Hi,
My question is regarding charge-pump which is used to salvage current from RF signal to power an RFID circuit.
My understanding is, because the current must continue to be available even when there is a small gap in the RF signal, the charge pump must charge its load capacitor up to a voltage which is higher than the normal VDD used for the rest of the circuit. Now, most of the circuit (including the digital parts) will get power supply from a regulated voltage output of an LDO. But what about the LDO itself? how do people make sure that LDO circuit wont be broken as it will be driven by a voltage much higher than the standard VDD for the particular process?
Any pointer to an example implementation will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.