Silergy Semiconductor Technology (hangzhou) Ltd

Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.

Wang Zhang

Chen Zhao

Feng Yu

Wei Ye Chen

Shuai Zhang

Kaiwei Yao

Junyan Sun

Lang Mao

Jialiang Zhang

Wei P Chen

Shiming Wan

Zhen Zhang

Tong Sun

A method of controlling a three-level DC-DC converter having first, second, third, and fourth power switches coupled in series between an input voltage and a reference ground, and a flying capacitor coupled between a common node of the first and second power switches and a common node of the third and fourth power switches, can include: operating the flying capacitor in a first mode in which the voltage across the flying capacitor is controlled to not be decreased in at least two consecutive first intervals, where each first interval is half of a switching period of the three-level DC-DC converter; and operating the flying capacitor in a second mode in which the voltage across the flying capacitor is controlled not to be increased in at least two consecutive first intervals, such that the voltage across the flying capacitor approaches a predetermined value.

Control circuit and control method for three-level DC-DC converter

A control circuit of a three-level DC-DC converter, can include where: the three-level DC-DC converter includes first, second, third, and fourth power switches coupled in series between an input voltage and a reference ground, and a flying capacitor coupled between a common node of the first and second power switches and a common node of the third and fourth power switches; and the control circuit is configured to adjust a phase difference between driving signals of the first and second power switches, and duty ratios of the first and second power switches, according to an error between a voltage across the flying capacitor and a predetermined value, such that the voltage across the flying capacitor is stabilized at the predetermined value.

Three-level DC-DC converter and control circuit thereof

A switched capacitor converter can include a plurality of input switch groups connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal, where each input switch group can include two power switches connected in series. The switched capacitor converter can also include a plurality of output switch groups, where each output switch group can include two power switches connected in series. The switched capacitor converter can also include a plurality of capacitors, first terminals of which are respectively connected to the common nodes of every two series-connected power switches in the plurality of input switch groups, and second terminals of which are respectively connected to intermediate nodes of each output switch group. The switched capacitor converter can also include a plurality of inductors, where a first terminal of each output switch group can connect to a first terminal of a corresponding inductor.

Switched capacitor converter

A step-down circuit, an electronic device, and a step-down method are disclosed. The step-down circuit includes a positive input terminal and a negative input terminal for receiving an input voltage; and a positive output terminal and a negative output terminal for outputting a target voltage. The negative input terminal and the negative output terminal are grounded together. The step-down circuit also includes a switch circuit, a rectifier circuit, an isolation circuit, and a control unit for outputting control signals to control for turning on or off a switch in the switch circuit and for turning on or off a switch in the rectifier circuit, allowing the input voltage to sequentially pass through the switch in the switch circuit, a capacitor in the isolation circuit, and the switch in the rectifier circuit to obtain a target voltage.

Step-down circuit, electronic device, and step-down method

A power converter can include: a plurality of circuit modules coupled in parallel between a first port and a second port, where each of the plurality of circuit modules includes a switching power stage circuit having a first magnetic element coupled between a switch node of the switching power stage circuit and a first terminal of the second port, at least one switch group having first and second transistors and being coupled between a first terminal of the first port and a first terminal of the switching power stage circuit, and at least one first energy storage capacitor for providing energy to a load of the power converter; and a plurality of second energy storage capacitors configured to periodically store energy and release energy to corresponding first energy storage capacitors.

Power converter with cross coupled capacitors

A power converter can include: positive and negative input terminals configured to receive an input voltage; positive and negative output terminals configured to generate an output voltage; first and second power switches sequentially coupled in series between the positive input terminal and a first node; third and fourth power switches sequentially coupled in series between a second node and the negative input terminal, where there is no physical connection between the first node and the second node; a first energy storage element coupled between a common terminal of the first and second power switches and a common terminal of the third and fourth power switches; a first multi-level power conversion circuit coupled between the first node and the positive output terminal; and a second multi-level power conversion circuit coupled between the first node and the positive output terminal.

Parallel output converters connected to a split midpoint node on an input converter

An integrated driver applied to a voltage converter having a switched capacitor conversion circuit, the integrated driver including: a first die having a first-type power transistor; a second die including at least one second-type power transistor, where a withstand voltage of the first-type power transistor is higher than a withstand voltage of the second-type power transistor; and where the first die and the second die are coupled in series between a high potential terminal and a low potential terminal of the voltage converter, such that the first-type power transistor receives a high voltage signal.

Integrated driver and voltage converter

A power converter can include: N switching power stage circuits, where output terminals of the N switching power stage circuits are connected in parallel, and N is a positive integer; an energy storage element coupled between an input terminal and the output terminal of the power converter, where the energy storage element is configured to periodically store energy for delivery to the output terminal of the power converter; and where after a main transistor of an M-th switching power stage circuit is turned off, a main transistor of the (M+1)-th switching power stage circuit is turned on, in order to realize zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) of the main transistor of (M+1)-th switching power stage circuit, where M is a positive integer less than N.

Power converter with switching power stage circuits connected in parallel

A power converter can include at least one first power stage circuit and a second power stage circuit, where each of the at least one first power stage circuit can include: at least one power switch, configured as a main power switch; a first magnetic element; a first energy storage element configured to be coupled to a first node of the first power stage circuit together with one adjacent power stage circuit, and to be charged or discharged through the adjacent power stage circuit; and an auxiliary module configured to ensure that a current flowing through the first magnetic element is not less than zero in a current discontinuous mode, where a first terminal of the second power stage circuit is coupled to an adjacent first power stage circuit.

Power converter having power stage circuits and an auxiliary module

A driving circuit for a switched capacitor converter having first and second switched capacitor branches, where the first switched capacitor branch includes first and second switch groups connected between an input voltage and a reference ground, the second switched capacitor branch includes third and fourth switch groups connected between the input voltage and the reference ground, and where each switch group includes an upper power switch and a lower power switch, the driving circuit comprising: a plurality of drivers configured to correspondingly drive each power switch in the switched capacitor converter; a bootstrap capacitor that provides a power supply voltage for each driver that is configured to drive the upper power switches that are connected to the input voltage of the switched capacitor converter; and where a charging voltage for charging the bootstrap capacitor is not greater than the input voltage of the switched capacitor converter.

Switched capacitor converter and driving circuit

A power converter can include: first and second terminals; N A-type switching power stage circuits, each having a first energy storage element, where N is a positive integer, a first terminal of a first A-type switching power stage circuit in the N A-type switching power stage circuits is coupled to the first terminal of the power converter, and a second terminal of each of the N A-type switching power stage circuits is coupled to the second terminal of the power converter; one B-type switching power stage circuit; and N second energy storage elements, each being coupled to one of the N A-type switching power stage circuits, and the B-type switching power stage circuit is coupled between a terminal of one of the N second energy storage elements corresponding to the B-type switching power stage circuit and the second terminal of the power converter.

Power converter with a plurality of switching power stage circuits

A voltage regulator can include: an input port with two terminals, and being configured to receive an input voltage; an output port with two terminals, and being configured to generate an output voltage, where the input port and the output port have a common ground potential; a group of input switches coupled in series between the two terminals of the input port, where a common node of every two adjacent input switches that form an input half-bridge topology is taken as an input switch node; at least one output half-bridge topology coupled between two terminals of the output port, where a common node of a high-side output switch and a low-side output switch in each output half-bridge topology is taken as an output switch node; and N storage capacitors, where each of the storage capacitors is coupled between one input switch node and one output switch node.

Voltage regulator

The present disclosure relates to a driving circuit and a wireless power transmitter including the same. In view of the fact that a transmitter-side coupling circuit exhibits a high resistance when an AC current having a frequency far away from its operating frequency is applied to input terminals, the present disclosure connects a plurality of transmitter-side coupling circuits which operates at different operating frequencies in parallel at output terminals of the same inverting circuit. The controller controls an operating frequency of the AC current output from the inverting circuit to drive different one of the transmitter-side coupling circuits to operate. Thus, one driving circuit can drive the transmitter-side coupling circuits which operate at different operating frequencies or under different technical standards to supply electric energy. The driving circuit is compatible with wireless power receivers which operate at different operating frequencies, and thus has improved compatibility.

Driving circuit and wireless power transmitter including the same

A voltage regulator can include: N energy storage capacitors, each having first nodes connected together, where N is a positive integer; N input capacitors connected in series between two nodes of an input port; N input switch circuits, each being connected in parallel with a corresponding one of the N input capacitors, where each of the N input switch circuits is configured to selectively couple a second node of a corresponding one of the N energy storage capacitors to a first node or a second node of the corresponding input capacitor; and a first output switch circuit configured to selectively couple the first nodes of the N energy storage capacitors to a first node or a second node of an output port.

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Wang Zhang