Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC

Fairchild Korea Semiconductor Ltd.

Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation

Chenghao Jin

Gwanbon Koo

SangCheol Moon

Bonggeun Chung

BongGeun Chung

Sangcheol Moon

Jin-Tae Kim

Laszlo Balogh

GwanBon Koo

Jason Guo

A buck converter includes a power switch having a first end to receive an input voltage, a synchronous switch connected between a second end of the power switch and the ground, an inductor having a first end connected to the other end of the power switch, and a switch control circuit configured to turn off the synchronous switch when a zero voltage delay time passes after an inductor current flowing through the inductor reaches a predetermined reference value, calculate a dead time based on the input voltage and the zero voltage delay time, and turn on the power switch when the dead time passes following the turn-off time of the synchronous switch.

Switch control circuit and buck converter comprising the same

A buck converter includes a power switch having a first end to receive an input voltage, and a soft start circuit configured to compensate a soft start voltage during a soft start time period according to a result of comparing a feedback voltage corresponding to an output voltage of the buck converter and an input detection voltage corresponding to the input voltage. The buck converter controls switching of the power switch using the soft start voltage.

Soft-start circuit and buck converter comprising the same

A buck converter includes a power switch having one end to which an input voltage is transferred, a synchronous switch connected between the other end of the power switch and the ground, an inductor having an end connected to the other end of the power switch, and a switch control circuit configured to calculate a zero voltage delay time based on at least an ON time of the power switch and a delay time. The delay time is determined based on the inductor and parasitic capacitors of the power switch and the synchronous switch.

Switch control circuit and buck converter including the same

Soft-start circuit for buck converter control

An AC-DC converter includes a main switch that is controlled according to an input AC line voltage. The main switch is allowed to be switched when a level of the input AC line voltage is within a regulation band, and is prevented from being switched when the level of the input AC line voltage is not within the regulation band. The regulation band can be dynamically adjusted based on load condition. The AC-DC converter can be a buck, boost, or buck-boost converter.

Input AC line control for AC-DC converters

Provided are an input voltage detection circuit and a power supply including the same. The power supply includes a rectifier circuit configured to generate a line input voltage by rectifying an alternating current (AC) input. The input voltage detection circuit which is applied to the power supply generates a peak sensing voltage that indicates a predetermined peak area defined around a peak of the line input voltage, generates a peak detection signal that indicates the peak of the line input voltage based on a center of the peak sensing voltage, and generates an input sensing voltage corresponding to the line input voltage by being synchronized with the peak detection signal. The power supply may control a switching period according to the input sensing voltage.

Input voltage detection circuit and power supply including the same

Provided is a buck converter. The converter includes a power switch configured to receive and switch an input voltage and convert the input voltage into an output voltage, and a switch control circuit configured to generate a signal having a frequency synchronized with the input voltage, compensate for the signal by using an edge threshold voltage in an edge area of the signal according to at least one of a load state and the input voltage, and control switching of the power switch by using a result of comparing the signal with a band voltage corresponding to the output.

Switch control circuit and converter including the same

A bidirectional interface circuit includes a first current mirror circuit that copies a first reference current to generate a first current sunk from a first output terminal, a second current mirror circuit that copies a second reference current to generate a second current sunk from a second output terminal, an interception switch that is connected between the first output terminal and the second output terminal, a first comparator that outputs an upper state signal based on a comparison result of a voltage of the first output terminal and a first threshold voltage, a third current mirror circuit that copies one of a third reference current and a fourth reference current to supply a third current flowing to a third output terminal, and a second comparator that outputs a lower state signal based on a comparison result of a voltage of the second output terminal and a second threshold voltage.

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