An SC voltage doubler with pseudo-continuous output regulation using a three-stage switchable opamp

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1216-1229

  Lee, Hoi ^a,b,c   Mok, Philip K T ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge pumps; Power management integrated circuits; Switched capacitor regulators; Three stage switchable amplifier; Voltage doublers; Voltage regulators

Indexed keywords

CHARGE PUMPS; LOAD TRANSIENT RESPONSE; POWER MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SWITCHED-CAPACITOR REGULATORS; THREE-STAGE SWITCHABLE AMPLIFIERS; VOLTAGE DOUBLERS;

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; TRANSISTORS;

VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

EID: 34249821961     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2007.897133     Document Type: Article

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