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US 11,120,845 · App. 17/171,333 · Granted Sep 14, 2021

Voltage regulation circuit

Inventors: Yangyang Tang (Shenzhen, CN); Enyi Yao (Shenzhen, CN); Chen-Xiong Zhang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
G11C5/147G05F1/575G11C7/10G11C11/4074G11C16/30
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Patent No.
US 11,120,845
App. No.
17/171,333
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A voltage regulation circuit includes a first comparison and control unit and a second comparison and control unit. The first comparison and control unit is connected to a first switch unit, determine a first bias voltage based on a first output voltage, a first reference voltage, and a second reference voltage, and control a value of an equivalent resistance of the first switch unit using the first bias voltage. The second comparison and control unit is connected to a third switch unit and the second switch unit, determine a second bias voltage based on the first output voltage, a second output voltage, and a third reference voltage, and control values of equivalent resistances of the third switch unit and the second switch unit using the second bias voltage.

Claims (55)

1. A voltage regulation circuit comprising:

a first switch circuit configured to:

receive a voltage input from a power supply; and

provide a first output voltage to a load;

a second switch circuit configured to:

receive the voltage input from the power supply; and

provide the first output voltage to the load, wherein a first equivalent resistance of the first switch circuit is less than a second equivalent resistance of the second switch circuit;

a third switch circuit that is a mirror circuit of the second switch circuit and the first switch circuit connected in parallel, wherein the third switch circuit is configured to output a second output voltage; and

a first comparison and control circuit coupled to the first switch circuit and configured to:

collect the first output voltage;

determine a first bias voltage based on the first output voltage, a first reference voltage, and a second reference voltage; and

output the first bias voltage to control a value of the first equivalent resistance through digital control, wherein the first reference voltage is greater than the second reference voltage; and

a second comparison and control circuit coupled to the third switch circuit and the second switch circuit, wherein the second comparison and control circuit is configured to:

collect the first output voltage and the second output voltage;

determine a second bias voltage based on the first output voltage, the second output voltage, and a third reference voltage; and

output the second bias voltage to control values of a third equivalent resistance of the third switch circuit and the second equivalent resistance through analog control, wherein the third reference voltage is greater than the second reference voltage and less than the first reference voltage.

2. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 1 , wherein a quantity of switches comprised in the first switch circuit is greater than a quantity of switches comprised in the second switch circuit.

3. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first switch circuit comprises a first metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor, wherein the second switch circuit comprises a second MOS transistor, and wherein an aspect ratio of the first MOS transistor is greater than an aspect ratio of the second MOS transistor.

4. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 1 , wherein the third switch circuit comprises a first mirror switch circuit and a second mirror switch circuit, wherein a quantity of switches comprised in the first mirror switch circuit is 1/N of a quantity of switches comprised in the first switch circuit, wherein a quantity of switches comprised in the second mirror switch circuit is 1/N of a quantity of switches comprised in the second switch circuit, wherein N is a positive integer greater than 1, wherein the voltage regulation circuit further comprises a mirror resistor, and wherein a value of the mirror resistor is 1/N of a resistor comprised in the load.

5. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 4 , wherein the first switch circuit comprises a first metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor, wherein the second switch circuit comprises a second MOS transistor, wherein an aspect ratio of a MOS transistor comprised in the first mirror switch circuit is 1/N of an aspect ratio of the first MOS transistor, and wherein an aspect ratio of a MOS transistor comprised in the second mirror switch circuit is 1/N of an aspect ratio of the second MOS transistor.

6. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 1 , further comprising a fourth switch circuit, wherein the fourth switch circuit comprises a plurality of switches and is serially connected between the second switch circuit and the load, and wherein the third switch circuit is a mirror circuit of the second switch circuit, the first switch circuit, and the fourth switch circuit that are interconnected.

7. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 6 , wherein the fourth switch circuit is coupled to the first comparison and control circuit, and wherein the first bias voltage is further configured to control a fourth equivalent resistance of the fourth switch circuit.

8. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 6 , wherein the fourth switch circuit is connected to the second comparison and control circuit, and wherein the second bias voltage is further configured to control a fourth equivalent resistance of the fourth switch circuit.

9. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first comparison and control circuit is configured to determine the first bias voltage based on the first reference voltage and the first output voltage when the first output voltage is greater than the first reference voltage.

10. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first comparison and control circuit is configured to determine the first bias voltage based on the second reference voltage and the first output voltage when the first output voltage is less than the second reference voltage.

11. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 1 , wherein the second comparison and control circuit comprises a first amplification circuit, a second amplification circuit, and a third amplification circuit, wherein the first amplification circuit is coupled to the second amplification circuit and the third amplification circuit, wherein the second amplification circuit is coupled to the second switch circuit, and wherein the third amplification circuit is coupled to the second switch circuit.

12. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first switch circuit comprises a plurality of first switches, wherein the first bias voltage is further configured to control a quantity of turned-on switches of the first switches.

13. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 1 , wherein the second bias voltage is further configured to:

control a value of a gate voltage of the second switch circuit; and

control a value of a gate voltage of the third switch circuit.

14. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 8 , wherein the second bias voltage is further configured to control a value of a gate voltage of the fourth switch circuit.

15. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 14 , wherein the second comparison and control circuit comprises a first amplification circuit, a second amplification circuit, and a third amplification circuit, wherein the voltage regulation circuit further comprises a feedback compensation circuit coupled to the second switch circuit, the second amplification circuit, and the third amplification circuit, wherein the feedback compensation circuit comprises a feedback compensation capacitor configured to perform feedback compensation for a branch in which a second amplification circuit is located and a branch in which a third amplification circuit is located.

16. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 14 , wherein the second comparison and control circuit comprises a first amplification circuit, a second amplification circuit, and a third amplification circuit, and wherein the voltage regulation circuit further comprises a feedback compensation circuit, comprising

a feedback compensation capacitor;

a first feedback compensator comprising:

an input end coupled to the feedback compensation capacitor; and

an output end coupled to the third amplification circuit; and

a second feedback compensator, comprising:

an input end coupled to the feedback compensation capacitor; and

an output end coupled to the second amplification circuit.

17. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 16 , wherein the first feedback compensator comprises a first current source or a first amplifier, and wherein the second feedback compensator comprises a second current source or a second amplifier.

18. The voltage regulation circuit of claim 12 , wherein the first switches are configured to work in a linear area.

19. A circuit comprising:

a first switch circuit configured to:

receive a voltage input from a power supply; and

provide a first output voltage to a load;

a second switch circuit configured to:

receive the voltage input from the power supply; and

provide the first output voltage to the load;

a third switch circuit that is a mirror circuit of the second switch circuit and the first switch circuit connected in parallel, wherein the third switch circuit is configured to output a second output voltage; and

a first comparison and control circuit coupled to the first switch circuit and configured to:

output a first bias voltage based on the first output voltage, a first reference voltage, and a second reference voltage, to control a gate of the first switch circuit, wherein the first reference voltage is greater than the second reference voltage; and

a second comparison and control circuit coupled to the third switch circuit and the second switch circuit, wherein the second comparison and control circuit is configured to:

output a second bias voltage based on the first output voltage, the second output voltage, and a third reference voltage, to control a gate of the third switch circuit and a gate of the second switch circuit, wherein the third reference voltage is greater than the second reference voltage and less than the first reference voltage.

20. The circuit of claim 19 , wherein a quantity of switches comprised in the first switch circuit is greater than a quantity of switches comprised in the second switch circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2021
From: TANG, YANGYANG; YAO, ENYI; ZHANG, CHEN-XIONG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 16559959 · Sep 4, 2019
Continuation PCTCN2017097690 · Aug 16, 2017
Related Publication 20210166735A1 · Jun 3, 2021
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