Discharge circuit for power supply unit
View Patent ↗A discharge circuit for a power supply unit includes a pulse width modulator (PWM) chip, a first and second electronic switch, and a resistor. The first electronic switch receives a power good signal from the power supply unit. When a system power terminal outputs a voltage later than a stand-by power terminal, a voltage creep outputted by the PWM chip is discharged through the resistor and the second electronic switch.
1. A discharge circuit, comprising:
a power supply unit outputting a power good signal;
a pulse width modulator chip comprising a control pin and a phase output pin, wherein the control pin is coupled to the power supply unit, to receive the power good signal; and
first and second electronic switches each comprising first to third terminals, wherein the first terminal of the first electronic switch is coupled to the control pin, and is coupled to a first system power terminal through a first resistor, the second terminal of the first electronic switch is connected to ground, the third terminal of the first electronic switch is coupled to a stand-by power terminal through a second resistor; the third terminal of the first electronic switch is coupled to the first terminal of the second electronic switch; the second terminal of the second electronic switch is connected to ground, the third terminal of the third electronic switch is coupled to the phase output pin through a third resistor;
wherein when the first terminals of the first and second electronic switches are at low-voltage level, the first and second electronic switches are turned on; when the first terminals of the first and second electronic switches, the first and second electronic switch are turned off.
2. The discharge circuit of claim 1 , further comprising a delay unit, the delay unit is coupled between the third terminal of the first electronic switch and the first terminal of the second electronic switch.
3. The discharge circuit of claim 2 , wherein the delay unit comprises a fourth resistor, a first capacitor, and a diode, the third terminal of the first electronic switch is coupled to a cathode of the diode, an anode of the diode is coupled to the first terminal of the second electronic switch, the third terminal of the first electronic switch is connected to ground through the fourth resistor and the first capacitor, the anode of the diode is coupled between a node of the fourth resistor and the first capacitor.
4. The discharge circuit of claim 3 , wherein the first terminal of the first electronic switch is coupled to ground through a fifth resistor, the phase output pin is coupled to a first terminal of a inductance, a second terminal of the inductance is coupled to the third terminal of the second electronic switch through the third resistor and a fifth resistor connected parallel.
5. The discharge circuit of claim 4 , wherein the first terminal of the first electronic switch is further coupled an enable pin of the PWM chip, to receive an enable signal.
6. The discharge circuit of claim 5 , wherein the PWM chip further comprises a high gate output pin, a low gate output pin, and a voltage output pin, the high gate output pin is coupled to a first terminal of a third electronic switch, a second terminal of the third electronic switch is coupled to the phase output pin of the PWM chip, a third terminal of the third electronic switch is coupled to a second power terminal, the second power terminal is connected to ground through a second capacitor; the low gate output pin of the PWM chip is coupled to a first terminal of a fourth electronic switch, a second terminal of the fourth electronic switch is connected to ground, the third terminal of the fourth electronic switch is coupled the phase output pin; the voltage output pin is coupled to the second terminal of the inductance through a sixth resistor, and is connected to ground through a seventh resistor.
7. The discharge circuit of claim 6 , wherein the second terminal of the inductance is connected to ground through a fourth capacitor.
8. The discharge circuit of claim 7 , wherein the second terminal of the inductance is connected to ground through a fifth capacitor.
9. The discharge circuit of claim 8 , wherein the first to fourth electronic switches are n-channel metal oxide field effect transistors (NMOSFET), the first terminals, the second terminals, and the third terminals of the first to fourth electronic switches are gates, sources, and drains of the NMOSFET.