SWITCHED-MODE POWER SUPPLY

• US 20120274296A1
• Filed: 04/27/2012
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (Minebea Mitsumi, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (Minebea Mitsumi, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nakashima, Heisuke, Yamanaka, Yuji, HIGUCHI, Yoshitaka
• Application Number:
  US13/458,107
• Publication Number:
  US 20120274296A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 323/282
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0025 Arrangements for modifying reference values, feedback values or error values in the control loop of a converter
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/156 with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators

Abstract

Provided is a switched-mode power supply. The power supply includes: a DC voltage input terminal; a driver switching element connected to the input terminal; an inductor connected to the driver switching element; an output terminal connected to the inductor and outputting output voltage different from the input voltage; and an integrated circuit outputting control pulses used for on-off control of the driver switching element. The integrated circuit has: a ripple injection circuit adding a ripple component to a feedback voltage of the output voltage; a voltage comparator comparing the summed voltage with a predetermined voltage; and a control pulse generator generating the control pulse based on an output of the voltage comparator. The ripple injection circuit has an integrator outputting an integral of the voltage at the node between the driver switching element and the inductor, and a series RC circuit connected to the output end of the integrator.

Claims

1. A switched-mode power supply comprising:

a voltage input terminal through which DC voltage is input;

a driver switching element connected to the input terminal;

an inductor connected to the driver switching element;

an output terminal connected to the inductor and outputting output voltage different from the DC voltage; and

an integrated circuit outputting control pulses used for on-off control of the driver switching element, and including;

a ripple injection circuit adding a ripple component to a feedback voltage of the output voltage, wherein

the ripple injection circuit has an integrator outputting an integral of the voltage at the node between the driver switching element and the inductor, and a series RC circuit connected to the output end of the integrator;

a voltage comparator comparing a summed voltage of the ripple component and the feedback voltage with a predetermined voltage; and

a control pulse generator generating the control pulse based on an output of the voltage comparator.

2. The switched-mode power supply of claim 1, wherein the integrated circuit further includes a voltage divider circuit dividing the voltage at the node between the driver switching element and the inductor, wherein the output voltage of the voltage divider circuit is fed to the integrator.

3. The switched-mode power supply of claim 1, wherein the integrated circuit further includes a timer determining duty ratio of the control pulse depending on the input voltage and either the output voltage or a voltage proportional to the output voltage, wherein

the control pulse generator generates the control pulse based on output of the timer and output of the voltage comparator.

4. The switched-mode power supply of claim 1, wherein the integrated circuit further includes an emulated voltage generating circuit generating an emulated voltage by smoothing the voltage output from the generator and

a timer determining duty ratio of the control pulse depending on the input voltage and the emulated voltage, wherein

the timer determines the pulse width depending on the input voltage and the emulated voltage.