Patent ID: 11929674
Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 1:
2. The voltage multiplier circuit of claim 1, further comprising:
a further ordered sequence of intermediate voltage nodes arranged between the first input node and the first output node, the further ordered sequence comprising a respective first ordered sub-sequence of intermediate voltage nodes and a respective second ordered sub-sequence of intermediate voltage nodes;
a respective capacitor coupled between each odd-numbered intermediate voltage node in the first ordered sub-sequence of the further ordered sequence and the second input control node, wherein a first intermediate voltage node in the first ordered sub-sequence of the further ordered sequence is configured to be selectively couplable to the first input node;
a respective capacitor coupled between each even-numbered intermediate voltage node in the first ordered sub-sequence of the further ordered sequence and the first input control node;
a respective capacitor connected between each odd-numbered intermediate voltage node in the second ordered sub-sequence of the further ordered sequence and a corresponding odd-numbered intermediate voltage node in the first ordered sub-sequence of the further ordered sequence; and
a respective capacitor coupled between each even-numbered intermediate voltage node in the second ordered sub-sequence of the further ordered sequence and a corresponding even-numbered intermediate voltage node in the first ordered sub-sequence of the further ordered sequence; and
a further plurality of selectively conductive electronic components coupled to the intermediate voltage nodes of the further ordered sequence, wherein:
in the first commutation state of the voltage multiplier circuit, the further plurality of selectively conductive electronic components is configured to provide electrically-conductive paths between each of the odd-numbered intermediate voltage nodes of the further ordered sequence and a respective next even-numbered intermediate voltage node of the further ordered sequence, and
in the second commutation state of the voltage multiplier circuit, the further plurality of selectively conductive electronic components is configured to provide electrically-conductive paths between each of the even-numbered intermediate voltage nodes of the further ordered sequence and a respective next odd-numbered intermediate voltage node of the further ordered sequence, an electrically-conductive path between the first input node and the first intermediate voltage node of the further ordered sequence, and an electrically-conductive path between a last intermediate voltage node of the further ordered sequence and the first output node.