Voltage detection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12174222-B2
Application number	US-202217969697-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2022
Priority date	Aug 18, 2022
Publication date	Dec 24, 2024
Grant date	Dec 24, 2024

Abstract

A voltage detection device is provided. The voltage detection device includes a first voltage divider circuit, a comparison circuit, and a second voltage divider circuit. The first voltage divider circuit is configured to receive an input voltage and output a comparison voltage according to the input voltage. The comparison circuit is configured to receive the comparison voltage to compare the comparison voltage with a reference voltage and determine whether to change a trigger signal according to a comparison result. The second voltage divider circuit is configured to receive the input voltage. When the input voltage is greater than or equal to a predetermined voltage value, the second voltage divider circuit and the first voltage dividing circuit form a parallel structure to pull down the comparison voltage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A voltage detection device, comprising:
a first voltage divider circuit, configured to receive an input voltage and output a comparison voltage according to the input voltage;
a comparison circuit, coupled to the first voltage divider circuit and configured to receive the comparison voltage to compare the comparison voltage with a reference voltage and determine whether to change a trigger signal according to a comparison result; and
a second voltage divider circuit, coupled to the first voltage divider circuit and configured to receive the input voltage and form a parallel structure with the first voltage divider circuit when the input voltage is greater than or equal to a predetermined voltage value to pull down the comparison voltage,
wherein the comparison circuit comprises:
an operational amplifier, having a non-inverting input terminal used to receive the comparison voltage, an inverting input terminal used to receive the reference voltage, and an output terminal generating a comparison result signal;
a buffer circuit, coupled to the operational amplifier, receiving the comparison result signal, and generating a corresponding switching signal according to the comparison result signal; and
a trigger transistor, having a first terminal used to output the trigger signal, a second terminal coupled to a ground potential, and a control terminal used to receive the switching signal, wherein the trigger transistor is controlled by the switching signal to be turned on or off to change a logic level of the trigger signal.

2. The voltage detection device according to claim 1 , wherein when the input voltage is less than the predetermined voltage value, the second voltage divider circuit does not affect the comparison voltage.

3. The voltage detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the first voltage divider circuit comprises:
a first resistor, having a first terminal used to receive the input voltage; and
a second resistor, having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the first resistor and a second terminal coupled to a ground potential,
wherein the first voltage divider circuit is used to divide the input voltage to output the comparison voltage at the second terminal of the first resistor.

4. The voltage detection device according to claim 3 , wherein the second voltage divider circuit comprises:
a third resistor, having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first resistor;
a switching transistor, having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the third resistor and a second terminal coupled to the ground potential;
a fourth resistor, having a first terminal used to receive the input voltage and a second terminal coupled to a control terminal of the switching transistor; and
a fifth resistor, having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the fourth resistor and a second terminal coupled to the ground potential,
wherein the second voltage divider circuit is used to divide the input voltage to provide a control voltage to the switching transistor at the second terminal of the fourth resistor, and when the input voltage is greater than or equal to the predetermined voltage value, the switching transistor is controlled by the control voltage to be turned on, so that the second resistor and the third resistor are connected in parallel.

5. The voltage detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the comparison circuit maintains the trigger signal at a first logic level when the comparison voltage is less than the reference voltage,
the comparison circuit changes the trigger signal to a second logic level when the comparison voltage is greater than or equal to the reference voltage.

6. The voltage detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer circuit comprises:
a first P-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), having a first terminal coupled to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier and a control terminal coupled to the output terminal of the operational amplifier;
a sixth resistor, having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the first P-type MOSFET;
a first N-type MOSFET, having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the sixth resistor, a second terminal coupled to the ground potential, and a control terminal coupled to the output terminal of the operational amplifier;
a seventh resistor, having a first terminal used to receive the input voltage; and
a second N-type MOSFET, having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the seventh resistor and the control terminal of the trigger transistor, a second terminal coupled to the ground potential, and a control terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first N-type MOSFET.

7. The voltage detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer circuit comprises:
a second P-type MOSFET, having a first terminal coupled to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier and a control terminal coupled to the output terminal of the operational amplifier;
an eighth resistor, having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the second P-type MOSFET;
a third N-type MOSFET, having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the eighth resistor, a second terminal coupled to the ground potential, and a control terminal coupled to the output terminal of the operational amplifier;
a third P-type MOSFET, having a first terminal coupled to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier and a control terminal coupled to the second terminal of the second P-type MOSFET; and
a fourth N-type MOSFET, having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the third P-type MOSFET and the control terminal of the trigger transistor, a second terminal coupled to the ground potential, and a control terminal coupled to the first terminal of the third N-type MOSFET.

8. The voltage detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer circuit comprises:
a ninth resistor, having a first terminal used to receive an operating voltage;
a fourth P-type MOSFET, having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the ninth resistor and a control terminal coupled to the output terminal of the operational amplifier;
a tenth resistor, having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the fourth P-type MOSFET;
a fifth N-type MOSFET, having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the tenth resistor, a second terminal coupled to the ground potential, and a control terminal coupled to the output terminal of the operational amplifier;
a fifth P-type MOSFET, having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the ninth resistor and a control terminal coupled to the second terminal of the fourth P-type MOSFET; and
a sixth N-type MOSFET, having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the fifth P-type MOSFET and the control terminal of the trigger transistor, a second terminal coupled to the ground potential, and a control terminal coupled to the first terminal of the fifth N-type MOSFET.

9. The voltage detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer circuit comprises:
an eleventh resistor, having a first terminal used to receive an operating voltage;
a sixth P-type MOSFET, having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the eleventh resistor and a control terminal coupled to the output terminal of the operational amplifier;
a seventh N-type MOSFET, having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the sixth P-type MOSFET and the control terminal of the trigger transistor, a second terminal coupled to the ground potential, and a control terminal coupled to the output terminal of the operational amplifier.

Assignees

• Asustek Comp Inc

Inventors

• Chung Wei-Gen
• Tsai Ming-Ting
• Hsu Hsi-Ho
• Lin Chun-San
• Kao Wei
• Yu Chen-Hao
• Hung Hsiang-Jui

Classifications

• H03K17/687

  the devices being field-effect transistors · CPC title

• H03F3/45071

  with semiconductor devices only · CPC title

• H02H3/20

  responsive to excess voltage · CPC title

• H03K17/302

  in field-effect transistor switches · CPC title

• G01R19/16538

  in AC or DC supplies (G01R19/16519 and G01R19/16528 take precedence) · CPC title