Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Isolated high frequency DC/DC switching regulator
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Application No.: US15363188Application Date: 2016-11-29
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Publication No.: US10090769B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Shailendra Kumar Baranwal , Maurizio Granato , Giovanni Frattini
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Michael A. Davis, Jr.; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H02M1/00
- IPC: H02M1/00 ; H02M5/42 ; H02M7/04 ; H02M7/68 ; H02M7/217 ; H02M3/335 ; H02M1/08

Abstract:
An electronic device, which includes an H-bridge circuit and a miniaturized transformer that is coupled to operate at VHF frequency, and a driver circuit for an n-type power transistor of the H-bridge circuit are disclosed. The driver circuit includes a first p-type transistor and an n-type transistor coupled between an upper rail and a lower rail, with an output taken between the drains of the first p-type transistor and the n-type transistor being coupled to a gate of the n-type power transistor. The driver circuit also includes a sample-and-hold capacitor coupled to capture a drain voltage for the first n-type power transistor on a first edge of a control signal for the first n-type power transistor and a comparator coupled to compare the captured drain voltage to a lower rail on a given edge of a clock signal and to provide a comparator value. The driver circuit also includes an up/down counter, which is coupled to receive the comparator value, to adjust a counter value responsive to receiving the comparator value and to output the counter value, and a first timing circuit that is coupled to receive the counter value and to send an adjustable pulse towards a gate of the first p-type transistor and a gate of the n-type transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180152109A1 Isolated High Frequency DC/DC Switching Regulator Public/Granted day:2018-05-31
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