IP Library Granted Patent US 11,490,488
Granted Patent B2
US 11,490,488 · App. 16/848,904 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Switching driving circuit and driving method of switching driving circuit

Inventors: Jang Hyuck Lee (Seongnam-si, KR); Joo Han Yoon (Seongnam-si, KR); Byoung Kwon An (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd.
H05B47/10
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Patent No.
US 11,490,488
App. No.
16/848,904
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A switching driving circuit includes a switch configured to switch a current supplied to a target circuit, a sensing resistor connected to the switch, a controller configured to control the switch by comparing a sensing voltage applied to the sensing resistor with a reference voltage, and a compensation circuit configured to regulate the reference voltage based on an amount of variation of an input voltage input into the target circuit and an output voltage output from the target circuit.

Claims (72)

1. A switching driving circuit, comprising:

a switch configured to switch a driving current supplied to a target circuit comprising at least one light emitting device;

a sensing resistor connected to the switch;

a controller configured to control the switch by comparing a sensing voltage applied to the sensing resistor with a reference voltage; and

a compensation circuit configured to receive the reference voltage, an input voltage applied to one end of the target circuit, and an output voltage output from the other end of the target circuit connected to the switch, and output a modified reference voltage based on an amount of variation of the input voltage and the output voltage.

2. The switching driving circuit of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to turn off the switch, in response to the sensing voltage and the reference voltage being substantially identical to each other.

3. The switching driving circuit of claim 1 , wherein the compensation circuit is configured to:

regulate the reference voltage to have a lower value than a set value based on an increase amount of the input voltage, in response to the input voltage and the output voltage increasing simultaneously, and

regulate the reference voltage to have a higher value than the set value based on a decrease amount of the input voltage, in response to the input voltage and the output voltage decreasing simultaneously.

4. The switching driving circuit of claim 1 , wherein the compensation circuit is configured to:

regulate the reference voltage to have a lower value than a set value based on an increase amount of the output voltage, in response to the input voltage being constant and the output voltage increasing, and

regulate the reference voltage to have a higher value than the set value based on a decrease amount of the output voltage, in response to the input voltage being constant and the output voltage decreasing.

5. The switching driving circuit of claim 1 , wherein the compensation circuit comprises:

a first conversion block configured to convert a level of the input voltage; and

a second conversion block configured to convert a level of the output voltage.

6. The switching driving circuit of claim 1 , further comprising:

a voltage divider connected to the switch and the controller, and configured to generate a divided voltage based on the output voltage and apply to the controller.

7. The switching driving circuit of claim 6 , wherein the voltage divider comprises:

resistors configured to divide a voltage; and

a capacitor connected in series with the resistors.

8. The switching driving circuit of claim 6 , wherein the compensation circuit comprises a first conversion block configured to convert a level of the input voltage, and

wherein the output voltage is the divided voltage.

9. The switching driving circuit of claim 8 , wherein the compensation circuit is configured to:

regulate the reference voltage to have a lower value than a set value based on an increase amount of the input voltage, in response to the input voltage and the divided voltage increasing simultaneously, and

regulate the reference voltage to have a higher value than the set value based on a decrease amount of the input voltage, in response to the input voltage and the divided voltage decreasing simultaneously.

10. The switching driving circuit of claim 8 , wherein the compensation circuit is configured to:

regulate the reference voltage to have a lower value than a set value based on an amount of decrease of the divided voltage, in response to the input voltage being constant and the divided voltage decreasing, and

regulate the reference voltage to have a higher value than the set value based on an amount of increase of the divided voltage, in response to the input voltage being constant and the divided voltage increasing.

11. The switching driving circuit of claim 8 , wherein the controller comprises:

an input terminal configured to check the input voltage;

a voltage divider terminal configured to check the divided voltage;

a switching terminal configured to check a switching control signal applied to the switch from the controller;

a sensing terminal configured to check the sensing voltage; and

a reference voltage terminal configured to check the reference voltage.

12. The switching driving circuit of claim 6 , wherein the controller comprises at least one comparator configured to compare the sensing voltage and the reference voltage.

13. The switching driving circuit of claim 6 , wherein the controller comprises:

an input terminal configured to check the input voltage;

an output terminal configured to check the output voltage;

a voltage divider terminal configured to check the divided voltage;

a switching terminal configured to check a switching control signal applied to the switch from the controller;

a sensing terminal configured to check the sensing voltage; and

a reference voltage terminal configured to check the reference voltage.

14. The switching driving circuit of claim 1 , wherein the target circuit comprises:

at least one inductor connected in series with the light emitting device, and

wherein the switch is configured to switch a current in the at least one inductor.

15. A driving method of a switch comprising a compensation circuit, the method comprising:

controlling the switch configured to switch a driving current supplied to a target circuit comprising at least one light emitting device by comparing a sensing voltage applied to a sensing resistor connected to one end of the switch with a reference voltage;

measuring an input voltage input into one end of the target circuit and an output voltage output from the other end of the target circuit connected to the other end of the switch; and

outputting a modified reference voltage by varying the reference voltage based on an amount of variation of the input voltage and the output voltage,

wherein the switch is configured to be turned off in response to the sensing voltage and the reference voltage being substantially identical to each other.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the controlling comprises:

comparing the sensing voltage and the reference voltage; and

outputting a switching control signal for turning off the switch, by a controller, in response to the sensing voltage and the reference voltage being substantially identical to each other.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the varying of the reference voltage regulates the reference voltage to have a lower value than a set value based on an increase amount of the input voltage, in response to the input voltage and the output voltage increasing simultaneously.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the varying of the reference voltage regulates the reference voltage to have a higher value than a set value based on a decrease amount of the input voltage, in response to the input voltage and the output voltage decreasing simultaneously.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the varying of the reference voltage regulates the reference voltage to have a lower value than a set value based on an increase amount of the output voltage, in response to the input voltage being constant and the output voltage increasing.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the varying of the reference voltage regulates the reference voltage to have a higher value than a set value based on a decrease amount of the output voltage, in response to the input voltage being constant and the output voltage decreasing.

21. The method of claim 15 , wherein the measuring of the output voltage measures a divided voltage that is generated based on the output voltage by a voltage divider including resistors and capacitors connected in parallel with the switch.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the varying of the reference voltage regulates the reference voltage to have a lower value than a set value based on an increase amount of the input voltage, in response to the input voltage and the divided voltage simultaneously increasing, and

wherein the varying of the reference voltage regulates the reference voltage to have a higher value than the set value based on a decrease amount of the input voltage, in response to the input voltage and the divided voltage decreasing simultaneously.

23. The method of claim 21 , wherein the varying of the reference voltage regulates the reference voltage to have a lower value than a set value based on a decrease amount of the divided voltage, in response to the input voltage being constant and the divided voltage decreasing, and

wherein the varying of the reference voltage regulates the reference voltage to have a higher value than the set value based on an increase amount of the divided voltage, in response to the input voltage being constant and the divided voltage increasing.

24. A switching driving circuit, comprising:

a switch configured to switch a driving current supplied to a target circuit comprising at least one light emitting device;

a sensing resistor connected to the switch;

a controller configured to control the switch by comparing a sensing voltage applied to the sensing resistor with a reference voltage; and

a compensation circuit configured to receive the reference voltage, an input voltage applied to one end of the target circuit, and an output voltage output from the other end of the target circuit connected to the switch, and output a modified reference voltage based on an amount of variation of the output voltage,

wherein the switch is configured to be turned off in response to the sensing voltage and the reference voltage being substantially identical to each other.

25. The switching driving circuit of claim 24 , wherein the controller comprises at least one comparator configured to compare the sensing voltage and the reference voltage.

26. The switching driving circuit of claim 24 , wherein the compensation circuit comprises either one or both of a first conversion block configured to convert a level of the input voltage and a second conversion block configured to convert a level of the output voltage.

27. The switching driving circuit of claim 24 , further comprising:

a voltage divider connected to the switch and the controller, and configured to apply a divided voltage to the controller.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 18, 2025
From: MAGNACHIP MIXED-SIGNAL, LTD.
To: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
Reel/Frame 070241/0214 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 14, 2024
From: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
To: MAGNACHIP MIXED-SIGNAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066878/0875 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2020
From: LEE, JANG HYUCK; YOON, JOO HAN; AN, BYOUNG KWON
To: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052400/0033 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0098678 · Aug 13, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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