Building the circuit theory for charge pumps
Charge pump circuits or switched-capacitor voltage multipliers generate high voltages from low supply voltages based on switched capacitors without any inductor. As the supply voltage is reduced for device scaling, it is becoming challenges to design the charge pump circuits with small area and high power conversion efficiency. Books (b15a, b13a) and papers (p17a, p16a, p14a, p12a, p11b, p10b, p10a, p01a, p99b, p97c) contribute to circuit theory on how design and device parameters determine the electrical performance of charge pump circuits and how design parameters should be determined to minimize area, power, or rise time.
