US Patent Issued to NOVATEK Microelectronics on Jan. 13 for "Shared pump structure that can dynamically adjust its phase ratio and control method thereof" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,878, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Shared pump structure that can dynamically adjust its phase ratio and control method thereof" was invented by Chia-Wei Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shared charge pump partly disposed on an integrated circuit provides a first output voltage and a second output voltage to a coupled device, and includes: a plurality of switches coupled to a first input voltage and a second voltage, wherein the switches are individually opened and closed according to control logic; and a capacitor disposed outside the IC for storing charg...