Charge pump circuit

H - Electricity – 03 – L

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H03L 7/08 (2006.01)

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CA 2203496

A charge pump circuit includes a current mirror circuit of current-sourcing and current-sinking FETs and a current steering circuit of cross coupled differential pairs of FETs. Nominal current flowing in the current-sourcing and current-sinking FETs is set. The current is for charging and discharging a capacitor of an external filter. During charging of the capacitor, the current through the current-sourcing FET is directed to the capacitor and the current through the current-sinking FET is directed from a low impedance voltage source. During discharging of the filter capacitor, the current through the current-sourcing FET is directed to the low impedance voltage source and the current through the current-sinking FET is directed from the capacitor. The current flowing in the current-sourcing and current-sinking FETs is nominally constant, regardless of the tri-state condition, charging or discharging, with the result that noise is reduced. Current change in the power supply rails is reduced when switching from current-sourcing to current-sinking or vice versa. By using cascode FETs in both of the current-sourcing and current-sinking FET circuits, power supply noise rejection is improved.

Pompe à charge comprenant un miroir de FET à injection de courant et à extraction de courant ainsi qu'un circuit de commande de paires différentielles interconnectées de FET. Le courant nominal circulant dans les FET à injection et à extraction de courant est établi. Le courant sert à charger et à décharger le condensateur d'un filtre externe. Pendant le chargement du condensateur, le courant traversant le FET à injection de courant est injecté dans le condensateur et le courant traversant le FET à extraction de courant est extrait d'une source de tension à basse impédance. Pendant le déchargement du condensateur de filtrage, le courant traversant le FET à injection de courant est injecté dans la source de tension à basse impédance et le courant traversant le FET à extraction de courant est extrait du condensateur. Le courant présent dans les FET à injection et à extraction de courant est nominalement constant, aussi bien dans l'état de haute impédance que dans l'état de charge ou de décharge, ce qui permet de réduire le bruit. La variation du courant dans les bus d'alimentation est réduite lors du passage de l'injection de courant à l'extraction de courant ou vice-versa. L'utilisation de FET cascode dans les circuits FET à injection de courant et à extraction de courant améliore la réjection du bruit d'alimentation.

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