Method of forming a floating charge pump and structure therefor
View Patent ↗In one embodiment, a capacitor of a charge pump circuit is referenced to a high side voltage or top voltage rail.
1. A method of forming a charge pump controller comprising:
forming a first input operable for receiving a feedback signal representative of an internal regulated voltage of the charge pump controller;
coupling a voltage regulator to form the internal regulated voltage including coupling the voltage regulator to receive a reference voltage and coupling an amplifier to receive the reference voltage and the feedback signal and responsively drive a regulator transistor to generate the internal regulated voltage; and
coupling the charge pump controller to disable generating a charge pump signal when the internal regulated voltage exceeds a protection value of the charge pump controller.
2. The method of claim 1 further including coupling a comparator to receive the reference voltage and disable generating the charge pump signal when the feedback signal exceeds the reference voltage by a first value.