Patent ID: 8232835
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: H02M

Abstract:
1. A charge pump circuit comprising: a first circuit comprising a first capacitor and a first group of switching elements and controlling the first group of switching elements according to first and second switching signals to transfer a voltage charged in the first capacitor to a target terminal during a first period and to charge the first capacitor with a reference voltage applied to a first input terminal during a second period; and a second circuit comprising a second capacitor, a third capacitor connected between an output terminal and a ground terminal and a second group of switching elements, and controlling the second group of switching elements according to the first and second switching signals to connect a first terminal of the second capacitor to the ground terminal during the first period, connect the first terminal of the second capacitor to a power supply voltage input terminal during the second period, connect a second terminal of the second capacitor to the power supply voltage input terminal when a voltage of the second terminal of the second capacitor is lower than a voltage of the target terminal during the first period, and connect the second terminal of the second capacitor to the output terminal during the second period.