Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for negative voltage generation with reduced clock feed-through
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Application No.: US15144500Application Date: 2016-05-02
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Publication No.: US09698832B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Peter Harris Robert Popplewell , Jakub F. Pingot , Florinel G. Balteanu
- Applicant: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA Woburn
- Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Woburn
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: H04B1/44
- IPC: H04B1/44 ; H04B1/00 ; H02M3/07 ; H04B15/06

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for negative voltage generation with reduced clock feed-through are provided. In certain configurations, a method of negative voltage generation in a wireless device is provided. The method includes generating a regulated voltage from a battery voltage using a voltage regulator, powering a first charge pump and a second charge pump using the regulated voltage, generating a first negative voltage based on timing of a first clock phase using the first charge pump, generating a second negative voltage based on the first negative voltage and on timing of a second clock phase using the second charge pump, and generating the first clock phase and the second clock phase with different phases using a poly-phase oscillator such that the first charge pump and the second charge pump draw from the regulated voltage at different points in time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160248449A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR NEGATIVE VOLTAGE GENERATION WITH REDUCED CLOCK FEED-THROUGH Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
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