Green Solution Technology Co., Ltd.

Quan Gan

Li-Min Lee

Shian-Sung Shiu

Chao Shao

Chung-Che Yu

Yuan Cai

A multiphase converting controller, adapted to control a plural converting circuits coupled to an input voltage to commonly supply an output voltage, is disclosed. The multiphase converting controller comprises a feedback control circuit, an on-time control circuit, and a multiphase logic control circuit. The feedback control circuit determines a conduction starting point in time according to the output voltage and accordingly generates a conduction signal. The on-time control circuit determines a conduction time period. The multiphase logic control circuit controls the plural converting circuit in sequence in accordance to the conduction signal and the conduction time period. The on-time control circuit adjusts a length of the conduction time period according to a mode signal.

Multiphase converting controller

A DC-DC converter, adapted to control a converting circuit to convert an input voltage into an output voltage, is disclosed. The converting circuit comprises a switch module and an LC filter, the switch module is coupled to the input voltage, and the LC filter is coupled to the switch module and provides the output voltage. The DC-DC converter comprises a system control circuit, a driver circuit, and an output voltage adjusting circuit. The system control circuit generates a switch control signal according to a reference voltage and a state of the LC filter. The driver circuit controls the switch module according to the switch control signal for adjusting the output voltage in response to the reference voltage. The output voltage adjusting circuit determines whether adjusting the output voltage toward a predetermined adjusting voltage according to an adjusting reference voltage and a detecting voltage indicative of the output voltage.

DC-DC converter

A multiphase converter controller with current balance, configured to control a plural converting circuit to commonly supply an output voltage, is disclosed. The multiphase converter controller comprises a feedback circuit, a fixed on-time circuit, and a multiphase logical circuit. The feedback circuit detects the output voltage to generate a feedback control signal. The fixed on-time circuit generates an on-time signal according to the feedback control signal, and a pulse width of the on-time signal is determined according to a single timer. The multiphase logical circuit chooses a corresponding converting circuit, generates a phase signal according to a sequence of the feedback control signal and controls the corresponding converting circuit according to the on-time signal. Wherein, the fixed on-time circuit determines a correction value according to currents of the plural converting circuit and the phase signal, so as to correct the pulse width of the on-time signal.

Multiphase converter controller with current balance

A level shift circuit and a DC-DC buck converter controller for using the same are disclosed. The level shift circuit is capable of detecting a state of a converting circuit, and avoids a current leakage when determining that the converting circuit is operating under a light-load. Therefore, the level shift circuit and the DC-DC converting controller provided by the present invention can reduce power consumption under the light-load and have power-saving advantage.

Level shift circuit and DC-DC converter for using the same

A programmable on-time period of a DC to DC buck converting controller is adjusted according to a level of a preset output voltage or a reference signal. Therefore, the DC to DC buck converting controller of the present invention is suitable for any applications with different requests of output voltages or different operating mode.

DC to DC buck converting controller with programmable on-time period unit

A constant on time control circuit, configured to control a converting circuit to transform an input voltage into a stable output voltage, is disclosed. The constant on time control circuit comprises a comparing circuit and a logic circuit. The comparing circuit compares a reference signal and a voltage signal indicative of the output voltage and accordingly outputs a compared result signal. The logic circuit periodically controls the converting circuit to perform voltage transformation and makes a time period of a duty cycle in every cycle being substantially constant. A start point in time of every cycle is determined according to the compared result signal. The comparing circuit comprises a differential pair, a base current source and an extra current source. The base current source provides a bias current to the differential pair. The extra current source provides a substantial ramp current to one channel in the differential pair.

Constant on time control circuit and DC-DC converting circuit

A controller with a multi-function pin, adapted to control a converting circuit according to a control signal for converting an input voltage into an output voltage, is disclosed. The controller has the multi-function pin, an enable unit, an over-current detecting unit and a logic control unit. The enable unit is coupled to the multi-function pin for receiving an enable signal and activates the controller in response to the enable signal. The over-current detecting is coupled to the multi-function pin and determines an over-current value according to an over-current set resistance coupled between the multi-function pin and a voltage source. The over-current detecting unit generates an over-current protection signal according to the over-current value and a current flowing through the converting circuit. The logic control unit determines whether executing an over-current protection according to the over-current protection signal.

Controller and converting controller with multi-function pin

A constant on-time controller, comprising a ripple generator, a comparing circuit and a logic control circuit, is provided. The ripple generator generates a ripple signal, which is injected into one of a voltage reference signal and a voltage detection signal to form a ripple modulated signal with ripple information. The comparing circuit compares the ripple modulated signal with the other of the voltage reference signal and the voltage detection signal and accordingly generates a comparison result signal. The logic control circuit generates a control signal with a fixed pulse width according to the comparison result signal. The ripple generator has a level modulation circuit for modulating an amplitude of the ripple modulated signal to make the amplitude within an preset range under different applications.

Constant on-time controller

In a DC-DC converter controller of the present invention, a ramp voltage for compensating a reference voltage is designed to have the same valley value or peak value irrespective of an input voltage and an output voltage of a controlled converting circuit when the controlled converting circuit operates in the steady state. Hence, the DC-DC converter controller of the present invention is capable of controlling the controlled converting circuit to accurately output the output voltage in different applications.

DC-DC converter controller

A controller for protectively reducing an output of a converting circuit includes a feedback circuit, a logic control circuit, an over-state judgment circuit, and a protection control circuit, is disclosed. The feedback circuit generates a modulation signal according to an output of a converting circuit. The logic control circuit is coupled to the feedback circuit and controls the converting circuit according to the modulation signal for stabilizing the output of the converting circuit. The over-state judgment circuit receives an over-state reference signal and a detecting signal, and generates a protection signal in response to levels of the detecting signal and the over-state reference signal. The protection control circuit is coupled to the logic control circuit and the over-state judgment circuit and controls the logic control circuit to lower the output of the converting circuit when receiving the protection signal.

Controller for protectively reducing an output of a converting circuit

A power converting circuit and a feedback control circuit for the power converting circuit are disclosed. The feedback control circuit comprises a feedback controller and a level controlling unit. The feedback controller generates a feedback control signal according to a reference voltage signal and a feedback signal. The level controlling unit receives one of the reference voltage signal and the feedback signal and modules a level of the received signal from a first level to a second level with time according to a level adjusting signal.

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