Patents by Inventor Vadium V. Ivanov

Vadium V. Ivanov has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6794923
    Abstract: A charge pump circuit is configured for charging of parasitic capacitances associated with charge pump capacitors in a manner that minimizes voltage ripple. The charge pump circuit is suitably configured with an independent charging circuit configured for supplying the current needed to charge the parasitic capacitances, rather than utilizing the reservoir capacitor to supply the needed current. The independent charging circuit can be implemented with various configurations of charge pump circuits, such as single phase or dual phase charge pumps, and/or doubler, tripler or inverter configurations. The independent charging circuit includes a parasitic charging capacitor or other voltage source configured with one or more switch devices configured to facilitate charging of the parasitics during any phases of operation of the charge pump circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Rodney T. Burt, Haoran Zhang, Thomas L. Botker, Vadium V. Ivanov
  • Publication number: 20030179593
    Abstract: A charge pump circuit is configured for charging of parasitic capacitances associated with charge pump capacitors in a manner that minimizes voltage ripple. The charge pump circuit is suitably configured with an independent charging circuit configured for supplying the current needed to charge the parasitic capacitances, rather than utilizing the reservoir capacitor to supply the needed current. The independent charging circuit can be implemented with various configurations of charge pump circuits, such as single phase or dual phase charge pumps, and/or doubler, tripler or inverter configurations. The independent charging circuit comprises a parasitic charging capacitor or other voltage source configured with one or more switch devices configured to facilitate charging of the parasitics during any phases of operation of the charge pump circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Rodney T. Burt, Haoran Zhang, Thomas L. Botker, Vadium V. Ivanov