IP Library Granted Patent US 10,014,787
Granted Patent B2
US 10,014,787 · App. 15/468,316 · Granted Jul 3, 2018

Switching power supply with input voltage detection at the switching node

Inventor: Jian Chen (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H02M3/33569H02M1/08H02M2001/0022H02M2001/0025
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Patent No.
US 10,014,787
App. No.
15/468,316
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control IC includes a VS voltage detection circuit that indirectly detects input voltage, by utilizing a fact that a voltage of a VS terminal of a reference potential of a high side drive circuit changes to a voltage equivalent to the input voltage when a high side drive signal is output from a control circuit to cause the high side drive circuit to turn on a high side switching element. The VS voltage detection circuit determines the level of the input voltage by sampling the VS terminal voltage at a time point that is delayed by a predetermined time from a rising edge of the high side drive signal, and supplies the determined level to the control circuit.

Claims (30)

1. A switching power supply device comprising:

a high side first switching element and a low side second switching element that are connected in series and have ends to which direct-current input voltage is applied;

a series circuit of a resonance reactor and a resonance capacitor connected in parallel with the first switching element or the second switching element; and

a control unit that performs on/off control to turn on and off the first switching element and the second switching element alternatingly, and includes an input voltage detection circuit for detecting a voltage that is output to a common connection point between the first switching element and the second switching element as an input voltage during a period when the first switching element is controlled to be turned on,

wherein the input voltage detection circuit includes:

a voltage dividing circuit connected between the common connection point between the first switching element and the second switching element and a ground;

a comparator that binarizes an output signal of the voltage dividing circuit;

a delay circuit that outputs a delay signal obtained by delaying a high side drive signal for turning on the first switching element by a predetermined time; and

a flip-flop that receives a signal output by the comparator in response to the delay signal output by the delay circuit.

2. The switching power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the delay circuit sets a delay time of the delay signal to an approximately half time of an ON width of the high side drive signal.

3. A switching power supply device comprising:

a high side first switching element and a low side second switching element that are connected in series and have ends to which direct-current input voltage is applied;

a series circuit of a resonance reactor and a resonance capacitor connected in parallel with the first switching element or the second switching element; and

a control unit that performs on/off control to turn on and off the first switching element and the second switching element alternatingly, and includes an input voltage detection circuit for detecting a voltage that is output to a common connection point between the first switching element and the second switching element as an input voltage during a period when the first switching element is controlled to be turned on,

wherein the input voltage detection circuit includes:

a voltage dividing circuit connected between the common connection point between the first switching element and the second switching element and a ground;

a sample-and-hold circuit that samples and holds an output signal of the voltage dividing circuit;

an A/D converter that converts an analog signal held by the sample-and-hold circuit to a digital signal;

a delay circuit that outputs a delay signal obtained by delaying a high side drive signal for turning on the first switching element by a predetermined time; and

a one-shot circuit that generates a signal for causing the sample-and-hold circuit to sample the output signal of the voltage dividing circuit, in response to the delay signal output by the delay circuit.

4. A switching power supply device comprising:

a high side first switching element and a low side second switching element that are connected in series and have ends to which direct-current input voltage is applied;

a series circuit of a resonance reactor and a resonance capacitor connected in parallel with the first switching element or the second switching element; and

a control unit that performs on/off control to turn on and off the first switching element and the second switching element alternatingly, and includes an input voltage detection circuit for detecting a power supply voltage of a high side drive circuit for driving the first switching element as an input voltage during a period when the first switching element is controlled to be turned on,

wherein the input voltage detection circuit includes:

a voltage dividing circuit connected between a power supply terminal of the high side drive circuit and a ground;

a comparator that binarizes an output signal of the voltage dividing circuit;

a delay circuit that outputs a delay signal obtained by delaying a high side drive signal for turning on the first switching element by a predetermined time; and

a flip-flop that receives a signal output by the comparator in response to the delay signal output by the delay circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2017
From: CHEN, JIAN
To: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-094717 · May 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170331384A1 · Nov 16, 2017
Cited By (1)
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