Control circuit for switching power supply

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10666149-B2
Application number	US-201716463436-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2017
Priority date	Nov 30, 2016
Publication date	May 26, 2020
Grant date	May 26, 2020

Abstract

The present application provides a control circuit of a switching power supply, the control circuit comprising: a central control circuit which has a first control port, a second control port, and a third control port; and a current selection circuit which is disposed between the third control port and a ground and has two or more selection terminals, a connection state between the selection terminals being switched between different connection states to adjust the output current value of the switching power supply, wherein the different connection states include disconnection, shorting, and connection with a resistor having a predetermined resistance value. According to the present application, the output current value of the switching power supply is adjusted by switching the connection state between the selection terminals between the states of disconnection, shorting, and connection with a resistor having a predetermined resistance value.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control circuit of a switching power supply having a high-voltage side switching element and a low-voltage side switching element connected in series between a positive potential end and a ground of a direct current power supply, the control circuit comprising:
a central control circuit which has a first control port, a second control port, and a third control port, wherein the first control port and the second control port respectively output a control signal of turning on and off the high-voltage side switching element and the low-voltage side switching element, and an equivalent impedance between the third control port and the ground is used to set an output current value of the switching power supply; and
a current selection circuit which is disposed between the third control port and the ground and has two or more selection terminals, a connection state between the selection terminals being switched between different connection states to adjust the output current value of the switching power supply,
wherein the different connection states include disconnection, shorting, and connection with a resistor having a predetermined resistance value; and further
wherein the current selection circuit also includes:
at least one current selection subunit, and each current selection subunit is connected to the corresponding selection terminal,
each current selection subunit includes at least two current selection branches connected in parallel, and
each current selection branch includes a resistor and a switching element connected in series between the third control port and the ground, wherein trigger voltages required to turn on the switching element of each branch of the at least two current selection branches are made different from each other.

2. The control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein when the connection state between the selection terminals is switched to the connection with a resistor having a predetermined resistance value, the switching element requiring a higher trigger voltage is in an off state.

3. The control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein each switching element has a control end to control the on or off of the switching element, and the control end is connected to the corresponding selection terminal through a resistor and/or a diode.

4. The control circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the diode is a Zener diode.

5. The control circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the control end of the switching element requiring a lower trigger voltage is connected to the ground through a first electro-static discharge unit.

6. The control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two or more selection terminals is electrically connected to a control power supply which is used for providing a voltage to turn on the switching element.

7. The control circuit according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the two or more selection terminals is electrically connected to the ground.

8. The control circuit according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of the two or more selection terminals is electrically connected to a second electro-static discharge unit.

Assignees

• Tridonic Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Mao Egbert
• Zhong Scotty
• Chen Gary
• Chen Steven
• Wang David
• Wang Daniel

Classifications

• H02M3/44 Primary

  by combination of static with dynamic converters; by combination of dynamo-electric with other dynamic or static converters · CPC title

• H05B45/39

  Circuits containing inverter bridges · CPC title

• H02M7/219

  in a bridge configuration · CPC title

• H05B45/345

  Current stabilisation; Maintaining constant current · CPC title

• H02M3/335 Primary

  using semiconductor devices only · CPC title