Patent ID: 7969233

Claim:
A boosting charge pump circuit, comprising: a first charge pump circuit unit that includes: a first charge pump capacitor having first and second ends; a first driver supplying the first end of the first charge pump capacitor with a first clock signal having a first voltage amplitude; and a first switch having a first terminal electrically connected to the second end of the first charge pump capacitor, a second terminal operatively connected to an output terminal, and a third terminal; and a second charge pump circuit unit that includes: a second charge pump capacitor having a third end operatively connected to the output terminal and a fourth end; a second driver operating on a voltage at a power node thereof to supply the fourth end of the second charge pump capacitor with a second clock signal, the second clock signal having a second voltage amplitude defined by the voltage at the power node; and a second switch having a fourth terminal electrically connected to the third terminal of the first switch, a fifth terminal electrically connected to an internal power voltage supply line and a sixth terminal electrically connected to the power node of the second driver, wherein the first terminal of the first switch is electrically connected to the second terminal of the first switch when the fifth terminal of the second switch is electrically connected to the sixth terminal of the second switch, and the first terminal of the first switch is electrically connected to the third terminal of the first switch when the fourth terminal of the second switch is electrically connected to the sixth terminal of the second switch.