SWITCHING POWER STAGE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT WITH CYCLE-BY-CYCLE PROTECTION AGAINST OVER-CURRENTS AND CORRESPONDING SWITCHING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240014729A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US18214751

    申请日:2023-06-27

    摘要: A half bridge switching power stage includes high/low side switches driven in response to a cycle-by-cycle protected driving signal derived from a PWM signal. Signals indicative of detected over-currents at said high/low side switches are processed to output the cycle-by-cycle protected driving signal, when the signal indicative of the detected over-current indicates, during a time interval within which the high/low side switch is turned on, that current flowing in the turned on high/low side switch crosses a given threshold, as an inverted PWM signal by turning off the turned on high/low side switch, and otherwise outputting said cycle-by-cycle protected driving signal as a not inverted PWM signal. An anomaly detection circuit receives the signals indicative of the over-current and switches off both the high/low side switches when an anomaly is detected in a pattern of over-current events in the signals indicative of the over-current.

    SWITCHING CIRCUIT, CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230412129A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US18206331

    申请日:2023-06-06

    IPC分类号: H03F3/217

    摘要: A switching circuit includes first and second half bridges supplying an electrical load via filter networks. During alternate switching sequences a first transistor pair (high-side in one half bridge and low-side in the other half bridge) is switched to a non-conductive state, and a second transistor pair (high-side in the other half bridge and low-side in the one half bridge) is switched to a conductive state. A current flow line is provided by an inductance, a first switch and a second switch between outputs of the half bridges. In a medium-high power mode, the first and second switches are in the conductive state between switching the first pair of transistors to the non-conductive state and the second pair of transistors to the conductive state. In a low or quiescent power mode, switching the first and second switches to the conductive state is refrained due to application of a longer delay.