Patent ID: 7969234

Claim:
A voltage pumping device comprising: a clock controller configured to receive a first clock signal that is generated when a voltage level of a first voltage is lower than that of a reference voltage, and to boost a voltage level of the first clock signal, thereby generating a second clock signal; and a voltage pump for pumping the first voltage in accordance with the second clock signal, wherein the clock controller comprises a first MOS transistor connected between a supply voltage and a first node and configured to receive the first clock signal and to be turned on for supplying the supply voltage to the first node, a capacitor between an input node of the first clock signal and the first node, an inverter for inverting the first clock signal, a second MOS transistor connected between the first node and a second node that is an output node of the second clock signal, the second MOS transistor being configured to receive an output signal of the inverter and to be turned on for supplying a voltage of the first node to the second node, and a third MOS transistor connected between the second node and a ground voltage and configured to receive an output signal of the inverter and be turned on for supplying a ground voltage to the second node.