Buck DC/DC converter and control IC thereof, communication machine for office, electric bicycle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9673706-B2
Application number	US-201514833440-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2015
Priority date	Aug 28, 2014
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to improving the reliability of the control IC of DC/DC converters. The present invention provides a control IC 200 of a rectifier diode-type buck DC/DC converter 100 . An N-channel DMOS switch transistor M 1 is disposed between an input terminal VCC and a switch terminal LX. A first diode D 11 and an N-channel DMOS low-side transistor M 2 are connected in series with and disposed between the switch terminal LX and a ground terminal GND.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control integrated circuit (IC), characterized by being the control IC of a rectifier diode-type buck DC/DC converter and comprising,
an input terminal, configured to receive an input voltage;
a switch terminal, connected with an inductor and connected with a cathode of the rectifier diode;
a ground terminal, connected with an anode of the rectifier diode;
an N-channel DMOS switch transistor, disposed between the input terminal and the switch terminal;
a first diode and an N-channel DMOS low-side transistor, connected in series with and disposed between the switch terminal and the ground terminal;
a high-side driver, configured to switch the switch transistor; and
a low-side driver, configured to switch the low-side transistor;
wherein the first diode comprises a P-channel DMOS transistor.

2. The control IC according to claim 1 , wherein the P-channel DMOS transistor comprises a gate and a back-gate that are connected with a drain of the low-side transistor.

3. The control IC according to claim 1 , wherein the first diode is disposed at a position that is closer to the high side than the low-side transistor is.

4. The control IC according to claim 1 , further comprising,
a bootstrap terminal;
an internal adjuster, configured to generate an internal voltage with a specified voltage level; and
a second diode, disposed between the output terminal of the internal adjuster and the bootstrap terminal, and configured to supply the voltage of the bootstrap terminal to the power terminal at the high side of the high-side driver.

5. The control IC according to claim 1 , wherein the control IC is configured to receive an input voltage greater than 24-V series.

6. The control IC according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a detection terminal, configured to be inputted with a detection voltage corresponding to the output voltage of the buck DC/DC converter;
an error amplifier, configured to amplify an error between the detection voltage and a specified reference voltage and generate an error signal; and
a duty cycle controller, configured to receive the error signal and generate a pulse modulation signal by modulating the duty cycle ratio while the error is close to zero.

7. A buck DC/DC converter, characterized by being the buck DC/DC converter of the rectifier diode-type and comprising,
the control IC according to claim 1 ;
an output line, connected with a load;
a rectifier diode, disposed between the switch terminal and the ground terminal of the control IC;
an output capacitor, connected with the output line; and
an inductor, disposed between the output line and the switch terminal.

8. A communication machine for office, characterized by comprising the buck DC/DC converter in claim 7 .

9. An electric bicycle, characterized by comprising the buck DC/DC converter in claim 7 .

10. A control IC, characterized by being the control IC of a rectifier diode-type buck DC/DC converter and comprising,
an input terminal, configured to receive an input voltage;
a switch terminal, connected with an inductor and connected with a cathode of the rectifier diode;
a ground terminal, connected with an anode of the rectifier diode;
an N-channel DMOS switch transistor, disposed between the input terminal and the switch terminal;
an N-channel DMOS low-side transistor, wherein a source of the low-side transistor is connected with the ground terminal;
a voltage limiting element, inserted between the switch terminal and a drain of the low-side transistor, and configured to inhibit a drain voltage of the low-side transistor from shifting toward a negative direction;
a high-side driver, configured to switch the switch transistor; and
a low-side driver, configured to switch the low-side transistor;
wherein the voltage limiting element comprises a P-channel DMOS transistor.

11. The control IC according to claim 10 , wherein the voltage limiting element comprises a first diode.

12. The control IC according to claim 10 , wherein the P-channel DMOS transistor comprises a gate and a back-gate that are connected with the drain of the low-side transistor.

13. The control IC according to claim 10 , wherein the voltage limiting element comprises a floating MOSFET.

Assignees

• Rohm Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsuki Takeru
• Karasawa Shinya

Classifications

• H10W99/00

  Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass · CPC title

• H02M3/158 Primary

  including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load · CPC title

• H01L23/00

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02M1/08

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

• H02M1/32

  Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection · CPC title