Silicon Works Co., Ltd.

Ju Yeong Kim

Sung Hwan Kim

Ju Pyo Hong

Ju Hyun Lee

Hai Feng Jin

Ok Hwan Kwon

Jin Won Mok

Se Won Lee

Wanyuan Qu

Baek Min Lim

Disclosed are a switching apparatus including an internal circuit using an inductive element and a control method thereof. The switching apparatus includes a switch that regulates a current of the inductive element, and a signal control circuit that arithmetically calculates a turn-off time point of the switch by using a monitoring voltage corresponding to the current of the inductive element, a sampling voltage of the monitoring voltage, and a reference voltage corresponding to a target average current of the inductive element, and controls the switch.

Switching apparatus and control method thereof

A signal control circuit and a switching apparatus are provided. The switching apparatus includes: a switch for controlling a current flowing through an inductive element; a monitoring node connected with the switch; and a signal control circuit, connected with the monitoring node and a reference voltage, for turning on/off the switch, wherein the signal control circuit includes an integrator for generating a comparison voltage by using a monitoring voltage of the monitoring node and the reference voltage, wherein the integrator includes: a resistor unit; a capacitor unit; and an auto-calibrator for receiving at least one selection signal and determining at least one of a resistance of the resistor unit and a capacitance of the capacitor unit, during a power-up period, and allowing a peak value of the comparison voltage to fall within a target range.

Signal control circuit and switching apparatus for increased current control

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Taebaek-si, South Korea

Ju Yeong Kim