US Patent Issued to PSEMI on June 23 for "Fast detection and discharge for charge pump controller" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,504, issued on June 23, was assigned to PSEMI Corp. (San Diego).

"Fast detection and discharge for charge pump controller" was invented by Robert Mark Englekirk (Littleton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Circuits and methods that can rapidly detect voltage degradation in a positive charge pump output and discharge control node accumulated charge (CNAC), thereby forcing the positive charge pump into a high-power mode. Embodiments include circuitry configured to provide a load current to a positive charge pump, including a low-dropout regulator (LDO) having a pass device that includes a control input, and a rapid charge transfer ...