Switching drive circuit for soft switching

1. A switching drive circuit for full-bridge switching circuit, comprising:

an input circuit receiving an input signal;

a divide-by-two circuit coupled to the input circuit to generate a divided signal in response to the input signal;

a first delay circuit coupled to the input circuit to generate a first delay signal with a first delay time in response to the enable of the input signal;

a second delay circuit coupled to the input circuit to generate a second delay signal with a second delay time in response to the disable of the input signal;

a switching signal generator coupled to the input circuit, the divide-by-two circuit, the first delay circuit and the second delay circuit to generate a first switching signal, a second switching signal, a third switching signal and a fourth switching signal in response to the input signal, the first delay signal, the second delay signal and the divided signal; and

a delay terminal programming a value of the first delay time;

wherein the pulse width of the first switching signal and the third switching signal are generated in proportion to the pulse width of the input signal, when the divided signal is turned on, the first switching signal is enabled after the first delay time once the input signal is enabled, the fourth switching signal is disabled in response to the enable of the input signal, the fourth switching signal is enabled after the second delay time once the first switching signal is disabled; when the divided signal is turned off, the third switching signal is enabled after the first delay time once the input signal is enabled, the second switching signal is disabled in response to the enable of the input signal, the second switching signal is enabled after the second delay time once the third switching signal is disabled.

2. The switching drive circuit as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a resistor coupled to the delay terminal to determine the value of the first delay time.

3. The switching drive circuit as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a delay terminal for programming a value of the second delay time.

4. The switching drive circuit as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a resistor coupled to the delay terminal to determine the value of the second delay time.

5. The switching drive circuit as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an output terminal to provide a regulated power source coupled to charge pump circuits.

6. The switching drive circuit as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the output terminal is coupled a regulator to provide the regulated power source.

7. The switching drive circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the input signal can be a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) signal.

8. A switching drive circuit for switching circuit, comprising:

an input circuit receiving an input signal;

a first delay circuit coupled to the input circuit to generate a first delay signal with a first delay time in response to the enable of the input signal;

a second delay circuit coupled to the input circuit to generate a second delay signal with a second delay time in response to the disable of the input signal;

a switching signal generator coupled to the input circuit, the first delay circuit and the second delay circuit to generate a high-side switching signal and a low-side switching signal; and

at least one delay terminal programming a value of the first delay time or a value of the second delay time;

wherein the pulse width of the high-side switching signal is generated in proportion to the pulse width of the input signal, the high-side switching signal is enabled after the first delay time once the input signal is enabled; the low-side switching signal is disabled in response to the enable of the input signal, the low-side switching signal is enabled after the second delay time once the high-side switching signal is disabled.

9. The switching drive circuit as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a resistor coupled to the delay terminal to determine the value of the first delay time.

10. The switching drive circuit as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a resistor coupled to the delay terminal to determine the value of the second delay time.

11. The switching drive circuit as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the input signal can be a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) signal.

12. A switching drive integrated circuit, comprising:

an input terminal receiving an input signal;

a high-side driver terminal generating a high-side drive signal in response to the input signal;

a low-side driver terminal generating a low-side drive signal in response to the input signal; and

at least one delay terminal programming a value of a first delay time or a value of a second delay time;

wherein the pulse width of the high-side drive signal is generated in proportion to the pulse width of the input signal, the high-side drive signal is enabled after the first delay time once the input signal is enabled; the low-side drive signal is disabled in response to the enable of the input signal, the low-side drive signal is enabled after the second delay time once the high-side drive signal is disabled.

13. The switching drive integrated circuit as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising a resistor coupled to the delay terminal to determine the value of the first delay time.

14. The switching drive integrated circuit as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising a resistor coupled to the delay terminal to determine the value of the second delay time.

15. The switching drive integrated circuit as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the input signal can be a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) signal.