Silergy Semiconductor Technology (hangzhou) Ltd

Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.

(a) Silergy Semiconductor Technology (hangzhou) Ltd

Chen Zhao

Wang Zhang

Feng Yu

Xiaodong Huang

Chiqing Fang

Jian Deng

Qiukai Huang

Zhiwei Xu

Zhaofeng Wang

Jie Yao

Kaiwei Yao

Lingdong Zhang

Wei Chen

Wei Ye Chen

Jialiang Zhang

Wei P Chen

Kailang Hang

Shuai Cheng

Zhiyuan Shen

Lang Mao

Yufei Dong

Chen Tian

Shiming Wan

Junming Zhang

Yunlong Han

Jiaming Ye

Yongbin Cai

Yu Qi

Liwen Liu

Junyan Sun

Ye Yuan

Lingdong Xhang

Tong Sun

Gao Fan

Chia-Chi Liu

Sheng-Fu Hsiao

The present disclosure discloses a control circuit, a control method and a voltage regulator. The technical solution provided by embodiments of the present disclosure can be extended to N*M phase applications by connecting N multi-phase power converters in a voltage regulator in parallel in an interleaving manner and controlling M-phase power stage circuits in each multi-phase power converter to be connected in parallel in an interleaving manner, thereby effectively achieving multi-phase interleaving control and reducing output voltage ripples.

Control circuit, control method and voltage regulator

A three dimensional circuit module can include: a plurality of PCBs located on different faces, where surfaces of the PCBs include circuit modules; a plurality of circuit assemblies connected through components; where the plurality of circuit assemblies comprises at least one first circuit assembly having a first main board and at least one first side board that are located on different faces, where the first main board and at least one first side board of the first circuit assembly are obtained by integrated curing molding process; and where the first main board of the first circuit assembly is located on one PCB board, and the first side board is located on an adjacent PCB board, in order to realize connection of adjacent PCBs.

Three dimensional circuit module and method for manufacturing the same

A cascade circuit can include: N power conversion units connected in series between two ports of a power supply, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; a controller connected to one of the N power conversion units, and being configured to send a signal to be transmitted through the connected power conversion unit; where each of the power conversion units is configured to send the signal to be transmitted to a next-stage power conversion unit when the each of the power conversion unit shares a reference voltage with the adjacent next-stage power conversion unit; and where the signal to be transmitted is controlled to be transmitted from a previous-stage power conversion unit to a next-stage power conversion unit in sequence until the signal to be transmitted is received by all of the N power conversion units.

Cascade circuit, control method and integrated circuit thereof

An inductor current reconstruction circuit of a power converter can include: a switching current sampling circuit configured to acquire at least one of a current flowing through a main power transistor and a current flowing through a rectifier transistor to generate a switching current sampling signal; an inductor current generating circuit configured to generate a reconstruction signal representing an inductor current in one complete switching cycle; and where the reconstruction signal comprises the switching current sampling signal and a current analog signal generated according to the switching current sampling signal and an inductor voltage signal representing a voltage across an inductor in the power converter.

Inductor current reconstruction circuit, power converter and inductor current reconstruction method thereof

A step-down circuit, an electronic device, and a step-down method are disclosed. The step-down circuit includes a positive input terminal and a negative input terminal for receiving an input voltage; and a positive output terminal and a negative output terminal for outputting a target voltage. The negative input terminal and the negative output terminal are grounded together. The step-down circuit also includes a switch circuit, a rectifier circuit, an isolation circuit, and a control unit for outputting control signals to control for turning on or off a switch in the switch circuit and for turning on or off a switch in the rectifier circuit, allowing the input voltage to sequentially pass through the switch in the switch circuit, a capacitor in the isolation circuit, and the switch in the rectifier circuit to obtain a target voltage.

Step-down circuit, electronic device, and step-down method

A digital isolator can include: an encoding circuit configured to receive and encode an input digital signal, in order to generate an encoded signal, wherein a rising edge of the input digital signal is encoded as a first pulse sequence, and a falling edge of the input digital signal is encoded as a second pulse sequence; an isolation element coupled to the encoding circuit, and being configured to transmit the encoded signal in an electrically isolated manner; and a decoding circuit configured to receive the encoded signal through the isolation element, and to decode the encoded signal, in order to generate an output digital signal consistent with the input digital signal.

Digital isolator and digital signal transmission method

Provided are a power supply conversion device and a charging control method. The device includes: a transformer; a first rectifier circuit connected to a primary winding of the transformer, for converting a received alternating current into a first direct current, a voltage value of the first direct current being a first direct-current voltage, and the transformer is used for converting the first direct-current voltage into a second direct-current voltage; a voltage converter connected to a secondary winding of the transformer, for converting the second direct-current voltage to output a constant direct-current voltage or a pulsating direct-current voltage; and a controller connected to the first rectifier circuit and the voltage converter, for controlling the voltage converter to selectably output the constant direct-current voltage or the pulsating direct-current voltage according to a desired charging mode of a device to be charged.

Power supply conversion device and charging control method

A driving circuit and a driving method are provided. The driving circuit includes an energy-storage capacitor, a charging circuit and a discharging circuit. The energy-storage capacitor is coupled between a piezoelectric load and the charging circuit. Operation states of the charging circuit and the discharging circuit are controlled, so that the charging circuit charges the energy-storage capacitor during a first operation interval of an operation period, to adjust a power supply voltage signal provided to the piezoelectric load to change with a reference voltage in a first interval, and at least the piezoelectric load discharges electricity through the discharging circuit during a second operation interval of the operation period, to adjust the power supply voltage signal to change with the reference voltage in a second interval. The driving circuit according to the present disclosure requires a few switches, thereby facilitating circuit integration.

Driving circuit and driving method

A power converter can include: a plurality of circuit modules coupled in parallel between a first port and a second port, where each of the plurality of circuit modules includes a switching power stage circuit having a first magnetic element coupled between a switch node of the switching power stage circuit and a first terminal of the second port, at least one switch group having first and second transistors and being coupled between a first terminal of the first port and a first terminal of the switching power stage circuit, and at least one first energy storage capacitor for providing energy to a load of the power converter; and a plurality of second energy storage capacitors configured to periodically store energy and release energy to corresponding first energy storage capacitors.

Power converter with cross coupled capacitors

A driving circuit and a driving method are provided. The driving circuit includes a charging circuit and a discharging circuit. The charging circuit is configured to receive an input voltage to charge the piezoelectric load. The piezoelectric load discharges electricity through the discharging circuit. Operation states of the charging circuit and the discharging circuit are controlled. During a first operation interval of an operation period, the charging circuit charges the piezoelectric load so that a power supply voltage signal provided to the piezoelectric load corresponds to the reference voltage in a first interval. During a second operation interval of the operation period, the piezoelectric load discharges electricity through the discharging circuit so that the power supply voltage signal corresponds to the reference voltage in a second interval. The driving circuit according to the present disclosure requires a few switches, thereby facilitating circuit integration.

A driving circuit and a driving method are provided. The driving circuit includes a power stage circuit and a full-bridge circuit. The power stage circuit is configured to receive an input voltage, and generate an output voltage at an output port of the power stage circuit. The full-bridge circuit is coupled to the output port of the power stage circuit and is configured to perform charging and discharging on a piezoelectric load. An operating mode of the full-bridge circuit is controlled, so that a supply voltage signal for driving the piezoelectric load during a first operating interval of an operating cycle corresponds to a reference voltage in a first interval, and the supply voltage signal during a second operating interval of the operating cycle corresponds to the reference voltage in a second interval. The driving circuit has a small volume, which is conducive to circuit integration.

A digital isolator can include: an encoding circuit configured to receive an input digital signal, and to generate an encoded signal according to the input digital signal; an isolation element having a primary winding, a first secondary winding, and a second secondary winding; a differential circuit configured to receive first and second differential signals, and to generate a difference signal according to the first and second differential signals; and a decoding circuit coupled with the differential circuit, and being configured to receive the difference signal, and to generate a target digital signal after decoding.

Digital isolator comprising an isolation element with a first secondary winding for generating a first differential signal in phase with an encoded signal and a second secondary winding for generating a second differential signal in an opposite phase with the encoded signal

A power converter can include: positive and negative input terminals configured to receive an input voltage; positive and negative output terminals configured to generate an output voltage; first and second power switches sequentially coupled in series between the positive input terminal and a first node; third and fourth power switches sequentially coupled in series between a second node and the negative input terminal, where there is no physical connection between the first node and the second node; a first energy storage element coupled between a common terminal of the first and second power switches and a common terminal of the third and fourth power switches; a first multi-level power conversion circuit coupled between the first node and the positive output terminal; and a second multi-level power conversion circuit coupled between the first node and the positive output terminal.

Parallel output converters connected to a split midpoint node on an input converter

An integrated driver applied to a voltage converter having a switched capacitor conversion circuit, the integrated driver including: a first die having a first-type power transistor; a second die including at least one second-type power transistor, where a withstand voltage of the first-type power transistor is higher than a withstand voltage of the second-type power transistor; and where the first die and the second die are coupled in series between a high potential terminal and a low potential terminal of the voltage converter, such that the first-type power transistor receives a high voltage signal.

Integrated driver and voltage converter

A power converter can include: N switching power stage circuits, where output terminals of the N switching power stage circuits are connected in parallel, and N is a positive integer; an energy storage element coupled between an input terminal and the output terminal of the power converter, where the energy storage element is configured to periodically store energy for delivery to the output terminal of the power converter; and where after a main transistor of an M-th switching power stage circuit is turned off, a main transistor of the (M+1)-th switching power stage circuit is turned on, in order to realize zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) of the main transistor of (M+1)-th switching power stage circuit, where M is a positive integer less than N.

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