Output voltage controller, electronic device, and output voltage control method

1. An output voltage controller, comprising:

a first controller which controls a current supply to an inductor based on an output voltage;

a second controller which controls a current supply to the inductor by controlling a period when an input end to which an input voltage is inputted, the inductor, and an output end from which the output voltage is outputted, are coupled based on the input voltage;

a logic circuit which generates a driving signal for controlling current supply to the inductor based on an output signal from the first controller and a control signal outputted from the second controller; and

a switch circuit which controls current supply to the inductor based on the driving signal,

wherein the switch circuit comprises a first switch which couples a first end of the inductor to the input end and a ground end, and a second switch which couples a second end of the inductor to the output end and a ground.

2. The output voltage controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second controller outputs a control signal for making a first period when energy accumulated in the inductor is released shorter as the input voltage becomes closer to the output voltage when the input voltage is higher than the output voltage.

3. The output voltage controller according to claim 2 ,

wherein the second controller outputs a control signal for making a second period when energy is accumulated in the inductor shorter as the input voltage becomes closer to the output voltage when the input voltage is lower than the output voltage.

4. The output voltage controller according to claim 3 ,

wherein the second controller outputs a control signal for reducing one of the first period and the second period to zero in case that the input voltage is equal to the output voltage.

5. The output voltage controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the logic circuit comprises a penetration prevention circuit which prevents the first switch and the second switch in the switch circuit from being simultaneously turned on thereby causing a penetration current to flow in the switch circuit and sets a certain time for preventing the penetration current from being generated in the switch circuit.

6. The output voltage controller according to claim 5 ,

wherein the second controller comprises a delay circuit which generates a second control signal obtained by delaying the control signal by a time corresponding to the certain time, and

wherein the output voltage controller generates a control signal for reducing the first period and second period to zero based on the control signal and second control signal.

7. The output voltage controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first switch, which couples the first end of the inductor to the input end, comprises:

a third switch coupled between the first end of the inductor and the input end, and

a fourth switch coupled in parallel with the third switch,

wherein the output voltage controller generates a control signal for turning on or off the fourth switch depending on the input voltage and output voltage.

8. The output voltage controller according to claim 7 ,

wherein the output voltage controller compares one of the input voltage and the output voltage with a voltage obtained by adding an offset voltage to the other and generates the control signal for the fourth switch based on a comparison result.

9. The output voltage controller according to claim 7 ,

wherein the output voltage controller generates the control signal for the fourth switch based on a driving signal for driving the second switch which couples the second end of the inductor to a ground end and a driving signal for driving the third switch which couples the first end of the inductor to a the input end.

10. The output voltage controller according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a current detector which outputs a sense current corresponding to a potential difference between the input end and the first end of the inductor;

a resistor which generates a sense voltage corresponding to the sense current; and

a compensation circuit which adds a ramp voltage to the sense voltage and generates a compensation signal,

wherein the first controller generates the output signal based on the output voltage and compensation signal, and the first controller comprises an adjustment circuit which adjusts a resistance value of the resistor according to a state of the third fourth switch included in the first switch circuit.

11. The output voltage controller according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a flip-flop circuit which latches the control signal for turning on or off the fourth switch,

wherein the output voltage controller performs control of the fourth switch and adjustment of the resistor based on an output signal from the flip-flop circuit.

12. An output voltage control method comprising:

controlling current supply to a inductor based on an output voltage using a first controller; and

controlling current supply to the inductor by controlling a period when an input end to which an input voltage is inputted, the inductor, and an output end from which the output voltage is outputted are coupled based on the input voltage using a second controller;

generating a driving signal for controlling current supply to the inductor based on an output signal from the first controller and a control signal outputted from the second controller; and

controlling current supply to the inductor based on the driving signal using a switch circuit,

wherein the switch circuit comprises a first switch which couples a first end of the inductor to the input end and a ground end, and a second switch which couples a second end of the inductor to the output end and a ground end,

wherein the second controller outputs a control signal for making a first period when energy accumulated in the inductor is released shorter as the input voltage becomes closer to the output voltage when the input voltage is higher than the output voltage, and

wherein the second controller outputs a control signal for making a second period when energy is accumulated in the inductor shorter as the input voltage becomes closer to the output voltage when the input voltage is lower than the output voltage.

13. The output voltage control method according to claim 12 ,

wherein a first period when energy accumulated in the inductor is released is made shorter as the input voltage becomes closer to the output voltage in case that the input voltage is higher than the output voltage.

14. An electronic device, comprising:

an output voltage controller,

wherein the output voltage controller comprises

a first controller which controls power supply to a inductor based on an output voltage and

a second controller which controls current supply to the inductor by controlling a period when an input end to which an input voltage is inputted, the inductor, and an output end from which the output voltage is outputted are coupled based on the input voltage;

a logic circuit which generates a driving signal for controlling current supply to the inductor based on an output signal from the first controller and a control signal outputted from the second controller; and

a switch circuit which controls current supply to the inductor based on the driving signal,

wherein the switch circuit comprises a first switch which couples a first end of the inductor to the input end and a ground end, and a second switch which couples a second end of the inductor to the output end and a ground end,

wherein the second controller outputs a control signal for making a first period when energy accumulated in the inductor is released shorter as the input voltage becomes closer to the output voltage when the input voltage is higher than the output voltage, and

wherein the second controller outputs a control signal for making a second period when energy is accumulated in the inductor shorter as the input voltage becomes closer to the output voltage when the input voltage is lower than the output voltage.