SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY AND METHOD OF SHORT-CIRCUIT-TO-GROUND DETECTION THEREFOR
First Claim
1. A switching power supply comprising:
- a switching unit arranged to turn on and off an output transistor and a synchronous rectification semiconductor element to drive an inductor so that an output voltage is generated from an input voltage;
an error amplifier arranged to generate an error voltage corresponding to a difference between a predetermined first reference voltage and the output voltage or a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage;
a soft-start circuit arranged to generate a soft-start voltage;
a pulse width modulation (PWM) comparator arranged to compare the error voltage with the soft-start voltage so as to generate a pulse width modulation signal;
a driving circuit arranged to receive an input of the pulse width modulation signal so as to generate a drive signal for the switching unit; and
an offset comparator arranged to compare the soft-start voltage with the feedback voltage, with a predetermined offset voltage, whereinwhen Vss≥
Vfb+Δ
V holds, where Vss represents the soft-start voltage, Vfb represents the feedback voltage, and Δ
V represents the offset voltage, then the output transistor is turned off via the driving circuit based on an offset detection signal output from the offset comparator.
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Abstract
A switching power supply detects a short circuit to ground, for example, by comparing a soft-start voltage Vss with a feedback voltage Vfb while securing an offset voltage ΔV. The switching power supply includes, for example, a short-circuit-to-ground detection circuit which detects a short circuit to ground at a monitoring target terminal. When a short circuit to ground occurs for the first time, the output of the short-circuit-to-ground detection circuit is masked for a first period. When a short circuit to ground occurs for the second or any succeeding time, the output of the short-circuit-to-ground detection circuit is masked for a second period shorter than the first period.
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21 Claims
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1. A switching power supply comprising:
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a switching unit arranged to turn on and off an output transistor and a synchronous rectification semiconductor element to drive an inductor so that an output voltage is generated from an input voltage; an error amplifier arranged to generate an error voltage corresponding to a difference between a predetermined first reference voltage and the output voltage or a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage; a soft-start circuit arranged to generate a soft-start voltage; a pulse width modulation (PWM) comparator arranged to compare the error voltage with the soft-start voltage so as to generate a pulse width modulation signal; a driving circuit arranged to receive an input of the pulse width modulation signal so as to generate a drive signal for the switching unit; and an offset comparator arranged to compare the soft-start voltage with the feedback voltage, with a predetermined offset voltage, wherein when Vss≥
Vfb+Δ
V holds, where Vss represents the soft-start voltage, Vfb represents the feedback voltage, and Δ
V represents the offset voltage, then the output transistor is turned off via the driving circuit based on an offset detection signal output from the offset comparator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A switching power supply comprising a short-circuit-to-ground detection circuit arranged to perform short-circuit-to-ground detection of a monitoring target terminal, wherein an output of the short-circuit-to-ground detection circuit is masked during a first period when a short circuit to ground occurs for the first time, and the output of the short-circuit-to-ground detection circuit is masked during a second period shorter than the first period when a short circuit to ground occurs for the second or any succeeding time.
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