摘要 |
A charge pump includes at least one switching transistor for switching current on or off in response to an up or down signal, a pair of transistors (one coupled to the source and the other to the drain of the switching transistor) each having its source and drain shorted and coupled to receive a complement of the signal on the gate terminal of the switching transistor on their gate terminals, and a fourth transistor coupled to the drain of the switching transistor and a power supply. The pair of transistors are activated concurrent with the deactivation of the switching transistor. The fourth transistor may provide for active shutoff of a current transistor being switched by the switching transistor, by actively charging the source of the current transistor to a voltage which is not exceeded by the gate terminal of the current transistor.
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