Power supply selection/detection circuit
A power supply selection/detection circuit to select one main power supply from a plurality of external power supplies includes a resistance element with one end connected to an external power supply and another end connected to the main power supply, a first voltage detector to receive a voltage of the external power supply and detect a voltage of the external power supply, a second voltage detector to detect a voltage between the ends of the resistance element, and a switch connected between the external power supply and a ground to short-circuit or open-circuit between the external power supply and the ground according to an output of the second voltage detector. The resistance element and the first voltage detector are disposed for each of the plurality of external power supplies, and the second voltage detector and the switch are disposed for at least one of the plurality of external power supplies.
1. A semiconductor device to select a power supply providing a voltage from first and second external power supply, comprising:
a first power node receiving a voltage from said first external power supply;
a second power node receiving a voltage from said second external power supply;
an output node coupled between said first power node or said second power node;
a first switch, a one end of said first switch coupled between said first external power supply and said output node;
a second switch, one end of said second switch coupled between said second external power supply and said output node; and
a switch control circuit controlling said first and second switches,
wherein said first and second switch are controlled by an output voltage of said switch control circuit when said first external power supply or said second external power supply provides a voltage to said output node, complementarily,
wherein said first switch is turned off when said second external power supply provides a voltage to said output node, and
wherein said second switch is turned off when said first external power supply provides a voltage to said output node.
2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,
wherein said second power supply is a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface connector, and
wherein a voltage from said first external power supply is larger than a voltage from said second external power supply.
3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a first voltage detector coupled to said first external power supply through said first switch to detect a voltage from said first external power supply; and
a second voltage detector coupled to said second external power supply through said second switch to detect a voltage from said second external power supply.
4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein said second voltage detector includes first and second voltage-dividing resistor between said second switch and a ground.
5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein V/Imax≧(R 1 +R 2 ) is satisfied, wherein:
Imax is a current limit, V is a voltage from said second external power supply, R 1 is resistance of said first voltage-dividing resistor, and R 2 is resistance of said second voltage-dividing resistor.
6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein when a current limit of the USB interface connector in suspend mode is 500 μA and a supply voltage, of the USB interface connect is 4.3 to 5.4 V, a total of resistance of the first and second voltage-dividing resistors is 8.6 KΩ or higher.
7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 ,
wherein said switch control circuit includes first and second detector, and
wherein the semiconductor device further comprises:
a first resistance element coupled between said first external power supply and said output node; and
a second resistance element coupled between said second external power supply and said output node,
wherein said first detector detects a voltage between both ends of said first resistance element to control said first switch, and
wherein said second detector detects a voltage between both ends of said second resistance element to control said second switch.
8. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein said first and second resistance elements is one of a Schottky diode, a resistor and a transistor.