Phase compensation circuit and power circuit having same
View Patent ↗In a phase compensation circuit having a resistance connected to the output side of an error amplifier, a capacitor, and a conductance amplifier functioning as a capacitance amplifier circuit, capacitance is amplified by the conductance amplifier and used, whereby an essentially required capacitance is ensured, even when the capacitance of the capacitor is small.
1. A phase compensation circuit connected to an output side of an error amplifier, and comprising:
a first resistor;
a second resistor;
a capacitor; and
a conductance amplifier that receives voltages of both terminals of the second resistor, and includes an output terminal connected to a connecting point between the first resistor and the second resistor,
wherein the first resistor, the second resistor, and the capacitor are connected to one another in series, and
wherein a gain of a system including the error amplifier and the phase compensation circuit is defined by a transistor size ratio of transistors constituting the error amplifier to transistors constituting the conductance amplifier, and a resistance ratio of a resistance defining a bias current of the error amplifier to a resistance of the first resistor.
2. A phase compensation circuit connected to an output side of an error amplifier, and comprising:
a first resistor;
a second resistor;
a capacitor; and
a conductance amplifier that receives voltages of both terminals of the second resistor, and includes an output terminal connected to a connecting point between the first resistor and the second resistor,
wherein the first resistor, the second resistor, and the capacitor are connected to one another in series,
wherein a gain of a system including the error amplifier and the phase compensation circuit is defined by a transistor size ratio of transistors constituting the error amplifier to transistors constituting the conductance amplifier, and a resistance ratio of a resistance defining a bias current of the error amplifier to a resistance of the first resistor,
wherein a second capacitor, a third capacitor, and a fourth capacitor are connected with the conductance amplifier of the phase compensation circuit in order to increase a phase margin of a system including the error amplifier and the phase compensation circuit.
3. A power circuit comprising:
an error amplifier which gives feedback on a first signal representing an output voltage by comparing the signal with a reference value, which sends out a second signal corresponding to an error between the first signal and the reference value, and which controls an output voltage of the power circuit based on the second signal;
a phase compensation circuit which compensates the phase of the error amplifier, wherein the phase compensation circuit is connected to an output side of the error amplifier,
wherein the phase compensation circuit comprises:
a first resistor;
a second resistor;
a capacitor; and
a conductance amplifier that receives voltages of both terminals of the second resistor, and includes an output terminal connected to a connecting point between the first resistor and the second resistor,
wherein the first resistor, the second resistor, and the capacitor are connected to one another in series, and
wherein a gain of a system including the error amplifier and the phase compensation circuit is defined by a transistor size ratio of transistors constituting the error amplifier to transistors constituting the conductance amplifier, and a resistance ratio of a resistance defining a bias current of the error amplifier to a resistance of the first resistor.
4. A power circuit comprising:
an error amplifier which gives feedback on a first signal representing an output voltage by comparing the signal with a reference value, which sends out a second signal corresponding to an error between the first signal and the reference value, and which controls an output voltage of the power circuit based on the second signal;
a phase compensation circuit which compensates the phase of the error amplifier, wherein the phase compensation circuit is connected to an output side of the error amplifier,
wherein the phase compensation circuit comprises:
a first resistor;
a second resistor;
a capacitor; and
a conductance amplifier that receives voltages of both terminals of the second resistor, and includes an output terminal connected to a connecting point between the first resistor and the second resistor,
wherein the first resistor, the second resistor, and the capacitor are connected to one another in series,
wherein a gain of a system including the error amplifier and the phase compensation circuit is defined by a transistor size ratio of transistors constituting the error amplifier to transistors constituting the conductance amplifier, and a resistance ratio of a resistance defining a bias current of the error amplifier to a resistance of the first resistor,
wherein a second capacitor, a third capacitor, and a fourth capacitor is are connected with the conductance amplifier of the phase compensation circuit in order to increase a phase margin of a system including the error amplifier and the phase compensation circuit.