A New Analog Switch CMOS Charge Pump Circuit without Body Effect

  • Parnklang, Jirawath (Department of Electronic Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang) ;
  • Manusphrom, Ampual (Department of Electronic Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang) ;
  • Laowanichpong, Nut (Department of Electronic Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang) ;
  • Tongnoi, Narongchai (Department of Electronic Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang)
  • Published : 2005.06.02

Abstract

The charge-pump circuit which is used to generate higher voltage than the available supply voltage has wide applications such as the flash memory of EEPROM Because the demand for high voltage comes from physical mechanism such as the oxide tunneling, the required pumped voltage cannot be scaled as the power supply voltage is scaled. Therefore, an efficient charge-pump circuit that can achieve high voltage from the available low supply voltage is essential. A new Analog Switch p-well CMOS charge pump circuit without the MOS device body effect is processed. By improve the structure of the circuit's transistors to reduce the threshold voltage shift of the devices, the threshold voltage of the device is kept constant. So, the circuit electrical characteristics are higher output voltage within a shorter time than the conventional charge pump. The propose analog switch CMOS charge pump shows compatible performance of the ideal diode or Dickson charge pump.

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