IP Library Granted Patent US 8,582,332
Granted Patent B2
US 8,582,332 · App. 13/026,938 · Granted Nov 12, 2013

Dual output DC-DC charge pump regulator

Inventors: Ashutosh Verma (Santa Clara, CA); Shafiq M. Jamal (Gilroy, CA); Thomas B. Cho (Fremont, CA); Sehat Sutardja (Los Altos Hills, CA)
Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,582,332
App. No.
13/026,938
Granted
Nov 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus includes a first switch coupled to a first voltage reference and a second switch coupled to a second voltage reference. A third switch is coupled to a first terminal of a first capacitor and a first terminal of a second capacitor. A fourth switch is coupled to a second terminal of the first capacitor and the first terminal of the second capacitor. A fifth switch is coupled to the second terminal of the first capacitor and a first terminal of a third capacitor. A sixth switch is coupled to the first terminal of the first capacitor and the first terminal of the third capacitor. The first switch, the second switch, the third switch, the fourth switch, the fifth switch, and the sixth switch are controlled to maintain a first voltage level at a first output and a second voltage level at a second output.

Claims (79)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a first switch coupled to a first voltage reference;

a second switch coupled to a second voltage reference;

a third switch coupled to a first terminal of a first capacitor and a first terminal of a second capacitor;

a fourth switch coupled to a second terminal of the first capacitor and the first terminal of the second capacitor;

a fifth switch coupled to the second terminal of the first capacitor and a first terminal of a third capacitor; and

a sixth switch coupled to the first terminal of the first capacitor and the first terminal of the third capacitor,

wherein the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, the fourth switch, the fifth switch, and the sixth switch are controlled to maintain a first voltage level at a first output and a second voltage level at a second output.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the first switch and the sixth switch are closed to couple the first terminal of the first capacitor to the first terminal of the third capacitor,

the second switch, the third switch, the fourth switch, and the fifth switch are open, and

the second voltage level at the second output is increased.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising a fourth capacitor coupled to the first reference voltage and the first terminal of the third capacitor.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein:

the second switch and the fourth switch are closed to couple the second terminal of the first capacitor to the first terminal of the second capacitor,

the first switch, the third switch, the fifth switch, and the sixth switch are open, and

the first voltage level at the first output is increased.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising a fifth capacitor coupled to the second terminal of the first capacitor and the first terminal of the second capacitor.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the third switch and the fifth switch are closed to (i) couple the first terminal of the first capacitor to the first terminal of the second capacitor and (ii) couple the second terminal of the first capacitor to the first terminal of the third capacitor,

the first switch, the second switch, the fourth switch, and the sixth switch are open, and

the second voltage level at the second output is increased.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein:

the first switch and the sixth switch are closed to couple the first terminal of the first capacitor to the first terminal of the third capacitor,

the second switch, the third switch, the fourth switch, and the fifth switch are open, and

the second voltage level at the second output is increased.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein:

the second switch and the fourth switch are closed to couple the second terminal of the first capacitor to the first terminal of the second capacitor,

the first switch, the third switch, the fifth switch, and the sixth switch are open, and

the first voltage level at the first output is increased.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the first switch and the third switch are closed to couple the second terminal of the first capacitor to the first voltage reference and the first terminal of the first capacitor to the first terminal of the second capacitor,

the second switch, the fourth switch, the fifth switch, and the sixth switch are open, and

the first voltage level at the first output is increased.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein:

the second switch and the fourth switch are closed to couple the second terminal of the first capacitor to the first terminal of the second capacitor,

the first switch, the third switch, the fifth switch, and the sixth switch are open, and

the first voltage level at the first output is increased.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the first switch and the fifth switch are closed to couple the second terminal of the first capacitor to the first terminal of the third capacitor,

the second switch, the third switch, the fourth switch, and the sixth switch are open, and

the second voltage level at the second output is decreased.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, the fourth switch, the fifth switch, and the sixth switch are open to maintain the first voltage level and the second voltage level.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a seventh switch coupled to the first voltage reference;

an eighth switch coupled to the second voltage reference;

a ninth switch coupled to a first terminal of a fifth capacitor and the first terminal of the second capacitor;

a tenth switch coupled to a second terminal of the fifth capacitor and the first terminal of the second capacitor;

an eleventh switch coupled to the second terminal of the fifth capacitor and the first terminal of the third capacitor; and

a twelfth switch coupled to the first terminal of the fifth capacitor and the first terminal of the third capacitor.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a thirteen switch coupling the second terminal of the first capacitor with the first terminal of the fifth capacitor.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein:

the first switch and the sixth switch are closed to couple the first terminal of the first capacitor to the first terminal of the third capacitor,

the second switch, the third switch, the fourth switch, and the fifth switch are open, wherein the second voltage level at the second output is increased,

the seventh switch and the twelfth switch are closed to couple the first terminal of the fifth capacitor to the first terminal of the third capacitor,

the eighth switch, the ninth switch, the tenth switch, and the eleventh switch are open, and

the second voltage level at the second output is increased.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein

the thirteen switch is closed to couple the second terminal of the first capacitor to the first terminal of the fifth capacitor, wherein the first voltage level at the first output is increased.

17. A system comprising the apparatus of claim 1 , the system further comprising:

the first reference voltage;

the second reference voltage;

the first capacitor;

the second capacitor; and

the third capacitor.

18. A method comprising:

coupling a first switch coupled to a first voltage reference;

coupling a second switch coupled to a second voltage reference;

coupling a third switch coupled to a first terminal of a first capacitor and a first terminal of a second capacitor;

coupling a fourth switch coupled to a second terminal of the first capacitor and the first terminal of the second capacitor;

coupling a fifth switch coupled to the second terminal of the first capacitor and a first terminal of a third capacitor;

coupling a sixth switch coupled to the first terminal of the first capacitor and the first terminal of the third capacitor; and

controlling the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, the fourth switch, the fifth switch, and the sixth switch to maintain a first voltage level at a first output and a second voltage level at a second output.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

closing the first switch and the sixth switch to couple the first terminal of the first capacitor to the first terminal of the third capacitor; and

opening the second switch, the third switch, the fourth switch, and the fifth switch, wherein the second voltage level at the second output is increased.

20. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

closing the second switch and the fourth switch to couple the first terminal of the first capacitor to the first terminal of the second capacitor; and

opening the first switch, the third switch, the fifth switch, and the sixth switch, wherein the first voltage level at the first output is increased.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2020
From: CAVIUM INTERNATIONAL
To: MARVELL ASIA PTE, LTD.
Reel/Frame 053475/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2020
From: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
To: CAVIUM INTERNATIONAL
Reel/Frame 052918/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2020
From: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.
To: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 051778/0537 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2011
From: VERMA, ASHUTOSH; JAMAL, SHAFIQ M.; CHO, THOMAS B.; SUTARDJA, SEHAT
To: MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 025837/0857 →
LICENSE Recorded Feb 21, 2011
From: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.
To: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 025838/0218 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2011
From: MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
To: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 025837/0899 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2011
From: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
To: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.
Reel/Frame 025837/0906 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 61306795 · Feb 22, 2010
Provisional Application 61306822 · Feb 22, 2010
Provisional Application 61355952 · Jun 17, 2010
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