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1. An apparatus comprising a switched-capacitor power-converter, wherein said switched-capacitor power-converter comprises an input, an output, a first plurality of switches, a second plurality of switches, and gate-driving circuits, each of which corresponds to a switch from said first plurality of switches, wherein each gate-driving circuit uses charge from a selected pump capacitor from a plurality of pump capacitors to operate a corresponding one of said switches from said first plurality of switches, wherein said first plurality of switches comprises a first switch, wherein said second plurality of switches comprises a second switch, wherein, during clocked operation of said switched-capacitor power-converter, said first plurality of switches transitions between different states, each of which corresponds to a particular interconnection of said pump capacitors, said pump capacitors including a first pump capacitor, wherein, during clocked operations, said first switch closes, thereby establishing a connection with said first pump capacitor, wherein, prior to said first switch closing, said second switch closes, wherein as a result of closure of said second switch, said first pump capacitor is pre-charged by the time said first switch closes.
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