Drive signal output circuit and multi-chip package
View Patent ↗Input signals from a signal input terminal are input to a logic circuit, and a control signal corresponding to states of the input signals is output. The control signal is supplied to an output circuit, a plurality of transistors are controlled, and a drive signal is output corresponding to states of the transistors. In the logic circuit, the logic is switched according to the polarity of the setting signal which is input to a logic setting terminal, and a control signal corresponding to the input signal is changed.
1. A driving signal output circuit comprising:
a signal input terminal to which two input signals are input;
a logic circuit to which the two input signals from the signal input terminal are input and which outputs a plurality of control signals corresponding to four states created by high level and low level of the two input signals;
an output circuit which includes a plurality of transistors which are controlled by the plurality of control signals, and which outputs a drive signal for driving a load, the drive signal corresponding to states of the plurality of transistors; and
a logic setting terminal to which a setting signal is input, wherein the setting signal assumes either high level or low level, wherein
the plurality of control signals have:
a first mode for controlling the plurality of transistors of the output circuit to generate four states in accordance with the four states of the input signals, wherein the generated four states include a state in which a current is supplied to the load in a forward direction, a state in which a current is supplied to the load in a backward direction, a state in which the terminals of the load are isolated, and a state in which the terminals of the load are short-circuited; and
a second mode for controlling the plurality of transistors of the output circuit to generate three states in accordance with the four states of the input signals, wherein the generated three states include a state in which a current is supplied to the load in a forward direction, a state in which a current is supplied to the load in a backward direction, and a state in which the terminals of the load are isolated, and
in the logic circuit, whether to generate the plurality of control signals of the first mode or to generate the plurality of control signals of the second mode is switched according to high level or low level of the one setting signal which is input to the logic setting terminal.
2. The drive signal output circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the output circuit is an H bridge circuit in which two series connections, each of two transistors, are placed between a power supply line and a ground line, and intermediate points of the series connections are a pair of outputs.
3. The drive signal output circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the drive signal output circuit is formed in a driver chip placed on a board, a power supply pad and a ground pad are placed on the driver chip, and the logic setting terminal of the driver chip is connected to one of a lead connected to a power supply pad and a lead connected to a ground pad, so that the logic setting signal is set to an H level or an L level.
4. A multi-chip package, comprising:
a driver chip having a drive signal output circuit comprising:
a signal input terminal to which two input signals are input,
a logic circuit to which the two input signals from the signal input terminal are input and which outputs a plurality of control signals corresponding to four states created by high level and low level of the two input signals;
an output circuit which includes a plurality of transistors which are controlled by the plurality of control signals, and which outputs a drive signal for driving a load, the drive signal corresponding to states of the plurality of transistors, and
a logic setting terminal to which a setting signal is input, wherein the setting signal assumes either high level or low level,
the plurality of control signals have:
a first mode for controlling the plurality of transistors of the output circuit to generate four states in accordance with the four states of the input signals, wherein the generated four states include a state in which a current is supplied to the load in a forward direction, a state in which a current is supplied to the load in a backward direction, a state in which the terminals of the load are isolated, and a state in which the terminals of the load are short-circuited; and
a second mode for controlling the plurality of transistors of the output circuit to generate three states in accordance with the four states of the input signals, wherein the generated three states include a state in which a current is supplied to the load in a forward direction, a state in which a current is supplied to the load in a backward direction, and a state in which the terminals of the load are isolated, and
wherein, in the logic circuit, whether to generate the plurality of control signals of the first mode or to generate the plurality of control signals of the second mode is switched according to high level or low level of the one setting signal which is input to the logic setting terminal, wherein
the driver chip and the logic chip are formed on a board, a pad which outputs the logic setting signal in the logic chip and a pad on the board are connected by a wire bonding, the pad and the logic setting terminal of the driver chip are connected by a wire bonding, and logic of the logic circuit of the driver chip is switched by the logic setting signal from the logic chip.
5. The multi-chip package according to claim 4 , wherein
the drive signal output circuit is formed in the driver chip placed on the board, a power supply pad and a ground pad are provided in the driver chip, and the logic setting terminal of the driver chip is connected to one of a lead connected to the power supply pad and a lead connected to the ground pad, so that the logic setting signal is set to an H level or an L level.