Voltage pumping device
View Patent ↗A voltage pumping device for generating a high voltage that is a boosted voltage is disclosed. The voltage pumping device includes an oscillator for generating a first pulse signal or second pulse signal in response to a control signal, and a high voltage pump for pumping a high voltage of a constant level in response to the first pulse signal or second pulse signal.
1. A voltage pumping device comprising:
a low voltage level detector configured to detect a level of a supply voltage;
a controller configured to output a control signal which has a first logic signal when an output signal from the low voltage level detector is lower than a reference voltage, and a second logic signal when the output signal from the low voltage level detector is higher than the reference voltage;
an oscillator configured to generate a first pulse signal or second pulse signal in response to the control signal, which is made active when the supply voltage has a low voltage level, and an enable signal, which is made active when the level of a high voltage falls to a predetermined level, the first pulse signal and the second pulse signal having different pulse widths; and
a high voltage pump configured to pump the high voltage of a constant level in response to the first pulse signal or second pulse signal.
2. The voltage pumping device according to claim 1 , wherein the second pulse signal has a period shorter than that of the first pulse signal.
3. The voltage pumping device according to claim 1 , wherein the low voltage level detector comprises:
a voltage divider for dividing the supply voltage; and
a decoder for outputting a switching signal based on a fuse cut to select any one of divided voltages from the voltage divider.
4. The voltage pumping device according to claim 1 , wherein the oscillator comprises:
a first inverter chain for generating the first pulse signal in response to an enable signal;
a second inverter chain for generating the second pulse signal in response to the enable signal; and
a driver for driving the first inverter chain or second inverter chain in response to the control signal from the controller.
5. The voltage pumping device according to claim 4 , wherein the enable signal is a high voltage pumping enable signal which is made active when the level of the high voltage pumped by the high voltage pump falls to a predetermined level.
6. The voltage pumping device according to claim 4 , wherein the first inverter chain has the same transistor channel width as that of the second inverter chain, and the second inverter chain has a transistor channel length shorter than that of the first inverter chain.
7. The voltage pumping device according to claim 4 , wherein each of the first inverter chain and second inverter chain comprises an odd number of inverters.
8. The voltage pumping device according to claim 4 , wherein the driver drives the second inverter chain when the control signal is made active.
9. The voltage pumping device according to claim 4 , wherein the driver comprises an inverter for outputting a drive signal to the first inverter chain or second inverter chain in response to the control signal.
10. A voltage pumping device comprising:
a high voltage level detector configured to detect a level of a high voltage fed back thereto;
a first controller configured to output an enable signal in response to an output signal from the high voltage level detector;
a low voltage level detector configured to detect a level of a supply voltage;
a second controller configured to output a control signal which has a first logic signal when an output signal from the low voltage level detector is lower than a reference voltage, and a second logic signal when the output signal from the low voltage level detector is higher than the reference voltage;
an oscillator configured to generate a first pulse signal or second pulse signal in response to the control signal, which is made active when the supply voltage has a low voltage level, and an enable signal, which is made active when the level of the high voltage falls to a predetermined level, the first pulse signal and the second pulse signal having different pulse widths; and
a high voltage pump configured to pump the high voltage of a constant level in response to the first pulse signal or second pulse signal and feeding the pumped high voltage back to the high voltage level detector.
11. The voltage pumping device according to claim 10 , wherein the enable signal is a high voltage pumping enable signal which is made active when the high voltage level falls to a predetermined level.
12. The voltage pumping device according to claim 10 , wherein the second pulse signal has a period shorter than that of the first pulse signal.
13. The voltage pumping device according to claim 10 , wherein the low voltage level detector comprises:
a voltage divider for dividing the supply voltage; and
a decoder for outputting a switching signal based on a fuse cut to select any one of divided voltages from the voltage divider.
14. The voltage pumping device according to claim 10 , wherein the oscillator comprises:
a first inverter chain for generating the first pulse signal in response to the enable signal;
a second inverter chain for generating the second pulse signal in response to the enable signal; and
a driver for driving the first inverter chain or second inverter chain in response to the control signal from the second controller.
15. The voltage pumping device according to claim 14 , wherein the first inverter chain has the same transistor channel width as that of the second inverter chain, and the second inverter chain has a transistor channel length shorter than that of the first inverter chain.
16. The voltage pumping device according to claim 14 , wherein each of the first inverter chain and second inverter chain comprises an odd number of inverters.
17. The voltage pumping device according to claim 14 , wherein the driver drives the second inverter chain when the control signal is made active.
18. The voltage pumping device according to claim 14 , wherein the driver comprises an inverter for outputting a drive signal to the first inverter chain or second inverter chain in response to the control signal.