IP Library Granted Patent US 10,680,514
Granted Patent B2
US 10,680,514 · App. 16/526,484 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Power supply circuit

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Patent No.
US 10,680,514
App. No.
16/526,484
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power supply circuit including an input terminal, an output terminal, a power output circuit, and a mode selection circuit. In the power supply circuit, the mode selection circuit is configured to supply a signal indicating whether the power output circuit is operated as a charge pump-type power output circuit or a series regulator-type power output circuit, and a voltage applied from the input terminal is stepped up or down by the power output circuit and then provided to the output terminal.

Claims (10)

1. A power supply circuit comprising:

a mode selection circuit;

an input terminal;

an output terminal; and

a power output circuit configured to operate in one of a first mode and a second mode based on a signal from the mode selection circuit, the power output circuit including a first transistor and a second transistor which are connected in series between the input terminal and the output terminal, a third transistor and a fourth transistor which are connected in series between the input terminal and a ground terminal, a first capacitor connected between a first connection point between the first transistor and the second transistor and a second connection point between the third transistor and the fourth transistor, a second capacitor connected between the output terminal and the ground terminal, a control circuit configured to supply each control signal to each of the first to fourth transistors in the first mode and supply a control signal which switches on the second transistor and switches off the third and fourth transistors in the second mode, and an error amplifier circuit configured to compare a reference voltage and a voltage obtained by dividing a voltage between the output terminal and the ground terminal, the error amplifier circuit containing an output port which is connected to the control circuit in the first mode and to the first transistor in the second mode.

2. A power supply circuit comprising:

a mode selection circuit;

an input terminal;

an output terminal; and

a power output circuit configured to operate in one of a first mode and a second mode based on a signal from the mode selection circuit, the power output circuit including a first transistor and a second transistor which are connected in series between the input terminal and the output terminal, a third transistor and a fourth transistor which are connected in series between the input terminal and a ground terminal, a first capacitor connected between a first connection point between the first transistor and the second transistor and a second connection point between the third transistor and the fourth transistor, a second capacitor connected between the output terminal and the ground terminal, a control circuit configured to supply each control signal to each of the first to fourth transistors in the first mode and supply a control signal which switches off the third and fourth transistors in the second mode, and an error amplifier circuit configured to compare a reference voltage and a voltage obtained by dividing a voltage between the output terminal and the ground terminal and to supply a signal to each of the first and second transistors in the second mode, the error amplifier circuit containing an output port which is connected to the control circuit in the first mode and to the first and second transistors in the second mode.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: ABLIC INC.
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 064021/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2019
From: WATANABE, KOTARO
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 049918/0601 →