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公开(公告)号：US11563378B2
公开(公告)日：2023-01-24
申请号：US17000854
申请日：2020-08-24
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor： Julian Becker , Christian Harder , Eduardas Jodka , Stefan Dietrich , Puneet Sareen
IPC: H02M1/08 , H02M3/156 , G05F1/46 , H02M3/158 , H03K5/24 , G05F3/26 , G01R19/165 , H02M1/14 , H02M1/00 , G05F1/575
Abstract: A converter operable to convert an input voltage at an input node to an output voltage at an output node coupled to a load by switching on and off a transistor at a switching frequency, the converter comprising: an error amplifier circuit having a first input coupled to a reference voltage, a second input coupled to the output node through a resistive divider, a first output operable to output a control current and a second output operable to output a current equivalent to the control current; a peak current comparator circuit having a first input coupled to the second output of the error amplifier circuit, a second input and an output, the second input is coupled to the input node through an inductor; an off-time timer circuit having an input coupled to the first output of the error amplifier circuit and an output, the off-time timer circuit operable to set the switching frequency based on the control current; and a control circuit having a first input coupled to the output of the peak current comparator circuit, a second input coupled to the output of the off-time timer circuit and an output coupled to a control terminal of the transistor.
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公开(公告)号：US10931277B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-23
申请号：US16291675
申请日：2019-03-04
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor： Stefan Dietrich , Josy Bernard , Christian Harder
IPC: H02M3/18 , H03K17/687 , H02M1/08 , H02M3/158
Abstract: A gate-charge harvester includes a harvest capacitor that has a first plate and a second plate. The second plate is coupled to a lower rail and the first plate is coupled to send a voltage towards a regulator. The gate-charge harvester also includes a low-side harvest transistor having a first terminal coupled to a gate of a low-side power transistor and a second terminal coupled to the first plate.
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公开(公告)号：US20200287534A1
公开(公告)日：2020-09-10
申请号：US16291675
申请日：2019-03-04
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor： Stefan Dietrich , Josy Bernard , Christian Harder
IPC: H03K17/687 , H02M3/158 , H02M1/08
Abstract: A gate-charge harvester includes a harvest capacitor that has a first plate and a second plate. The second plate is coupled to a lower rail and the first plate is coupled to send a voltage towards a regulator. The gate-charge harvester also includes a low-side harvest transistor having a first terminal coupled to a gate of a low-side power transistor and a second terminal coupled to the first plate.
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公开(公告)号：US10651742B2
公开(公告)日：2020-05-12
申请号：US16292750
申请日：2019-03-05
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor： Stefan Dietrich , Joerg Kirchner
IPC: H02M3/158 , H03K5/24 , H03K17/687 , H02M1/00
Abstract: A current measurement linearization circuit for a DC/DC boost converter includes a back-gate sensing transistor and a back-gate reset transistor. The back-gate sensing transistor has a first terminal coupled to a first body contact of a high-side power transistor and a second terminal coupled to a second body contact of a first replica transistor in a valley-current sensing circuit. The back-gate reset transistor has a first terminal coupled to a max reference voltage that is equal to the greater of an input voltage and an output voltage and a second terminal coupled to the second body contact.
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公开(公告)号：US11863073B2
公开(公告)日：2024-01-02
申请号：US17490764
申请日：2021-09-30
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
IPC: H02M3/158 , H02M1/00 , H03K3/0233
CPC classification number: H02M3/1584 , H02M1/0009 , H02M1/0025 , H03K3/02337
Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes an output terminal, a reference voltage source, an error amplifier, and a compensation circuit. The error amplifier is coupled to the output terminal and the reference voltage source. The error amplifier is configured to generate an error signal representative of a difference between a voltage at the output terminal and a reference voltage provided by the reference voltage source. The compensation circuit is coupled to the error amplifier. The compensation circuit includes a resistor, a capacitor, and a switch control circuit. The resistor is coupled to the error amplifier. The capacitor is coupled to the resistor. The switch control circuit is configured to modulate connection of the resistor to the capacitor based on a switching frequency of the DC-DC converter.
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公开(公告)号：US10673337B1
公开(公告)日：2020-06-02
申请号：US16265027
申请日：2019-02-01
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor： Eduardas Jodka , Julian Becker , Stefan Dietrich
Abstract: A switch-node rising edge detection circuit is provided for a switched-mode DC/DC boost converter. A high-side gate-driver couples a gate of the high-side NMOS power transistor to either a first terminal of a bootstrap capacitor or the switch-node. The detection circuit includes an AND gate that receives an activation signal on a first input and provides a switching signal to the high-side gate-driver. A PMOS transistor is coupled in series with an inverter between the first terminal of the bootstrap capacitor and a second input of the AND gate. The inverter receives supply voltages from the first terminal of the bootstrap capacitor and the switch-node. The gate of the PMOS transistor receives the activation signal. An NMOS transistor is coupled between an output voltage and a node between the PMOS transistor and the inverter. A gate of the NMOS transistor is coupled to the bootstrap capacitor's first terminal.
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公开(公告)号：US20200076308A1
公开(公告)日：2020-03-05
申请号：US16292750
申请日：2019-03-05
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor： Stefan Dietrich , Joerg Kirchner
IPC: H02M3/158 , H03K17/687 , H03K5/24
Abstract: A current measurement linearization circuit for a DC/DC boost converter includes a back-gate sensing transistor and a back-gate reset transistor. The back-gate sensing transistor has a first terminal coupled to a first body contact of a high-side power transistor and a second terminal coupled to a second body contact of a first replica transistor in a valley-current sensing circuit. The back-gate reset transistor has a first terminal coupled to a max reference voltage that is equal to the greater of an input voltage and an output voltage and a second terminal coupled to the second body contact.
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公开(公告)号：US10523116B2
公开(公告)日：2019-12-31
申请号：US16126705
申请日：2018-09-10
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor： Stefan Dietrich , Joerg Kirchner , Ruediger Ganz
Abstract: A timer for creating a stable on time. The timer may have a reference voltage source, and an input voltage source. The voltage sources providing voltage that can be applied to a various circuit components such as capacitors, inductors, resistors, diodes, transistors, or other components. The reference voltage source may also be modified by a set of transistors coupled as a diode before being seen by an input of a timer comparator. The reference and input voltage source signals, which may be modified by circuit components, are compared by the timer comparator and then output as a timer control signal. The timer control signal may control a voltage converter, or the switches of a voltage converter.
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公开(公告)号：US11258363B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-22
申请号：US16712498
申请日：2019-12-12
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor： Joerg Kirchner , Stefan Dietrich , Gaetano Maria Walter Petrina
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for a circuit comprising a power converter controller. In an example, the power converter controller is configured to receive a signal representative of a current of a power converter, compare the signal representative of the current of the power converter to an error signal and generate a peak current detection signal having an asserted value when the signal representative of the current of the power converter is not less than the error signal. A state machine circuit is coupled the peak current detection circuit. The state machine circuit is configured to receive the peak current detection signal, a clock signal, and a timer signal and implement a state machine to generate at least one control signal for controlling a mode and a phase of operation of the power converter based on values of the peak current detection signal, the clock signal, and the timer signal.
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公开(公告)号：US20210167687A1
公开(公告)日：2021-06-03
申请号：US17176077
申请日：2021-02-15
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor： Joerg Kirchner , Stefan Dietrich , Ivan Shumkov , Christian Harder
Abstract: To facilitate current sensing for valley current-controlled power converters, an example apparatus includes a comparator having a first terminal, a second terminal, and an output. A first transistor has a first drain coupled to the first terminal of the comparator. A second transistor has a second drain coupled to the first terminal of the comparator. A third transistor has a third drain coupled to the second terminal of the comparator.
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