Integrated circuit and power supply circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12431789-B2
Application number	US-202318342464-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2023
Priority date	Jul 29, 2022
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

An integrated circuit for a power supply circuit that includes a detection resistor. The integrated circuit includes: a first pad; a first terminal coupled to the detection resistor, the first terminal being electrically connected to the first pad in a first case, and being electrically separated from the first pad in a second case; a first temperature detection circuit having a temperature detection element, and being configured to detect a first temperature based on a voltage of the temperature detection element; a second temperature detection circuit configured to detect a second temperature of the integrated circuit, based on a first voltage corresponding to a resistance value of the detection resistor, received through the first pad in the first case; and a circuit configured to operate based on results of detection of the second and first temperature detection circuits, respectively in the first case and in the second case.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An integrated circuit for a power supply circuit that includes a detection resistor having a resistance value for temperature detection, the integrated circuit comprising:
a first pad;
a first terminal configured to be electrically connected to the detection resistor and the first pad in a first case, and be electrically separated from the first pad in a second case;
a first temperature detection circuit having a temperature detection element, the first temperature detection circuit being configured to detect a first temperature, based on a voltage of the temperature detection element;
a second temperature detection circuit configured to detect a second temperature, based on a first voltage corresponding to the resistance value of the detection resistor, received through the first pad in the first case; and
a circuit configured to operate based on a result of detection of the second temperature detection circuit and that of the first temperature detection circuit, respectively in the first case and in the second case.

2. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the power supply circuit further includes a capacitor; and
the integrated circuit further includes:
a second pad; and
a regulator coupled to the second pad, wherein

the second pad and the capacitor are coupled to the first terminal in the second case, and
the regulator applies a second voltage to the first terminal through the second pad, in the second case.

3. The integrated circuit according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a second terminal configured to receive a power supply voltage; and
a third pad configured to
be coupled to the second terminal in the first case, and
be coupled to the first terminal in the second case, wherein

the circuit further operates based on a voltage received at the third pad.

4. The integrated circuit according to claim 3 , wherein
the power supply circuit further includes
an inductor, and
first and second transistors configured to control

an inductor current flowing through the inductor, the integrated circuit being configured to control switching of the first and second transistors, to thereby generate an output voltage at a target level from an input voltage thereof, and
the circuit is a switching control circuit configured to control the switching of the first and second transistors, based on a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage.

5. The integrated circuit according to claim 4 , wherein
the first temperature detection circuit is configured to detect whether the first temperature is higher than a first predetermined temperature, based on the voltage of the temperature detection element,
the second temperature detection circuit is configured to detect whether the second temperature is higher than a second predetermined temperature, based on the first voltage, and
the switching control circuit is configured to
stop switching the first and second transistors, in response to the second temperature exceeding the second predetermined temperature, in the first case, and
stop switching the first and second transistors, in response to the first temperature exceeding the first predetermined temperature, in the second case.

6. The integrated circuit according to claim 5 , wherein the switching control circuit includes
a control circuit configured to output a first signal for controlling switching of the first transistor on a power supply side and a second signal for controlling switching of the second transistor on a ground side, based on the feedback voltage, the result of detection of the first temperature detection circuit, and the result of detection of the second temperature detection circuit,
a first driver circuit configured to drive the first transistor, in response to the first signal, and
a second driver circuit configured to drive the second transistor, in response to the second signal, the second driver circuit being configured to turn on the second transistor, with a voltage corresponding to the voltage received at the third pad.

7. The integrated circuit according to claim 5 , wherein the second predetermined temperature is lower than the first predetermined temperature.

8. A power supply circuit configured to generate an output voltage at a target level from an input voltage thereof, the power supply circuit comprising:
an inductor;
first and second transistors configured to control an inductor current flowing through the inductor;
an integrated circuit having a first terminal, the integrated circuit being configured to control switching of the first and second transistors; and
a detection resistor for temperature detection coupled to the first terminal, wherein
the integrated circuit includes
a first temperature detection circuit having a temperature detection element, the first temperature detection circuit being configured to detect whether a first temperature of the integrated circuit is higher than a first predetermined temperature, based on a voltage of the temperature detection element,
a second temperature detection circuit configured to detect whether a second temperature of the integrated circuit is higher than a second predetermined temperature, based on a first voltage corresponding to a resistance value of the detection resistor,
a switching control circuit configured to stop the switching of the first and second transistors, in response to the first temperature detection circuit detecting the first predetermined temperature or the second temperature detection circuit detecting the second predetermined temperature.

Assignees

• Fuji Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kobayashi Yoshinori

Classifications

• H02M3/33569

  having several active switching elements (H02M3/3353 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02M1/088

  for the simultaneous control of series or parallel connected semiconductor devices · CPC title

• H02M1/0035

  using burst mode control · CPC title

• H02M1/08

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

• H02M1/0006

  Arrangements for supplying an adequate voltage to the control circuit of converters · CPC title