IP Library Granted Patent US 10,545,564
Granted Patent B2
US 10,545,564 · App. 16/337,483 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

Discharge circuit integrated in chip of slave device to follow bus rectifier bridge

Inventors: Minwei Qiu (Wuxi, CN); Tianshun Zhang (Wuxi, CN); Xiancai Luo (Wuxi, CN); Lei Wang (Wuxi, CN); Jieqiong Zeng (Wuxi, CN); Yujie Zhou (Wuxi, CN)
Assignee: Wuxi China Resources Semico Co., Ltd.
G06F1/3253G06F13/20
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Patent No.
US 10,545,564
App. No.
16/337,483
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A discharge circuit integrated in a chip of a slave device to follow a bus rectifier bridge includes: a digital control module for generating, when an output result of a comparator is that a bus voltage falls, a high-level and time-configurable pulse width to drive a discharge circuit to discharge a bus; a discharge current source module for enabling the discharge of the bus by means of a digital control module and adjusting a discharge current; a comparator for obtaining a status of a change in the bus voltage; and a peripheral circuit for monitoring the change in the bus voltage, providing to the comparator a voltage signal which reflects divided bus voltage fall information, and generating a comparison reference voltage.

Claims (13)

1. A discharge circuit integrated in a chip of a slave device to follow a bus rectifier bridge, wherein the circuit comprises:

a slave device voltage stabilizing module configured to maintain stability of an internal voltage of the slave device;

a slave device signal processing module configured to process a signal of the slave device;

a slave device bus communication module configured to implement bus communication of the slave device;

a digital control module configured to generate, when an output result of a comparator is that a bus voltage falls, a high-level and time-configurable pulse width to drive the discharge circuit to discharge a bus,

a discharge current source module configured to enable the discharge of the bus by means of a digital control module, and adjust a discharge current;

a comparator configured to obtain a status of a change in the bus voltage; and

a peripheral circuit configured to monitor the change in the bus voltage, provide to the comparator a voltage signal which reflects information on a fall of the bus voltage, and generate a comparison reference voltage, and

the slave device voltage stabilizing module, the slave device signal processing module, the slave device bus communication module, the digital control module, the discharge current source module, the comparator and the peripheral circuit are connected to each other.

2. The discharge circuit integrated in a chip of a slave device to follow a bus rectifier bridge according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral circuit comprises a first capacitor, a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, a fourth resistor and a BUS terminal and a GND terminal of the chip of the slave device, a first terminal of the slave device voltage stabilizing module is respectively connected to a first terminal of the slave device bus communication module, a second terminal of the slave device bus communication module, a first terminal of the first resistor, the BUS terminal and a first terminal of the discharge current source module, a second terminal of the slave device voltage stabilizing module is respectively connected to a first terminal of the first capacitor, a first terminal of the slave device signal processing module and a first terminal of the third resistor, a third terminal of the slave device voltage stabilizing module is respectively connected to a second terminal of the first capacitor, the second terminal of the slave device signal processing module, a fourth terminal of the slave device bus communication module, the GND terminal, a second terminal of the second resistor, a second terminal of the fourth resistor, a fifth terminal of the digital control module and a fifth terminal of the discharge current source module, a third terminal of the slave device signal processing module is connected to a third terminal of the slave device bus communication module, a second terminal of the first resistor is respectively connected to a first terminal of the second resistor and a non-inverting input terminal of the comparator, a second terminal of the third resistor is respectively connected to a first terminal of the fourth resistor and an inverting input terminal of the comparator, an output terminal of the comparator is connected to a first terminal of the digital control module, a second terminal of the digital control module is connected to a second terminal of the discharge current source module, a third terminal of the digital control module is connected to a third terminal of the discharge current source module, and a fourth terminal of the digital control module is connected to a fourth terminal of the discharge current source module.

3. The discharge circuit integrated in a chip of a slave device to follow a bus rectifier bridge according to claim 2 , wherein the third resistor is an adjustable resistor.

4. The discharge circuit integrated in a chip of a slave device to follow a bus rectifier bridge according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral circuit comprises a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, a fourth resistor, a second comparator and a BUS terminal and a GND terminal of the chip of the slave device, a first terminal of the slave device voltage stabilizing module is respectively connected to a first terminal of the slave device signal processing module, a second terminal of the slave device signal processing module, a first terminal of the first resistor, the BUS terminal and a first terminal of the discharge current source module, a second terminal of the slave device voltage stabilizing module is respectively connected to a first terminal of the first capacitor and the first terminal of the slave device signal processing module, a third terminal of the slave device voltage stabilizing module is respectively connected to a second terminal of the first capacitor, a second terminal of the second capacitor, the second terminal of the slave device signal processing module, a fourth terminal of the slave device bus communication module, the GND terminal, a second terminal of the second resistor, a second terminal of the fourth resistor, a fifth terminal of the digital control module and a fifth terminal of the discharge current source module, a third terminal of the slave device signal processing module is connected to a third terminal of the slave device bus communication module, a second terminal of the first resistor is respectively connected to a first terminal of the second resistor, a non-inverting input terminal of the comparator and a non-inverting input terminal of the second comparator, an inverting input terminal of the second comparator is respectively connected to an output terminal of the second comparator, a first terminal of the second capacitor and a first terminal of the third resistor, a second terminal of the third resistor is respectively connected to a first terminal of the fourth resistor and the inverting input terminal of the comparator, an output terminal of the comparator is connected to the fifth terminal of the digital control module, a second terminal of the digital control module is connected to a second terminal of the discharge current source module, a third terminal of the digital control module is connected to a third terminal of the discharge current source module, a fourth terminal of the digital control module is connected to a fourth terminal of the discharge current source module, and the third resistor is an adjustable resistor.

5. The discharge circuit integrated in a chip of a slave device to follow a bus rectifier bridge according to claim 1 , wherein the discharge current source module comprises a first current source, a second current source, a third current source, a first key, a second key and a third key, a negative electrode of the first current source is respectively connected to a negative electrode of the second current source, a negative electrode of the third current source and a first terminal of the discharge current source module, a positive electrode of the first current source is connected to a first terminal of the first key, a second terminal of the first key is connected to a second terminal of the discharge current source module, a second terminal of the second key is connected to a third terminal of the discharge current source module, a second terminal of the third key is connected to a fourth terminal of the discharge current source module, a third terminal of the first key, a third terminal of the second key and a third terminal of the third key are connected to a fifth terminal of the discharge current source module, a positive electrode of the second current source is connected to a first terminal of the second key, and a positive electrode of the third current source is connected to a first terminal of the third key.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 16, 2021
From: WUXI CHINA RESOURCES SEMICO CO., LTD.
To: CRM ICBG (WUXI) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057496/0249 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 28, 2019
From: QIU, MINWEI; ZHANG, TIANSHUN; LUO, XIANCAI; WANG, LEI; ZENG, JIEQIONG; ZHOU, YUJIE
To: WUXI CHINA RESOURCES SEMICO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048723/0798 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 1251472 · Dec 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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