IP Library Granted Patent US 8,299,765
Granted Patent B2
US 8,299,765 · App. 12/369,954 · Granted Oct 30, 2012

Power supply control device and power supply control method

Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,299,765
App. No.
12/369,954
Granted
Oct 30, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power supply control device includes a boost type power supply controller boosting an input voltage, a step down power supply controller reducing an output of the boost type power supply controller to output an output voltage, a first control loop including the boost type power supply controller, and a second control loop including the step down power supply controller, wherein the output voltage is controlled by the second control loop during a predetermined period beginning after the power supply control device enters a power-on state, and wherein the output voltage is controlled by the first control loop after the predetermined period passes.

Claims (24)

1. A power supply control device comprising:

a boost type power supply controller boosting an input voltage;

a step down power supply controller reducing an output of the boost type power supply controller to output an output voltage;

a first control loop including the boost type power supply controller and monitoring the output voltage; and

a second control loop including the step down power supply controller,

wherein the output voltage is controlled by the second control loop during a predetermined period beginning after the power supply control device enters a power-on state, and wherein the output voltage is controlled by the first control loop after the predetermined period passes,

wherein the second control loop includes a switch which becomes a connection state when generating the second control loop and is controlled based on a comparison result between a start voltage and the output voltage feed-backed by the second control loop.

2. The power supply control device according to claim 1 , wherein the second control loop controls the output voltage with soft-start control during the predetermined period, and stops the control of the output voltage after the predetermined period passes.

3. The power supply control device according to claim 1 , wherein the step down power supply controller is a circuit controlling the output voltage by controlling an on-resistance value of a transistor that receives the output of the boost type power supply controller, and wherein a value of a voltage output from the boost type power supply controller is obtained by adding a value of a voltage drop at the transistor to a value equal to or greater than the output voltage.

4. The power supply control device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined period is a period during which the output voltage controlled by the second control loop reaches a predetermined voltage.

5. The power supply control device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined period is measured from the power-on state.

6. The power supply control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the boost type power supply controller boosts the input voltage based on the output voltage after a predetermined period beginning from a time the power supply control device enters a power-on state.

7. The power supply control device according to claim 6 , wherein the controller reduces the voltage drop amount during the predetermined period, and maintains the voltage drop amount at a minimum value of the reduced voltage drop amount after the predetermined period passes.

8. The power supply control device according to claim 6 , wherein the step down power supply controller is a circuit controlling the output voltage by controlling an on-resistance of a transistor that receives the output of the boost type power supply controller, and wherein a value of a voltage output from the boost type power supply controller is obtained by adding a value of a voltage drop at the transistor to a value equal to or greater than the output voltage.

9. The power supply control device according to claim 6 , wherein the predetermined period is a period during which the output voltage controlled by the second control loop reaches a predetermined voltage.

10. The power supply control device according to claim 6 , wherein the predetermined period is measured from the power-on state.

11. A power supply control method comprising:

controlling an output voltage with a second control loop having a step down power supply controller;

reducing an output of a boost type power supply controller via the step down power supply controller;

boosting an input voltage via the boost type power supply controller;

outputting the output voltage with a second control loop during a predetermined period beginning at a time a power-on state is entered; and

controlling the output voltage with a first control loop having the boost type power supply controller after the predetermined period passes,

wherein the second control loop includes a switch which becomes a connection state when generating the second control loop and is controlled based on a comparison result between a start voltage and the output voltage feed-backed by the second control loop.

Assignments (9)
MERGER Recorded Nov 14, 2025
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AMERICAS CORP.
Reel/Frame 073571/0456 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2022
From: MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
Reel/Frame 059410/0438 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 8647899 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 035240 FRAME 0429. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTERST. Recorded Nov 3, 2020
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 058002/0470 →
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Recorded Oct 28, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 050896/0366 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2015
From: SPANSION, LLC
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036051/0256 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2015
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 035240/0429 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2013
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: SPANSION LLC
Reel/Frame 031205/0461 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 22, 2010
From: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 024748/0328 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2009
From: HIRANO, TAKESHI
To: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 022265/0693 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-047075 · Feb 28, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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