Patent ID: 7453313
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: H02M,H03L

Abstract:
1. A charge pumping circuit for performing push and pull operations in accordance with first and second control signals, comprising: a first switch for controlling one of the push and pull operations in accordance with said first control signal; a current mirror circuit constructed from transistors each having a different polarity from a transistor used for constructing said first switch; a second switch for controlling current input to said current mirror circuit in accordance with said second control signal, said second switch being constructed from a transistor having the same characteristic as said transistor used for constructing said first switch; a first MOS capacitor one end of which is connected to an input side of said current mirror circuit; a second MOS capacitor receiving, at one end thereof, a current concerned with the push and pull operations; and a voltage buffer whose input end is connected to the other end of said second MOS capacitor and whose output end is connected to the other end of said first MOS capacitor, wherein the other of the push and pull operations is performed with an output current of said current mirror circuit.