Charge pump having ramp rate control

• Main Authors: Cook, Thomas D, Cunningham, Jeffrey C, Ramanan, Karthik
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.01.2017
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION

A charge pump (30) includes a first counter (18) and a pump stage (20). The first counter (18) has a control input for receiving a control signal, and an output for providing a first count value. The first count value is incremented in response to the control signal being a first logic state and the...