A PROGRESSIVE START-UP CHARGE PUMP AND METHOD THEREFOR

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EP 0 925 635 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	30.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/26

(21)	Application number: 97949816.0

(22)	Date of filing: 29.11.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G05F 3/ 02^{( . )}
H02M 1/ 36^{( . )}

H02M 1/ 00^{( . )}
H02M 3/ 07^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/023066

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1999/003192 (21.01.1999 Gazette 1999/03)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT

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Priority:

10.07.1997 US 19970891343

(71)	Applicant: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC.
	Chandler, AZ 85244 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	THOMSEN, Joseph, A. Gilbert, AZ 85234 (US)

(74)	Representative: Frohwitter, Bernhard, Dipl.-Ing.
	Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Possartstrasse 20 81679 München 81679 München (DE)

(54)	A PROGRESSIVE START-UP CHARGE PUMP AND METHOD THEREFOR