Patent ID: 6946899

Claim:
A charge pump circuit comprising: (n+1) number of charge transfer MOS transistors being connected in series; coupling capacitors each having a first terminal coupled to a connecting point between the MOS transistors; and a clock driver for supplying clock pulses opposite to each other alternately to a second terminal of the coupling capacitors, wherein the charge transfer MOS transistors at a rear single stage are of a P-channel type and the remaining n number of the charge transfer MOS transistors are of N-channel type, and wherein gate voltage applying circuit means is provided to apply a gate voltage which makes the gate/source voltages of said MOS transistors uniform when they turn on, wherein said gate voltage applying circuit means includes an inverting level shift circuit for on/off controlling of said N-channel type charge transfer MOS transistors according to said clock pulse, and a non-inverting circuit level shift circuit for on/off controlling of said P-channel type charge MOS transistor according to said clock pulse, and wherein a voltage at the connecting point of the rear stage with the boosted voltage is used as a power source on a high potential side of the inverting level shift circuit, and a voltage at the connecting point of the front stage is used as a power source on a low potential side of the non-inverting level shift circuit.