Patent ID: 8547168

Claim:
A system, comprising: a charge pump that includes: a plurality of charge transfer switches (CTSs) configured to facilitate control of charge being stored in or provided by respective flying capacitors of the charge pump; a dynamic gate boost component (DGBC) configured to apply a boosted gate voltage to a subset of CTSs of the plurality of CTSs at respective periodic times to facilitate control of switch states of the subset of CTSs; and an auxiliary gate boost component (AGBC) configured to apply a specified gate voltage to a second subset of CTSs of the plurality of CTSs at respective periodic times to facilitate control of switch states of the second subset of CTSs to facilitate generation of respective overdrive voltages associated with respective CTSs of the second subset of CTSs to maintain the respective overdrive voltages of the second subset of CTSs at voltage levels equal or substantially equal to the supply voltage associated with the charge pump.