A low-ripple voltage tripler

被引:10
作者
Bedeschi, F.
Boffino, C.
Bonizzoni, E.
Khouri, O.
Pollaccia, G.
Resta, C.
Torelli, G.
机构
[1] Memory Prod Grp R&D, STMicroelect, I-20041 Agrate Brianza, Italy
[2] Univ Pavia, Dept Elec, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
[3] Univ Pavia, STMicroelect, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
[4] Memory Prod Grp R&D, STMicroelect, I-20041 Agrate Brianza, Italy
[5] Memory Prod Grp R&D, STMicoelect, I-90135 Palermo, Italy
来源
2006 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS, VOLS 1-11, PROCEEDINGS | 2006年
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D O I
10.1109/ISCAS.2006.1693194
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
This paper presents a low-ripple voltage tripler charge-pump intended to provide a stable supply voltage to the cascaded circuits, thus allowing relaxed design specifications of the latter. The structure, which is implemented by means of an array of charge pump modules sequentially enabled, was developed for a Phase-Change Memory (PCM) device, but it is also suitable for use in other applications. The circuit was integrated in a PCM test-chip, fabricated in 0.35-mu m CMOS technology. An output voltage ripple of only 16 mV has been experimentally demonstrated.
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页码:2753 / 2756
页数:4
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