TEMPERATURE LIMITED CURRENT DRIVER
    71.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200301457A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-24

    申请号:US16703517

    申请日:2019-12-04

    发明人: Santo ILARDO

    IPC分类号: G05F1/567 H03K3/011 G05F1/575

    摘要: A driver circuit includes a temperature sensor configured to generate a first voltage representative of current operating temperature of the driver circuit. The driver circuit also includes an amplifier configured to compare the first voltage to a second voltage representative of an upper threshold operating temperature, and to generate a control signal based upon the comparison. A variable current source is configured to generate a load current as a function of the control signal. The amplifier generates the control signal so as to cause the variable current source to generate the load current as having a magnitude equal to an upper threshold, when the first voltage is less than the second voltage.

    VOLTAGE REGULATOR
    74.
    发明申请
    VOLTAGE REGULATOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190265739A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-29

    申请号:US16249558

    申请日:2019-01-16

    申请人: ABLIC Inc.

    摘要: A voltage regulator includes a first switch connected between a first input terminal of an error amplifier circuit and an input terminal of the voltage regulator, a second switch connected between a second input terminal of the error amplifier circuit and an output terminal of the voltage regulator, a third switch connected between the first input terminal and the second input terminal, and a short fault detection circuit which detects a short fault of the output terminal, based on an output voltage of the voltage regulator.

    Voltage regulator having an overheat detection circuit and test terminal

    公开(公告)号:US10353415B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US15938316

    申请日:2018-03-28

    申请人: ABLIC Inc.

    摘要: To provide a voltage regulator capable of switching a voltage of an output terminal from an internal voltage to an external voltage while suppressing an increase in circuit scale. The voltage regulator includes a voltage output circuit configured to generate a constant internal voltage lower than an external voltage applied to an input terminal from the external voltage and supplying the constant internal voltage to an output terminal, a temperature sensing circuit configured to decrease an output voltage of an output node thereof according to a rise in temperature, an overheat detection circuit connected to the output node of the temperature sensing circuit and a test terminal, and a voltage detection circuit connected to the output node of the temperature sensing circuit and the test terminal.

    Adaptive body bias for voltage regulator

    公开(公告)号:US10180694B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-15

    申请号:US15655373

    申请日:2017-07-20

    摘要: A voltage regulator (e.g., a low drop-out regulator) includes a pass transistor coupled to an input voltage node and an output voltage node. The voltage regulator also includes a drive transistor coupled to a control input of the pass transistor and a first resistor coupled between a source and a back gate of the drive transistor. The voltage regulator also includes a complementary to absolute temperature (CTAT) current generator circuit coupled to the resistor and configured to generate a CTAT current to bias the first resistor.

    ENERGY ESTIMATION FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT
    77.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180321718A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-08

    申请号:US15586891

    申请日:2017-05-04

    IPC分类号: G06F1/20 G05B15/02 G05F1/567

    摘要: A technique for thermal management of a circuit includes generating a power consumption estimate for the circuit based on a predetermined update amount and a comparison of a sensed voltage level to a predetermined voltage level. The method includes generating a fault signal based on the power consumption estimate and a predetermined power consumption limit. Generating the power consumption estimate may include sensing a voltage drop across a first terminal of a device of the circuit and a second terminal of the device to generate the sensed voltage level. The sensed voltage level may be indicative of the voltage drop. The method may include updating the power consumption estimate by the predetermined update amount in response to a clock signal. The power consumption estimate may be used as a proxy for a measurement of a thermal state of the circuit.