et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Efficiency of Innovative Charge Pump versus Clock Frequency and MOSFETs Sizes

Published Online: Oct 26, 2016

Page range: 260 - 265

Received: Mar 29, 2016

Accepted: Oct 07, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2016-0032

Keywords2-phase Charge Pump, non-volatile memory, efficiency, switch size determination

© 2016 David Matoušek et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
2-phase Charge Pump, non-volatile memory, efficiency, switch size determination