IP Library Granted Patent US 8,659,281
Granted Patent B2
US 8,659,281 · App. 13/093,209 · Granted Feb 25, 2014

Buck converter

Inventors: Song-Lin Tong (Shenzhen, CN); Qi-Yan Luo (Shenzhen, CN); Peng Chen (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,659,281
App. No.
13/093,209
Granted
Feb 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A buck converter includes a first MOSFET and a second MOSFET connected in series, a PWM module coupled to gates of the first MOSFET and the second MOSFET, and a control unit being coupled to the input current acquired unit, the input voltage acquired unit, the output current acquired unit, the output voltage acquired unit and the PWM module respectively, wherein the control unit controls a switch frequency of the PWM module and acquires the input current, the input voltage, the output current and the output voltage from the input current acquired unit, the input voltage acquired unit, the output current acquired unit and the output voltage acquired unit respectively.

Claims (20)

1. A buck converter, comprising:

an input node being coupled to a power source;

a first MOSFET having a gate, a drain coupled to the input node, and a source coupled to an intermediate node;

a second MOSFET having a gate, a drain coupled to the intermediate node, and a source coupled to a reference node;

a PWM module being coupled to the gate of the first MOSFET and the gate of the second MOSFET respectively;

an inductor and a first capacitor being in parallel connection with the second MOSFET, the inductor having a first terminal coupled to the intermediate node and a second terminal, the first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the inductor and a second terminal coupled to the reference node;

an input current acquired unit being coupled between the drain of the first MOSFET and the input node to obtain an input current Iin of the buck converter;

an input voltage acquired unit being coupled to the input node to obtain an input voltage Uin of the buck converter;

an output current acquired unit being coupled between the second terminal of the inductor and an output node to obtain an output current Iout of the buck converter;

an output voltage acquired unit being coupled to the second terminal of the inductor to obtain an output voltage Uout of the buck converter; and

a control unit being coupled to the input current acquired unit, the input voltage acquired unit, the output current acquired unit, the output voltage acquired unit and the PWM module respectively, wherein the control unit controls the switch frequency of the PWM module and acquires the corresponding input current Iin, the corresponding input voltage Uin, the corresponding output current Iout and the corresponding output voltage Uout;

wherein the input current acquired unit comprises a first sampling resistor and a first voltage acquired unit, the first sampling resistor is coupled between the input node and the drain of the first MOSFET, the first voltage acquired unit is coupled to the first sampling resistor to acquire a voltage U 1 from the first sampling resistor.

2. The buck converter of claim 1 , further comprising a buffer unit being in parallel connection with the second MOSFET, the buffer unit comprising a resistor and a second capacitor, the resistor having a first terminal coupled to the drain of the second MOSFET and a second terminal, the second capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the second MOSFET and a second terminal coupled to the reference node.

3. The buck converter of claim 1 , wherein a value R 1 of the resistance of the first sampling resistor is stored in the control unit, the input current Iin of the buck converter can be calculated as Iin=U 1 /R 1 .

4. The buck converter of claim 3 , wherein the output current unit comprises a second sampling resistor and a second voltage acquired unit, the second sampling resistor is coupled between the inductor and the output node, the second voltage acquired unit is coupled to the second sampling resistor to acquire a voltage U 2 from the second sampling resistor.

5. The buck converter of claim 4 , wherein a value of R 2 of the resistance is stored in the control unit, the output current Iout of the buck converter can be calculated as Iout=U 2 /R 2 .

6. The buck converter of claim 5 , wherein the power utility efficiency η of the buck converter can be calculated as η=(Uout*Iout)/(Uin*Iin).

7. The buck converter of claim 1 , further comprising an input unit being coupled to the control unit to input a predetermined switch frequency to the PWM module.

8. The buck converter of claim 7 , further comprising a display unit to display the switch frequency of the PWM module and the corresponding output frequency η.

9. The buck converter of claim 1 , further comprising a voltage adjusting unit being coupled between the control unit and the PWM module, the voltage adjusting unit changing an output voltage thereof to adjust the switch frequency of the PWM module according to a control signal from the control unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2011
From: TONG, SONG-LIN; LUO, QI-YAN; CHEN, PENG
To: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2010 1 0611411 · Dec 29, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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