Patent Publication Number: US-10778092-B2

Title: Negative voltage generating circuit having automatic voltage adjustment function

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This is a Sect. 371 National Stage of PCT International Application No. PCT/CN2017/101217, filed on 11 Sep. 2017, which claims priority of a Chinese Patent Application No. 2017102561485 filed on 19 Apr. 2017, the contents of both applications hereby being incorporated by reference in their entireties for all purposes. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Field of Disclosure 
     The present disclosure relates to the field of integrated circuits, and in particular, to a negative voltage generating circuit having an automatic voltage adjustment function. 
     Description of Related Arts 
     In the field of integrated circuits, 0.35-0.8 μm and below are generally referred to as submicron scale, 0.25 μm and below are referred to as deep submicron, and 0.05 μm and below are referred to as nanoscale. At present, the mainstream production process technology of the integrated circuits is 0.010 μm-0.028 μm. With the CMOS process feature size developing towards deep submicron (below 90 nm), the chip supply voltage is getting lower, even below 1V. At such low power supply voltages, traditional analog circuit structures (such as operational amplifier, current source) will not function properly. 
     In order to make the traditional analog circuit structures work under the extremely low power supply voltage, a negative voltage is used in the integrated circuits. However, usually the CMOS chips are powered by a positive power supply voltage, therefore a negative voltage needs to be generated inside the chips. A variety of negative voltage generating circuits have also been studied successively. However, traditional negative voltage generating circuits still have big problems, for example only the negative voltage with a single level can be generated, and the generated negative voltage is susceptible to changes in load current, and has large fluctuation, which does not provide a stable output voltage. Therefore, a new technical means is needed to overcome the above technical problems. 
     SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE 
     The present disclosure provides a negative voltage generating circuit having an automatic voltage adjustment function, including: a negative voltage generating circuit, generating a negative voltage; and a feedback control module. 
     The feedback control module configures to adjust a negative voltage generated by the negative voltage generating circuit. 
     The negative voltage generating circuit includes at least: a first PMOS transistor, a second PMOS transistor, a third PMOS transistor, a seventh PMOS transistor, an eighth PMOS transistor, a third NMOS transistor, a fourth NMOS transistor, a sixth NMOS transistor, a seventh NMOS transistor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a first inverter, and a second inverter. 
     A gate of the first PMOS transistor is connected with a source of the second PMOS transistor, a gate of the second PMOS transistor is connected with a source of the first PMOS transistor, a drain of the first PMOS transistor and a drain of the second PMOS transistor are respectively grounded, and a substrate of the first PMOS transistor and a substrate of the second PMOS transistor are respectively connected with a power supply. 
     A gate of the third NMOS transistor is connected with a source of the fourth NMOS transistor, the gate of the fourth NMOS transistor is connected with a source of the third NMOS transistor, a drain of the third NMOS transistor, a drain of the fourth NMOS transistor, a substrate of the third NMOS transistor, and a substrate of the fourth NMOS transistor are connected with each other and connected with the third capacitor. 
     A lower plate of the first capacitor is respectively connected with the source of the first PMOS transistor and a source of the third NMOS transistor, a lower plate of the second capacitor is respectively connected with the source of the second PMOS transistor and the source of the fourth NMOS transistor, an upper plate of the first capacitor is respectively connected with a drain of the sixth NMOS transistor and a drain of the seventh PMOS transistor, and an upper plate of the second capacitor is respectively connected with a drain of the seventh NMOS transistor and a drain of the eighth PMOS transistor. 
     A gate of the sixth NMOS transistor is connected with a gate of the seventh PMOS transistor, a connection point thereof is connected with an output end of the second inverter, a gate of the seventh NMOS transistor is connected with a gate of the eighth PMOS transistor, a connection point thereof is connected with an output end of the first inverter, a source and a substrate of the sixth NMOS transistor are grounded, a source and a substrate of the seventh NMOS transistor are grounded, a source of the seventh PMOS transistor and a source of the eighth PMOS transistor are respectively connected with a drain of the third PMOS transistor, a substrate of the seventh PMOS transistor is connected with the power supply, a substrate of the eighth PMOS transistor is connected with the power supply, a source and a substrate of the third PMOS transistor are connected with the power supply, and the output end of the first inverter is connected with an input end of the second inverter. 
     Further, the feedback control module includes: a first resistor, a first NMOS transistor, a second NMOS transistor, a fifth NMOS transistor, a fourth PMOS transistor, a fifth PMOS transistor, a sixth PMOS transistor, and a current source. 
     A gate of the first NMOS transistor is connected with a gate of the second NMOS transistor, a source of the first NMOS transistor, a source of the second NMOS transistor, a substrate of the first NMOS transistor, and a substrate of the second NMOS transistor are respectively grounded, the gate and a drain of the second NMOS transistor are connected with each other, a connection point thereof is connected with one end of a current source, and the other end of the current source is connected with the power supply. 
     A gate and a drain of the fourth PMOS transistor are connected with each other, and a connection point thereof is connected with a gate of the fifth PMOS transistor, a source of the fourth PMOS transistor, a source of the fifth PMOS transistor, a substrate of the fourth PMOS transistor, and a substrate of the fifth PMOS transistor are respectively grounded, a drain of the fifth PMOS transistor is connected with a drain of the first NMOS transistor, and a connection point thereof is connected with a gate of the third PMOS transistor. 
     The drain of the fourth PMOS transistor is connected with a source of the sixth PMOS transistor, a drain of the sixth PMOS transistor is connected with a drain of the fifth NMOS transistor, a gate of the sixth PMOS transistor is connected with a gate of the fifth NMOS transistor, a source and a substrate of the fifth NMOS transistor are connected with each other, a connection point thereof is connected with one end of the first resistor, and the other end of the first resistor is respectively connected with an output end and the third capacitor of the negative voltage generating circuit. 
     Further, a voltage of the output end is obtained by the following formula: 
     
       
         
           
             
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     V D  is a voltage at an output end D, V GSN5  is a voltage between the gate and source of the fifth NMOS transistor, K N5  is a constant, V THN  is a threshold voltage, I u  is a current of the current source, and R is a resistance value the first resistor. 
     Further, the third NMOS transistor and the fourth NMOS transistor are deepwell transistors. 
     Further, the first resistor serves as a resistance value adjustable resistor. 
     Further, when the voltage at the output end is higher than V D , a current flowing through the resistor R decreases, a current flowing through the fourth PMOS transistor decreases, a gate voltage of the fourth PMOS transistor rises, causing a current of the fifth PMOS transistor to decrease and be less than a current of the first NMOS transistor, a gate voltage of the third PMOS transistor then decreases, and a current of the third PMOS transistor increases, causing the voltage at the output end to fall until it returns to V D . 
     Further, when the voltage at the output end is lower than V D , a current flowing through the resistor R increases, a current flowing through the fourth PMOS transistor increases, a gate voltage of the fourth PMOS transistor falls, causing a current of the fifth PMOS transistor to increase and be greater than a current of the first NMOS transistor, a gate voltage of the third PMOS transistor then increases, and a current of the third PMOS transistor decreases, causing the voltage at the output end to rise until it returns to V D . 
     Further, the negative voltage generating circuit and the feedback control module are integrated on the same chip to cooperate with each other, and form a whole. 
     The negative voltage generating circuit having the automatic voltage adjustment function of the present disclosure can automatically adjust the charge current of the charge pump according to the load current, thereby realizing the stability of the output voltage, such that the traditional analog circuit structure can also work normally under the extremely low power supply voltage, and is particularly suitable for the deep submicron process. The present disclosure also realizes the digital adjustment of the output voltage, the negative voltage output is no longer single, and can adjusted according to actual needs. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  illustrates a schematic diagram of a negative voltage generating circuit having an automatic voltage adjustment function according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  illustrates a schematic diagram of a negative voltage generating circuit whose output voltage is digitally adjustable according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  illustrates a schematic diagram of a digital adjustable resistor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  illustrates a schematic diagram of a digital adjustable resistor according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     The implementation mode of the present disclosure will be described below through specific embodiments. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present disclosure according to contents disclosed by the specification. The present disclosure can also be implemented or applied through other different specific implementation modes. Various modifications or changes can also be made to all details in the specification based on different points of view and applications without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure. It needs to be stated that the following embodiments and the features in the embodiments can be combined with one another under the situation of no conflict. 
     It needs to be stated that the drawings provided in the following embodiments are just used for schematically describing the basic concept of the present disclosure, thus only illustrating components only related to the present disclosure and are not drawn according to the numbers, shapes and sizes of components during actual implementation, the configuration, number and scale of each component during actual implementation thereof may be freely changed, and the component layout configuration thereof may be more complicated. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , the negative voltage generating circuit having an automatic voltage adjustment function of the present embodiment includes: a negative voltage generating circuit, generating a negative voltage; and a feedback control module. 
     The feedback control module configures to adjust the negative voltage generated by the negative voltage generating circuit. 
     The negative voltage generating circuit  101  includes at least: a first PMOS transistor P 1 , a second PMOS transistor P 2 , a third PMOS transistor P 3 , a seventh PMOS transistor P 7 , an eighth PMOS transistor P 8 , a third NMOS transistor N 3 , a fourth NMOS transistor N 4 , a sixth NMOS transistor N 6 , a seventh NMOS transistor N 7 , a first capacitor C 3 , a second capacitor C 4 , a third capacitor C 0 , a first inverter INV 1 , and a second inverter INV 2 . 
     In this embodiment, the first PMOS transistor P 1  and the second PMOS transistor P 2  are cross-coupled. A gate of the first PMOS transistor P 1  is connected with a source of the second PMOS transistor P 2 , a gate of the second PMOS transistor P 2  is connected with a source of the first PMOS transistor P 1 , a drain of the first PMOS transistor P 1  and a drain of the second PMOS transistor P 2  are respectively grounded, and a substrate of the first PMOS transistor P 1  and a substrate of the second PMOS transistor P 2  are respectively connected with a power supply VCC. 
     The third NMOS transistor N 3  and the fourth NMOS transistor N 4  are cross-coupled deepwell NMOS transistors. A gate of the third NMOS transistor N 3  is connected with a source of the fourth NMOS transistor N 4 , the gate of the fourth NMOS transistor N 4  is connected with a source of a third NMOS transistor N 3 , a drain of the third NMOS transistor N 3 , a drain of the fourth NMOS transistor N 4 , a substrate of the third NMOS transistor N 3 , and a substrate of the fourth NMOS transistor N 4  are connected with each other to serve as an output end D and are connected with the third capacitor C 0 . 
     A lower plate of the first capacitor is respectively connected with the source of the first PMOS transistor P 1  and a source of the third NMOS transistor N 3 . A lower plate of the second capacitor C 4  is respectively connected with the source of the second PMOS transistor P 2  and the source of the fourth NMOS transistor N 4 . An upper plate of the first capacitor C 3  is respectively connected with a drain of the sixth NMOS transistor N 6  and a drain of the seventh PMOS transistor N 7 . An upper plate of the second capacitor C 4  is respectively connected with a drain of the seventh NMOS transistor N 7  and a drain of the eighth PMOS P 8 . 
     A gate of the sixth NMOS transistor N 6  is connected with a gate of the seventh PMOS transistor N 7 , a connection point thereof is connected with an output end of the second inverter INV 2 . A gate of the seventh NMOS transistor N 7  is connected with a gate of the eighth PMOS transistor P 8 , a connection point thereof is connected with an output end of the first inverter INV 1 . A source and a substrate of the sixth NMOS transistor N 6  are grounded, a source and a substrate of the seventh NMOS transistor N 7  are grounded. A source of the seventh PMOS transistor P 7  and a source of the eighth PMOS transistor P 8  are respectively connected with a drain of the third PMOS transistor P 3 . A substrate of the seventh PMOS transistor P 7  is connected with the power supply, a substrate of the eighth PMOS transistor P 8  is connected with the power supply, a source and a substrate of the third PMOS transistor P 3  are connected with the power supply. The output end of the first inverter INV 1  is connected with an input end of the second inverter INV 2 . 
     In this embodiment, it is assumed that the clock CLK is at a low level at the initial time, the output of the first inverter INV 1  is at a high level, the PMOS transistor P 8  is turned off, the seventh NMOS transistor N 7  is turned on, and the upper plate of the second capacitor C 4  is connected to the ground GND through the seventh NOMS transistor N 7 . The output of the second inverter INV 2  is at a low level, the sixth NMOS transistor N 6  is turned off, the seventh PMOS transistor P 7  is turned on, and the third PMOS transistor P 3  charges the first capacitor C 3  through the seventh PMOS transistor P 7 . As the charging progresses, the potential of the upper plate of the capacitor keeps rising. It is assumed that the lower plates of the first capacitor C 3  and the second capacitor C 4  are both at a level of zero at the initial time. 
     After half a clock cycle, the clock signal CLK converts from a low level to a high level, the output of the first inverter INV 1  converts from a high level to a low level, the seventh NMOS transistor N 7  is turned off, and the eighth PMOS transistor P 8  is turned on. The third PMOS transistor P 3  charges the second capacitor C 4  through the eighth PMOS transistor P 8 , and as the charging progresses, the potential of the upper plate of the capacitor keeps rising The output of the second inverter INV 2  converts from a low level to a high level, the seventh PMOS transistor P 7  is turned off, the sixth NMOS transistor N 6  is turned on, and the upper plate of the first capacitor C 3  is connected to the ground GND through the sixth NMOS transistor N 6 . 
     Due to the charge/voltage holding function of the capacitor, the lower plate of the first capacitor C 3  will be pushed to a certain negative potential. Since the lower plate of the first capacitor C 3  is at a negative potential, the second PMOS transistor P 2  is turned on, the lower plate of the second capacitor C 4  is connected to the ground through the second PMOS transistor P 2 , and the first PMOS transistor P 1  is turned off. Since the lower plate of the first capacitor C 3  is at a negative potential, the lower plate of the second capacitor C 4  is at 0 potential, the fourth NMOS transistor N 4  is turned off, the third NMOS transistor N 3  is turned on, the negative charge in the lower plate of the first capacitor C 3  is transferred to the third capacitor C 0  through the third NMOS transistor N 3 , and the voltage at the output end D is pulled down. 
     After half another clock cycle, the clock signal CLK converts from a high level to a low level, the output of the first inverter INV 1  converts from a low level to a high level, and the output of the second inverter INV 2  converts from a high level to a low level. The NMOS transistor N 7  is turned on, the eighth PMOS transistor P 8  is turned off, the sixth NMOS transistor N 6  is turned off, and the seventh PMOS transistor P 7  is turned on. The upper plate of the second capacitor C 4  is connected to the ground through the seventh NMOS transistor N 7 , and the third PMOS transistor P 3  charges the first capacitor C 3  through the seventh PMOS transistor P 7 . 
     Due to the charge/voltage holding function of the capacitor, the lower plate of the second capacitor C 4  will be pushed to a negative potential, the first PMOS transistor P 1  is turned on, the lower plate of the first capacitor C 3  is connected to the ground through the first PMOS transistor P 1 , and the second PMOS transistor P 2  is turned off. The lower plate of the second capacitor C 4  is at a negative potential, the lower plate of the first capacitor C 3  is at 0 potential, the fourth NMOS transistor N 4  is turned on, the third NMOS transistor N 3  is turned off, the negative charge in the lower plate of the second capacitor C 4  is transferred to the third capacitor C 0 , and the potential at the output end D is pulled down. 
     Driven by the clock signal CLK cycle, the first capacitor C 3  and the second capacitor C 4  alternately charges the third capacitor C 0 . In the case that the output end is not connected with the LOAD, the voltage at the output end D will be pulled to −VCC. The source and the drain of the third NMOS transistor N 3  and the source and the drain of the fourth NMOS transistor N 4  are all at a negative potential. To achieve isolation, N 3  and N 4  are deep well transistors and respectively connect the substrate to the drain. 
     When the output end is connected with the LOAD, the load current IL will supply a positive charge to the large capacitor C 0  and neutralizes the negative charge, which is transferred to the capacitor C 0  from the first capacitor C 3  and the second capacitor C 4 , thereby causing the voltage at the output end D to rise. The effect of combining the two factors is: when the average positive charge provided by the load current IL is greater than the average negative charge provided by the first capacitor C 3  and the second capacitor C 4 , the voltage at the output end rises. When the average positive charge provided by the load current IL is less than the average negative charge provided by the first capacitor C 3  and the second capacitor C 4 , the voltage at the output end drops. When the average positive charge provided by the load current IL is equal to the average negative charge provided by the first capacitor C 3  and the second capacitor C 4 , the voltage at the output end remains unchanged. The average negative charge provided by the first capacitor C 3  and the second capacitor C 4  is equal to the current provided by the third PMOS transistor P 3 . The current provided by the third PMOS transistor P 3  is controlled by a feedback mechanism  102 . 
     In the present embodiment, the feedback control module includes: a first resistor R, a first NMOS transistor N 1 , a second NMOS transistor N 2 , a fifth NMOS transistor N 5 , a fourth PMOS transistor P 4 , a fifth PMOS transistor P 5 , a sixth PMOS transistor P 6 , and a current source U. 
     A gate of the first NMOS transistor N 1  is connected with a gate of the second NMOS transistor N 2 . A source of the first NMOS transistor N 1 , a source of the second NMOS transistor N 2 , a substrate of the first NMOS transistor N 1 , and a substrate of the second NMOS transistor N 2  are respectively grounded. The gate and a drain of the second NMOS transistor N 2  are connected with each other, a connection point thereof is connected with one end of a current source U. The other end of the current source U is connected with the power supply. 
     A gate and a drain of the fourth PMOS transistor P 4  are connected with each other, and a connection point thereof is connected with a gate of the fifth PMOS transistor P 5 . A source of the fourth PMOS transistor N 4 , a source of the fifth PMOS transistor P 5 , a substrate of the fourth PMOS transistor P 4 , and a substrate of the fifth PMOS transistor P 5  are respectively grounded. A drain of the fifth PMOS transistor P 5  is connected with a drain of the first NMOS transistor N 1 , and a connection point thereof is connected with a gate of the third PMOS transistor P 3 . 
     The drain of the fourth PMOS transistor P 4  is connected with a source of the sixth PMOS transistor P 6 . A drain of the sixth PMOS transistor P 6  is connected with a drain of the fifth NMOS transistor N 5 . A gate of the sixth PMOS transistor P 6  is connected with a gate of the fifth NMOS transistor N 5 . A source and a substrate of the fifth NMOS transistor N 5  are connected with each other, a connection point thereof is connected with one end of the first resistor R. The other end of the first resistor R is respectively connected with an output end and the third capacitor C 0  of the negative voltage generating circuit. 
     In this embodiment, the first NMOS transistor N 1  and the second NMOS transistor N 2  constitute a current mirror. The current mirror mirrors the current I u  of the power supply U to the first NMOS transistor N 1 . The fourth PMOS transistor P 4  and the fifth PMOS transistor P 5  constitute another current mirror. When the current supplied by the fifth PMOS transistor P 5  is greater than the current supplied by the first NMOS transistor the gate potential of the third PMOS transistor P 3  is increased, and the current supplied by the third PMOS transistor P 3  is decreased. When the current supplied by the fifth PMOS transistor P 5  is smaller than the current supplied from the first NMOS transistor N 1 , the gate potential of the third PMOS transistor P 3  is pulled down, and the current supplied by the third PMOS transistor P 3  is increased. The source and the substrate of the fifth NMOS transistor N 5  are connected together and then connected with one end of the resistor R. The other end of the resistor R is connected with the output end D and the third capacitor C 0 . The third capacitor C 0  in this embodiment is a large capacitor. 
     When the entire feedback control system is balanced, the current supplied by the third PMOS transistor P 3  is equal to the load current IL. At this time, the gate source voltage of the third PMOS transistor P 3  is as follows. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     In the above formula, K P3  is a constant related to the gate width to length ratio of the third PMOS transistor P 3 , and V THP  is the threshold voltage of the third PMOS transistor P 3 . Therefore, the fifth PMOS transistor P 5  and the first NMOS transistor N 1  are both in the saturation working region, and the currents flowing through them are equal. Due to the action of the current mirror, the current flowing through the fourth PMOS transistor P 4  is also equal to I u. Therefore the voltage at the output end D is as follows. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     In the above formula, V GSN5  is the voltage between the gate and the source of the fifth NMOS transistor N 5 , K N5  is a constant related to the gate width to length ratio of the transistor N 5 , and V THN  is the threshold voltage of the fifth NMOS transistor N 5 . 
     When the voltage at the output end is higher than formula (2), the current flowing through the resistor R will decrease, the current flowing through the fourth PMOS transistor P 4  will also decrease, and the gate voltage of the fourth PMOS transistor P 4  will rise, causing the current of the fifth PMOS transistor P 5  to decrease. The current of the fifth PMOS transistor P 5  is less than the current of N 1 , the gate voltage of the third PMOS transistor P 3  is pulled down, and the current supplied by the third PMOS transistor P 3  is increased, causing the voltage at the output end to fall until it returns to formula (2). 
     When the voltage at the output end is lower than formula (2), the current flowing through the resistor R will increase, the current flowing through the fourth PMOS transistor P 4  will also increase, and the gate voltage of the fourth PMOS transistor P 4  will drop, causing the current of the fifth PMOS transistor P 5  to increase. The current of the fifth PMOS transistor P 5  is greater than the current of N 1 , causing the gate voltage of the third PMOS transistor P 3  to be pulled up, and the current supplied by the third PMOS transistor P 3  is decreased, causing the voltage at the output end to rise until it returns to formula (2). 
     When the load current changes within a certain range, the present disclosure can automatically return to the equilibrium state, and the output voltage is still determined by the formula (2). 
     When no load occurs, the voltage at the output end will be very low, which is −VCC. The sixth PMOS transistor P 6  is introduced to prevent the breakdown of the fifth NMOS transistor N 5  caused by an excessive inter-electrode voltage difference during no-load operation. The source of the fifth NMOS transistor N 5  is at a negative potential. In order to achieve isolation, the substrate is connected with the source. 
     It can be seen from formula (2) that the low output negative voltage can be changed by changing the resistance value of the resistor R. Therefore, the circuit structure shown in  FIG. 2  not only provides a stable negative voltage, but also digitally adjusts the negative voltage. In this embodiment, the resistance value of the first resistor R is adjustable, and its structure is as shown in  FIGS. 3, and 4 . The switch in  FIG. 3  can be a NMOS or PMOS transistor, other line type switching technique well known in the art can also be used. The output voltage is digitally adjustable through the adjustable resistor shown in  FIGS. 3, and 4 , and the negative voltage output is no longer single. 
     Preferably, the negative voltage generating circuit  101  and the feedback control mechanism  102  in this embodiment may be integrated on the same chip The third capacitor C 0  is a large capacitor, which may be a 0.1 microfarad chip capacitor. The circuit may be accessed by means of connecting chip externally. The current source U may be implemented by the band gap benchmark technology, and the current of the current source may be 100 uA. Under the process condition of 0.18 um CMOS, the first NMOS transistor N 1  and the second NMOS transistor N 2  may be a transistor having a gate length of 1 um and a width to length ratio of 20/1. The fourth PMOS transistor P 4  and the fifth PMOS transistor P 5  may be a transistor having a gate length of 1 um and a width to length ratio of 20/1. The sixth PMOS transistor P 6  may be a transistor having a gate length of 0.18 um and a width to length ratio of 20/1. The fifth NMOS transistor N 5  may be a transistor having a gate length of 0.18 um and a width to length ratio of 20/1. The resistor R may be a polysilicon resistor with a high resistance value, and the resistance value may be 50K. 
     The third NMOS transistor N 3  and the fourth NMOS transistor N 4  in this embodiment are required to be a deep well transistor, having a gate length of 0.18 um and a width to length ratio of 20/1. The first PMOS transistor P 1  and the second PMOS transistor P 2  may be a transistor having a gate length of 0.18 um and a width to length ratio of 60/1. The capacitors C 3  and C 4  may be a Metal-Isolator-Metal (MIM) capacitor, and the capacitor value is around 3P. The seventh PMOS transistor P 7  and the eighth PMOS transistor P 8  may be a transistor having a gate length of 0.18 um and a width to length ratio of 60/1. The sixth NMOS transistor N 6  and the seventh NMOS transistor N 7  may be a transistor having a gate length of 0.18 um and a width to length ratio of 20/1. The first inverter INV 1  and the second inverter INV 2  adopt a CMOS static inverter structure. The transistor size is that: for the NMOS transistor, the gate length is 0.18 um, the width to length ratio is 20/1; for the PMOS transistor, the gate length is 0.18 um, and the width to length ratio is 60/1. The third PMOS transistor P 3  may be selected according to the size of the load current. For a load current of 10 mA,  20  parallel transistors with a gate length of 0.18 um and a width to length ratio of 20/1 may be selected. 
     The above-mentioned embodiments are just used for exemplarily describing the principle and effects of the present disclosure instead of limiting the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art can make modifications or changes to the above-mentioned embodiments without going against the spirit and the range of the present disclosure. Therefore, all equivalent modifications or changes made by those who have common knowledge in the art without departing from the spirit and technical concept disclosed by the present disclosure shall be still covered by the claims of the present disclosure.