摘要:
A DC-DC converter including a current error amplifier and a voltage error amplifier connected in parallel to control the charging phase of the battery, during which a charging current is supplied to the battery to bring the voltage of the battery gradually up to a full charge voltage; a charging interruption stage for interrupting the charging phase before the voltage of the battery has reached the full charge voltage; and an activation stage for activating the charging interruption stage when the full charge voltage is close to the supply potential at which the supply line of the current error amplifier is set.
摘要:
A battery-charging electronic device comprises a current generator adapted to supply a charging current to a battery and a controlled current edge switch having a circuit for controlling the switching edges of current being flowed through a power transistor. The switching edge control circuit comprises a controlled edge variable voltage generator for generating a controlled edge voltage signal, a voltage/current converter for converting the voltage signal to a controlled edge current signal, and a driver circuit for the power transistor being input the controlled edge current signal to mirror, onto the power transistor, an output current which is proportional to the controlled edge current signal.
摘要:
A circuit for generating a reference voltage and detecting a drop in a supply voltage, comprising at least one threshold comparator having an input terminal and an output terminal, and a voltage divider connected between a first supply voltage reference and a second voltage reference and connected to the input terminal of the comparator, further provides for the output terminal of said comparator to be connected to the input terminal through at least one feedback network comprising at least one current generator. The feedback network further comprises a buffer block having an input terminal connected to said comparator and a first output terminal connected to a switch which is connected between a circuit node of said voltage divider and the second voltage reference.
摘要:
A photovoltaic energy conversion system includes a distributed control structure for groups of cells of each multi-cellular panel, the components of which are entirely physically integrated in the photovoltaic panel. Each multi-cellular photovoltaic panel has a DC bus, supplied in parallel by a plurality of DC-DC converters, each provided with a controller that controls the working point of the photovoltaic cells coupled to the input of the DC-DC converter for a maximum yield of electric power by implementing a relatively simple MPPT algorithm. The controller includes a logic circuit and A/D converters of analog signals representing the input voltage and the input current generated by the group of cells that is coupled to the input of the DC-DC converter and optionally also of the output voltage of the converter, and a relatively simple D/A converter of the drive control signal of the power switch of the DC-DC converter.
摘要:
A system for driving columns of a liquid crystal display includes logic circuitry operating in a supply path between a first and a second supply voltage in which the first supply voltage is higher than the second supply voltage. The logic circuitry is capable of generating first logic signals and second logic signals whose value is equal to the first or second supply voltage. The system includes two level shifters coupled to the logic circuitry and operating in a supply path between a third supply voltage greater than the first supply voltage and the second supply voltage; the level shifters are capable of raising the value of the second logic signals. The system also includes a first and a second pair of transistors having different supply paths and having an output terminal in common; the first and the second pair of transistors are coupled to the level shifters to determine the drive signal of a column. The system includes turnoff circuitry operating in a supply path between the third and the second supply voltage and coupled to the two level shifters. The turnoff circuitry is capable of keeping one of the two pairs of transistors in a turnoff state in the period of time of a frame when the other of the two pairs of transistors is operative.
摘要:
A frequency translator is usable in a switching DC-DC converter of the type operating as a voltage regulator and as a battery charger. The frequency translator receives at inputs a division voltage (VFB) proportional to a present value of the output voltage (VOUT) of the DC-DC converter, a reference voltage (VREF) correlated to a nominal value of the output voltage (VOUT), and a limiting signal (VL) indicative of a normal operation or of current limitation operation of the DC-DC converter, and supplies at an output a bias current (IBIAS) which is supplied to an input of an oscillator supplying at an output a comparison signal (VC) presenting a periodic pattern with a frequency which is correlated to the bias current (IBIAS). In particular, the frequency translator operates in a way such as to regulate a frequency translation of the comparison signal (VC) as a function of the difference between the division voltage (VFB) and the reference voltage (VREF) only when the DC-DC converter is operating in the current limitation condition.
摘要:
The present invention relates to semiconductor integrated transistors comprising a conduction section and a sense section for the current flowing through the conduction section both sections being located within a region. To ensure that sensing is accurate and takes into account that the surface of the power transistor reach in operation a non-uniform temperature, the conduction section and sense section are located in such a manner that, in operation, the temperature distributions of the two sections are substantially equal.
摘要:
A charge pump MOS voltage booster has reduced voltage drops and ripple. This voltage booster is advantageously used in two applications. The voltage has four MOS transistors instead of diodes in a classical voltage booster, which exhibit an undesired voltage drop. The voltage booster also has an oscillator with two outputs and two corresponding charge transfer capacitors. In this manner, the undesired voltage drops and ripple are reduced without complicating the circuitry structure.
摘要:
A circuit for limitation of maximum current delivered by a power transistor comprises: a network for detection of the current delivered by the power transistor which generates a first electrical signal; a reference network for generating a reference current proportional to a resistor and self-limited, provided by means of a current generator circuit and a limiting circuit with current mirror; and an operational amplifier which compares the first electrical signal with the reference current and which tends to inhibit the power transistor if the current delivered exceeds a certain threshold value.
摘要:
A control circuit for a protection circuit device includes first and second voltage boosters, a comparator coupled thereto, and a MOSFET for bypassing a direct current (DC) source. The control circuit may include a control logic circuit having a first input coupled to an output of the comparator, a second input receiving a disable command signal, a first output coupled to an enable input of the first voltage booster, and a second output, and a four terminal path inversion switch. The control circuit may include a supply voltage line, a sensor coupled to the second input of the control logic circuit, to generate the disable command signal, and to force the MOSFET into a conduction mode, and an external command terminal coupled to the second input of the control logic circuit, to receive the disable command signal, and to force the MOSFET into the conduction mode.