IP Library Granted Patent US 7,193,871
Granted Patent B2
US 7,193,871 · App. 11/172,697 · Granted Mar 20, 2007

DC-DC converter circuit

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Patent No.
US 7,193,871
App. No.
11/172,697
Granted
Mar 20, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a DC-DC converter circuit which is stably operated without being affected by a size of an output capacitor ( 111 ) and a cost thereof. When a switching element is turned on so that a charge current that was flowing into an output capacitor flows into the switching element, the current is converted into a voltage to be added to an output voltage, and a resultant voltage is fed back to a control system.

Claims (17)

1. A DC-DC converter circuit for performing switching control by feedback of an output voltage, including an inductor, a rectifying device, a voltage dividing circuit, a reference voltage circuit, and an output capacitor, the DC-DC converter circuit comprising:

a switching element;

an error amplifier; and

a feedback circuit provided between the switching element and the error amplifier,

wherein when a charge current flowing into the output capacitor flows into the switching element, the feedback circuit converts the charge current flowing into the switching element into a voltage, adds the converted voltage to the output voltage, and feeds back the output voltage to which the converted voltage is added to the error amplifier.

2. A DC-DC converter circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the feedback circuit comprises:

a feedback resistor connected between a connection point, at which the rectifying device and the output capacitor are connected, and the voltage dividing circuit;

a ripple voltage correction resistor connected between the switching element and GND; and

a ripple voltage correction capacitor connected between a connection point, at which the switching element and the ripple voltage correction resistor are connected, and a connection point, at which the feedback resistor and the voltage dividing circuit are connected.

3. A DC-DC converter circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the feedback circuit comprises:

a ripple voltage correction resistor connected between the switching element and GND; and

a ripple voltage correction capacitor connected between a connection point, at which the switching element and the ripple voltage correction resistor are connected, and an input terminal of the error amplifier.

4. A DC-DC converter circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the feedback circuit comprises:

a feedback resistor connected between the reference voltage circuit and an input terminal of the error amplifier;

a ripple voltage correction resistor connected between the inductor and GND;

a ripple voltage correction capacitor connected between a connection point, at which the inductor and the ripple voltage correction resistor are connected, and a connection point, at which the input terminal of the error amplifier and the feedback resistor are connected; and

a second reference voltage circuit connected between the voltage dividing circuit and the GND.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: ABLIC INC.
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 064021/0575 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2018
From: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 045567/0927 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2016
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
To: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038058/0892 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2005
From: MASHIKO, TAKESHI
To: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 016922/0857 →