Switching regulator
View Patent ↗The present invention provides a short-circuit protecting circuit of a switching regulator which does not require a capacitor having a large capacity in order to obtain a sufficient duty time. A pulse generating circuit for generating one clock with a short-circuit detection signal as a trigger signal is added, and a counter circuit for counting clock pulses of a clock signal is further inserted between a comparator and a latch circuit, whereby it becomes possible to produce a sufficient delay time based on a signal having a short period using a capacitor having a small capacity.
1. A switching regulator having a short-circuit protecting circuit, the short-circuit protecting circuit comprising:
a short-circuit state detecting circuit;
a delay circuit for delaying an output from the short-circuit state detecting circuit;
a pulse generating circuit for generating a pulse in response to an output from the delay circuit;
a counter circuit for counting pulses from the pulse generating circuit; and
a latch circuit for latching an output from the counter circuit to output the latched output as a short-circuit signal.
2. A switching regulator having a short-circuit protecting circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the short-circuit protecting circuit further comprising a logical circuit for receiving as its input a signal from the pulse generating circuit and a signal from the short-circuit state detecting circuit to output a logical sum thereof to the delay circuit.
3. A switching regulator having a short-circuit protecting circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the delay circuit comprises:
a constant current circuit;
a capacitor connected to the constant current circuit;
a comparator for comparing a voltage of the capacitor with a reference voltage; and
a switching element for controlling charge/discharge of the capacitor based on an output from the short-circuit state detecting circuit.
4. A switching regulator having a short-circuit protecting circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the short-circuit state detecting circuit detects reduction of an output voltage from the switching regulator to detect a short-circuit state of the switching regulator.
5. A switching regulator having a short-circuit protecting circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the short-circuit state detecting circuit detects a maximum duty state of the switching regulator to detect a short-circuit state of the switching regulator.