摘要:
A circuit and method for controlling a switching voltage regulator having (1) a switch including one or more switching transistors and (2) an output adapted to supply current at a regulated voltage to a load including an output capacitor. The circuit and method generates a control signal to turn said one or more switching transistors OFF under operating conditions when the voltage at the output is capable of being maintained substantially at the regulated voltage by the charge on the output capacitor. Such a circuit and method increases the efficiency of the regulator circuit particularly at low average current levels.
摘要:
A circuit and method for controlling a switching voltage regulator having (1) a switch including one or more switching transistors and (2) an output adapted to supply current at a regulated voltage to a load including an output capacitor. The circuit and method generates a control signal to turn said one or more switching transistors OFF under operating conditions when the voltage at the output is capable of being maintained substantially at the regulated voltage by the charge on the output capacitor. Such a circuit and method increases the efficiency of the regulator circuit particularly at low average current levels.
摘要:
Switching regulator circuits and methods are provided in which the output circuit is adaptable to maintain high efficiency over various load current levels. The regulator circuits generate one or more control signals in response to the load current and selectively route a switch driver control signal to one or more switches in the output circuit. The switches differ in their size, such that the most efficient switch can be used at a particular load current level. At low load current levels, the driver control signal is routed to output circuitry with smaller switch devices, which incur smaller driver current losses for a given frequency of operation, thereby increasing the regulator efficiency. At high load current levels, the driver control signal is routed to large switch devices, which incur greater driver current losses for a given frequency of operation, but which have a lower impedance. The regulator thus maintains high efficiency over a wide range of load currents while operating at a constant frequency.
摘要:
A driver circuit and method for alternately driving first and second power transistors is provided. The driver circuit includes shoot-through reduction circuitry for monitoring the gate-to-source voltages of the two power transistors so as to inhibit the turning-ON of each power transistor until the gate-to-source voltage of the other power transistor has fallen to a voltage level indicative of the other transistor being OFF. Additionally, the driver circuit includes a circuit to prevent transient signals from said power transistors from affecting the operation of the driver circuit.
摘要:
A video amplifier, for use with a synchronous detector, employs a first differential amplifier stage, coupled through a level-shifting circuit to the synchronous detector output. A noise-responsive second differential amplifier stage has its output cross connected with the first differential amplifier and is biased to be normally unresponsive. In the event of an inverted noise impulse at the detector output, the second differential amplifier is turned on and its cross-connected output cancels the output of the first differential amplifier, thus canceling the noise impulse. If the noise is strong enough, the output will go into the black video region. This avoids the excess white video noise which results in very undesirable spot blooming.
摘要:
A differential transistor pair has an antiresonant tank connected between collectors. Feedback is achieved using a pair of cross connected zener diodes biased into reverse breakdown. A balanced two-pin version provides paraphase output and an unbalanced single-pin version is available for single phase output. The single pin version can include a current mirror for biasing the zener diodes with constant current. The oscillator can be temperature compensated by means of a temperature programmed current source.
摘要:
A switching mode voltage regulator circuit that operates at reduced quiescent current levels is provided. The voltage regulator preferably includes a control circuit and a switching element that connects and disconnects filter circuitry from the control circuit. An error amplifier in the control circuit is placed in a micropower operating state when the regulator is in standby mode to reduce quiescent current.
摘要:
Synchronous switching regulator circuits with voltage-drop sensing circuitry are presented in which the current sensing element typically in series with a load is eliminated, resulting in reduced dissipative losses and less costly manufacture. Voltage drops are measured across the regulator's synchronous switching element, and, in some cases, also across the regulator's main switching element. Measured voltage drops are used to derive a current analog signal indicative of the amount of current being supplied by the regulator. The current signal is then compared with a threshold value to determine whether the regulator's duty cycle should be varied.
摘要:
A sampled data phase detector is created using a differential amplifier that is provided with a feedback capacitor connected between the output and the inverting input. A reference potential is coupled to the noninverting input. A coupling capacitor is connected between the inverting input and a sampling switch that switches the coupling capacitor alternately between ground and a circuit input terminal. A second switch alternately shorts out the feedback capacitor at the clock rate during the time interval the input capacitor is grounded. In this state both inputs and the output are forced to the reference potential. On the other half of the clock cycle the amplifier input is coupled to sense the data signal. The result is a rectified version of the data signal appearing at the amplifier output. The d-c level of this signal is related to the amplitude and phase of the data signal. A full wave version of the circuit is also disclosed.
摘要:
A circuit is disclosed for operating an MOS transistor in its resistive mode. A cascode transistor is used to clamp the voltage across the resistive transistor to the required level. The circuit gain can be controlled by controlling voltage across the resistive transistor.