Drive control device, drive circuit, and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10958263-B2
Application number	US-202016813839-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2020
Priority date	Mar 11, 2019
Publication date	Mar 23, 2021
Grant date	Mar 23, 2021

Abstract

Provided is a drive control device including: a first output node coupled to a gate node of a high-side transistor; a second output node coupled to a drive node; a first transistor provided between a first power supply node and the first output node; and a current limiting circuit and a second transistor provided in series between the first output node and the second output node, in which the current limiting circuit limits a current from the drive node toward the first output node to a predetermined value. The current limiting circuit is, for example, a transistor having a direction opposite to that of the second transistor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drive control device for controlling a motor coupled to a first drive node and a second drive node by driving a first high-side transistor provided between a first power supply node having a first power supply potential and the first drive node, a first low-side transistor provided between the first drive node and a second power supply node having a second power supply potential lower than the first power supply potential, a second high-side transistor provided between the first power supply node and a second drive node, and a second low-side transistor provided between the second drive node and the second power supply node, the device comprising:
a first output node coupled to a gate node of the first high-side transistor;
a second output node coupled to the first drive node;
a third output node coupled to a gate node of the first low-side transistor;
a fourth output node coupled to a gate node of the second high-side transistor;
a fifth output node coupled to the second drive node;
a sixth output node coupled to a gate node of the second low-side transistor;
a first transistor provided between the first power supply node and the first output node;
a first diode and a second transistor provided in series between the first output node and the second output node;
a third transistor provided between the first power supply node and the fourth output node; and
a second diode and a fourth transistor provided in series between the fourth output node and the fifth output node, wherein
the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor and the fourth transistor are enhancement types,
a forward direction of the first diode is a direction from the first output node toward the second output node, and
a forward direction of the second diode is a direction from the fourth output node toward the sixth output node.

2. The drive control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first diode is a depletion type fifth transistor,
a gate node of the fifth transistor is coupled to a source node of the fifth transistor,
the second diode is a depletion type sixth transistor, and
a gate node of the sixth transistor is coupled to a source node of the sixth transistor.

3. The drive control device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a seventh transistor coupled in parallel to the fifth transistor; and
an eighth transistor coupled in parallel to the sixth transistor, wherein
a gate node of the seventh transistor is coupled to a source node of the seventh transistor, and
a gate node of the eighth transistor is coupled to a source node of the eighth transistor.

4. The drive control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first diode is a ninth transistor,
a voltage obtained by shifting a voltage of a source node in the ninth transistor by a predetermined value is applied to a gate node of the ninth transistor,
the second diode is a tenth transistor, and
a voltage obtained by shifting a voltage of a source node in the tenth transistor by the predetermined value is applied to a gate node of the tenth transistor.

5. A drive control device for controlling a motor coupled to a first drive node and a second drive node by driving a first high-side transistor provided between a first power supply node having a first power supply potential and the first drive node, a first low-side transistor provided between the first drive node and a second power supply node having a second power supply potential lower than the first power supply potential, a second high-side transistor provided between the first power supply node and the second drive node, and a second low-side transistor provided between the second drive node and the second power supply node, the device comprising:
a first output node coupled to a gate node of the first high-side transistor;
a second output node coupled to the first drive node;
a third output node coupled to a gate node of the first low-side transistor;
a fourth output node coupled to a gate node of the second high-side transistor;
a fifth output node coupled to the second drive node;
a sixth output node coupled to a gate node of the second low-side transistor;
an eleventh transistor provided between the first power supply node and the third output node;
a third diode and a twelfth transistor provided in series between the third output node and the second power supply node;
a thirteenth transistor provided between the first power supply node and the sixth output node; and
a fourth diode and a fourteenth transistor provided in series between the sixth output node and the second power supply node, wherein
the eleventh transistor, the twelve transistor, the thirteenth transistor and the fourteenth transistor are enhancement types,
a forward direction of the third diode is a direction from the third output node toward the second power supply node, and
a forward direction of the fourth diode is a direction from the sixth output node toward the second power supply node.

6. A vehicle powered by a rotation of a motor, comprising:
the motor;
the first high-side transistor, the second high-side transistor, the first low-side transistor, and the second low-side transistor; and
the drive control device according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Yamada Toshimichi
• Shinmitsu Tatsuro
• Okawa Kazuhiko
• Nitta Hiroaki
• Hayashi Masahiro

Classifications

• H03K17/08142

  in field-effect transistor switches · CPC title

• H02M1/346

  Passive non-dissipative snubbers · CPC title

• H02M1/08

  Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters · CPC title

• H02P29/032

  Preventing damage to the motor, e.g. setting individual current limits for different drive conditions · CPC title

• H02P23/24

  Controlling the direction, e.g. clockwise or counterclockwise · CPC title