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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ho Yeon Jeon, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hwa Yeal Yu, Bucheon-si, KR;
Seung Gyu Lee, Ulsan, KR;
Eun Suk Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes an inductor selectively connected to a power supply voltage and configured to store and release energy; a first transistor connected between the power supply voltage and the inductor and configured to provide the power supply voltage to the inductor; a second transistor connected to the first transistor in series, connected between the inductor and a ground voltage, and configured to provide the ground voltage to the inductor; a modulator configured to provide a modulation signal to a control circuit configured to control the first and second transistors by performing pulse width modulation (PWM); a current sensor configured to sense an amount of current passing through the first transistor and generate a first output signal based on the sensed amount of current; and a first overcurrent protection output generator configured to generate a second output signal based on the first output signal and a first reference signal.