摘要:
System and method for driving a bipolar junction transistor for a power converter. The system includes a current generator configured to output a drive current signal to a bipolar junction transistor to adjust a primary current flowing through a primary winding of a power converter. The current generator is further configured to output the drive current signal to turn on the bipolar junction transistor during a first time period, a second time period, and a third time period, the second time period separating the first time period from the third time period, drive the bipolar junction transistor to operate in a hard-saturation region during the first time period and the second time period, and drive the bipolar junction transistor to operate in a quasi-saturation region during the third time period.
摘要:
A desaturation circuit for an IGBT is disclosed. In one embodiment, flooding of the component with charge carriers is reduced before the IGBT is turned off.
摘要:
A driver circuit comprising an insulated gate bipolar transistor having a collector coupled to a voltage supply, an emitter coupled to a source of reference potential, and a gate configured to receive a control signal from a driver circuit, and a desaturation circuit conductively coupled between an insulated gate and a collector of the insulated gate bipolar transistor to desaturate the insulated gate. The desaturation circuit includes a series coupled bias voltage source, uni-directionally conducting element and switch.
摘要:
A charge pump circuit provides an output voltage greater than a supply voltage of the charge pump circuit. The charge pump circuit has a first and a second charge storage device driven and connected up to one another such that the output voltage is higher than the dielectric strength of the individual capacitors. Switching devices are alternately switched on and off dependent on a high-frequency signal, so that the first charge storage device is charged during a first clock phase and the charge of the first charge storage device is transferred to the second charge storage device during a second clock phase. The charge pump circuit is distinguished by a low current demand, high output voltages and the provision of an output voltage with a low internal resistance. In a preferred embodiment, the switching devices have bipolar transistors, equipped with anti-saturation circuits.
摘要:
A dual polarity voltage regulator circuit that is capable of regulating either positive or negative voltages is disclosed. The regulator circuitry of the present invention provides dual polarity regulation while requiring only one additional pin over a single polarity regulator. The present invention utilizes a single error amplifier, a negative feedback network, and an overshoot recovery circuit in providing dual polarity regulation. One advantage of the negative feedback network of the present invention is that the regulator circuit uses the same error amplifier (i.e., only one error amplifier) to regulate both positive and negative input voltages. The negative feedback network actively affects signals input into the error amplifier during negative regulation, but is essentially disabled during positive regulation. Thus, positive and negative voltage regulation are provided using a single error amplifier that retains its multiple functions (for example, oscillator frequency shifting, overshoot improvement and loop frequency compensation).
摘要:
The present invention concerns a current amplifier which is formed by a transistor, with a view to preventing oversaturation of the transistor. The transistor saturation preventing circuit, according to the invention, includes a second transistor (Q.sub.2) which constitutes a current mirror circuit with respect to a first transistor (Q.sub.1) forming the current amplifier, a saturation detecting element (R.sub.1) connected to the second transistor (Q.sub.2) to detect saturation of the first transistor (Q.sub.1), and a current feedback element (D.sub.1), so as to decrease the base current of the first transistor (Q.sub.1).
摘要:
A BiCMOS logic circuit with Schottky-diode emulator is formed from three NMOS field-effect transistors, a PMOS field-effect transistor, a npn bipolar transistor and a load element. First and second NMOS transistors and the PMOS transistor are connected serially between ground and a positive supply voltage. The input signal to the circuit is connected to the gate of the first NMOS transistor and the gate of the PMOS transistor, each of which sits on an opposite side of the second NMOS transistor. The drain and gate of the second NMOS transistor are connected to each other and to the drain and gate of the third NMOS transistor. The drain of the first NMOS transistor is connected to the base of the npn transistor, which has its collector connected through a load to the supply voltage. The source of the third NMOS transistor is also connected to the collector of the npn transistor. In this circuit, the second and third NMOS transistors act together to provide a feedback to limit the maximum base voltage experienced by the npn transistor when the input signal to the circuit goes low, thereby serving a similar function to that served by Schottky diodes in some bipolar circuits. A complementary circuit may be constructed for use with a negative supply voltage.
摘要:
An arrangement for controlling the base current of a power transistor comprising an adjustable driver stage which provides the drive power for switching on the power transistor at its base lead. A coupling diode is provided which taps off the voltage at the output of the power transistor. A saturation level control operates in parallel to the adjustable driver stage. A control current is supplied through a coupling diode when the voltage at the output of the power transistor signifies a system variable. The control current forms an auxiliary manipulated variable which adjusts the driver's output so as to supply the power transistor with exactly the right amount of drive power. The power transistor is thereby operated with the desired level of saturation, and particularly at the edge of saturation.
摘要:
This amplifier stage has saturation control and high dynamics. The stage comprises a pair of input current sources connected in series between a pair of reference voltage lines, a pair of output transistors, connected between the pair of reference voltage lines and defining an intermediate output terminal and a driving circuit comprising active elements and interposed between the input current sources and the output transistors. Saturation control is achieved through a pair of control circuits, one for each output transistor, comprising each a resistor interposed between the driving circuit and the respective output transistor so as to preset the balance saturation gain of the respective output transistor, and a transistor connected with its base to the driving circuit and with its collector and emitter between the output of the amplifier stage and the intermediate connection point between the input current sources, so as to define a negative feedback reducing imbalances existing between the currents fed by the input current sources, and therefore prevent high saturation levels of the transistors.