Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charge pump circuit and image sensor comprising the same
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Application No.: US16859041Application Date: 2020-04-27
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Publication No.: US11277577B2Publication Date: 2022-03-15
- Inventor: Minwoong Seo
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2019-0116880 20190923
- Main IPC: H04N5/361
- IPC: H04N5/361 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
A charge pump circuit includes a first pump unit and a second pump unit. The first pump unit includes a first capacitor and a first transistor, and generates a first node voltage by using a clock signal. The second pump unit includes a second capacitor, a second transistor, and a third transistor, and generates a negative output voltage by using the first node voltage. The clock signal and the first node voltage are each toggled between a low-level voltage and a high-level voltage. A magnitude of an absolute value of the negative output voltage is greater than a magnitude of an absolute value of the high-level voltage of the clock signal. A body of the third transistor is electrically isolated from a body of the second transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210092315A1 CHARGE PUMP CIRCUIT AND IMAGE SENSOR COMPRISING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2021-03-25
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