MOS Driver circuit having capacitive voltage boosting

摘要

An MOS driver circuit having a capacitive voltage booster is provided. A first capacitor which is charged to a supply voltage potential is used to control a precharge device which charges a second capacitor. The charge on the second capacitor is sequentially translated by a logic portion to provide a boosted driver voltage which is substantially greater than the supply voltage to an active driver circuit. The output driver circuit may be completely disabled to eliminate a standby current in the output.