High-efficiency control structure for CMOS flash memory charge pumps

被引:6
作者
Boffino, C [1 ]
Cabrini, A [1 ]
Khouri, O [1 ]
Torelli, G [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Pavia, Dept Elect, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
来源
2005 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS (ISCAS), VOLS 1-6, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS | 2005年
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D O I
10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1464539
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A basic drawback of charge pump circuits is represented by undesired power losses, that must be reduced as much as possible in particular for portable applications. This paper presents a control structure conceived to reduce the power consumption of voltage elevators based on Dickson topology. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme, a new definition of power efficiency is introduced. The presented solution provides an effective power management, thus ensuring an efficiency improvement of about 40% during stand-by.
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页数:4
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