Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sang-Ik Cho

Hyoung-seok Oh

Kyoung-Jin Lee

Je-Hyung Yoon

Jehyung Yoon

Ha-Neul Kim

Yoo-Jun Jeong

A power management system comprises a power converter comprising a power stage and configured to detect an abnormal static state of the power stage, to generate a protection signal in response to the detection of the abnormal static state of the power stage, and to stabilize a direct current (DC) power supply voltage in response to an enable signal to generate a DC output voltage, and a main control circuit configured to generate the enable signal for the power converter based on the protection signal received from the power converter.

Power management system comprising static protecting circuit and related method of operation

A voltage converter includes a driving device unit, a current sensing unit and a switching control circuit. The driving device unit charges an input power supply voltage in an inductor, connected between a switching node and an output node, in response to a first driving control signal, and discharges the inductor in response to a second driving control signal. The current sensing unit generates first and second sensing signals based on a first sensed current, a second sensed current, a voltage at the switching node and a ground voltage. The switching control circuit generates the first and second driving control signals by performing a pulse-frequency modulation (PFM) and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) based on a feedback voltage, a reference voltage and the first and second sensing signals. The switching control circuit adaptively adjusts off-time when the switching control circuit performs the PFM.

Voltage converter and power management device including the same

A hybrid charge pump including a hybrid circuit configured to snub an over shoot or under shoot present in an input pulse in a snubbing operation if a level of the pulse is a first level, store the pulse in a charging operation if the level of the pulse is a second level different from the first level, and generate a negative voltage from the stored pulse in a negative voltage generation operation.

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Sang-Ik Cho