Wave loss detection circuit for drive signal and switching transistor drive circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10355687-B2
Application number	US-201615354488-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 17, 2016
Priority date	May 19, 2014
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

A wave loss detection circuit includes: an anode of the diode receives a first drive signal, and a cathode of the diode is connected to a first end of the first resistor; a second end of the first resistor is connected to a first end of the first energy storage unit, a first end of the second resistor, and a first input end of the comparison unit; a second end of the first energy storage unit and a second end of the second resistor are connected to a ground level, and a resistance of the first resistor is less than a resistance of the second resistor; a second input end of the comparison unit is configured to receive a threshold voltage, and if a voltage signal received by the first input end is less than the threshold voltage, which indicates that a wave loss occurs in the first drive signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drive circuit, comprising:
a wave loss detection circuit;
a first drive signal generation circuit;
a first controller; and
a switching transistor,
the wave loss detection circuit comprising:
a diode, a first resistor, a first energy storage device, a second resistor, and a comparison device;
an anode of the diode is configured to receive a first drive signal;
a cathode of the diode is coupled to a first end of the first resistor;
a second end of the first resistor is coupled to a first end of the first energy storage device, a first end of the second resistor, and a first input end of the comparison device;
a second end of the first energy storage device and a second end of the second resistor are coupled to a ground level;
a first resistance of the first resistor is less than a second resistance of the second resistor; and
a second input end of the comparison device is configured to receive a threshold voltage, and when a voltage received by the first input end is less than the threshold voltage, an output end of the comparison device outputs a first voltage signal, the first voltage signal indicating that a wave loss occurs in the first drive signal, and the threshold voltage being a critical voltage of the first drive signal at a high level;
an output end of the first drive signal generation circuit is coupled to an input end of the wave loss detection circuit and a control end of the switching transistor, and the output end of the first drive signal generation circuit is configured to output a first drive signal to an anode of the diode and the control end of the switching transistor;
an input end of the first controller is coupled to an output end of the wave loss detection circuit, and an output end of the first controller is coupled to an input end of the first drive signal generation circuit; and
the first controller controls the first drive signal generation circuit to generate and output the first drive signal to drive the switching transistor when detecting that the output end of the wave loss detection circuit does not output the first voltage signal.

2. The drive circuit of claim 1 , wherein when detecting that the output end of the wave loss detection circuit outputs the first voltage signal, the first controller controls the first drive signal generation circuit to stop generating and outputting the first drive signal.

3. The drive circuit of claim 1 , wherein when detecting that the output end of the wave loss detection circuit outputs the first voltage signal, the first controller controls the first drive signal generation circuit to generate and output a second drive signal, a pulse width of the second drive signal is less than a pulse width of the first drive signal.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cao Zhen
• Liu Yunfeng
• Zhang Yanzhong

Classifications

• G01R31/54

  Testing for continuity · CPC title

• G01R31/52

  Testing for short-circuits, leakage current or ground faults · CPC title

• H03K17/18

  Modifications for indicating state of switch · CPC title

• H03K17/162

  without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit · CPC title

• G01R31/44

  Testing lamps · CPC title