Infineon Technologies Ag

Infineon Technologies LLC

Christian Müller

Vincenzo Costa

Henrik Icking

Martin Glas

An electric circuit for providing a selection signal being used to select a control value of a control variable which oscillates, at steady state, about a reference value about a first control value and a second control value with a first period duration comprises a first differential circuit which provides a first current being dependent on a difference between the first control value and the reference value. The electric circuit further comprises a second differential circuit which provides a second current being dependent on a difference between the reference value and the second value and a first node at which a differential current between the first current and the second current is formed. The differential current forms the selection signal indicating if the first control value or the second value is to be selected in order to minimize a difference between the reference signal and control variable. A first current mirror circuit of the electric circuit is connected between the first differential circuit and the first node in order to pass the first current to the first node and a second current mirror circuit and a third current mirror circuit of the electric circuit are connected in series. The second and third current mirror circuits are connected between the second differential circuit and the first node in order to pass the second current to the first node.

Electric circuit for providing a selection signal

A calibration circuit of a driver control circuit which controls a plurality of input/output drivers of an integrated circuit comprises first and second voltage/current converters, first, second and third comparators and a voltage/current converter circuit. The first voltage/current converter with an external resistor provides a reference voltage to half the value of a supply voltage of the calibration circuit. The second voltage/current converter is connected to a first pull-down driver whose pull-down driver voltage is set to half the supply voltage. The second comparator compares the reference voltage with the pull-down driver voltage to provide a first calibration signal. The voltage/current converter circuit is connected to a pull-up driver whose pull-up voltage is set to half the value of the supply voltage. The third comparator compares the reference voltage with the pull-up driver voltage in order to provide a second calibration signal.

Calibration circuit for a driver control circuit, and driver control circuit

The invention relates to a driver circuit with

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Woerth, Germany

Christian Müller