LINEAR POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT

• US 20200133324A1
• Filed: 10/29/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Nagata, Takeshi, Takobe, Isao, Yamaguchi, Yuhei
• Granted Patent: US 10,908,626 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/03 for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems or for circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/575 characterised by the feedback circuit
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/59 including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 3/262 using field-effect transistors only
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/21 with semiconductor devices only H03F3/245 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/45273 Mirror types
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/45475 using IC blocks as the active amplifying circuit

Abstract

A linear power supply circuit, includes: output transistor between input terminal where input voltage is applied and output terminal where output voltage is applied; a driver driving the output transistor based on difference between voltage based on the output voltage and reference voltage; and phase compensation circuit, wherein the driver includes differential amplifier outputting voltage corresponding to the difference between the voltage based on the output voltage and the reference voltage, a first capacitance having one end where output of the differential amplifier is applied and the other end where ground potential is applied, a converter converting the voltage based on the output of the differential amplifier into current, and a current amplifier amplifying the current output from the converter, and wherein the phase compensation circuit lowers gain of transfer function of the linear power supply circuit and output capacitor connected to the output terminal.

Claims

1. A linear power supply circuit, comprising:

an output transistor installed between an input terminal to which an input voltage is applied and an output terminal to which an output voltage is applied;

a driver configured to drive the output transistor based on a difference between a voltage that is based on the output voltage and a reference voltage; and

a phase compensation circuit,

wherein the driver includes a differential amplifier configured to output a voltage corresponding to the difference between the voltage based on the output voltage and the reference voltage, a first capacitance having one end to which an output of the differential amplifier is applied and the other end to which a ground potential is applied, a converter configured to convert the voltage that is based on the output of the differential amplifier into a current and output the current, and a current amplifier configured to amplify the current output from the converter,

wherein a power supply voltage of the differential amplifier and the converter depends on the output voltage, and

wherein the phase compensation circuit is configured to lower a gain of a transfer function of the linear power supply circuit and an output capacitor connected to the output terminal by shifting a pole of the transfer function, without the output capacitor affecting the pole, to a low frequency.

3. The circuit of claim 1, wherein the phase compensation circuit includes:

a second transistor connected in parallel to a first transistor which is one of the output transistor and a transistor in the driver;

a resistor installed between a control terminal of the first transistor and a control terminal of the second transistor; and

a second capacitance installed between the control terminal of the second transistor and a first terminal.

4. The circuit of claim 3, wherein the second capacitance is a parasitic capacitance of the second transistor.

5. The circuit of claim 3, wherein the first transistor is the output transistor.

6. The circuit of claim 3, wherein a size of the second transistor is larger than a size of the first transistor.

7. The circuit of claim 1, wherein the power supply voltage of the current amplifier is a constant voltage.

8. The circuit of claim 7, wherein withstand voltages of the differential amplifier and the converter are lower than a withstand voltage of the current amplifier.

9. The circuit of claim 1, wherein a gain of the differential amplifier is smaller than a gain of the current amplifier.

10. The circuit of claim 1, wherein the current amplifier includes a plurality of current sink type current mirror circuits and a plurality of current source type current mirror circuits,

wherein a mirror ratio of each of the plurality of current sink type current mirror circuits is 5 or less, and

wherein a mirror ratio of each of the plurality of current source type current mirror circuits is 5 or less.

11. A vehicle comprising the linear power supply circuit of claim 1.

2. A linear power supply circuit, comprising:

an output transistor installed between an input terminal to which an input voltage is applied and an output terminal to which an output voltage is applied;

a driver configured to drive the output transistor based on a difference between a voltage based on the output voltage and a reference voltage; and

a phase compensation circuit,

wherein the driver includes a differential amplifier configured to output a voltage corresponding to the difference between the voltage based on the output voltage and the reference voltage, a first capacitance having one end to which an output of the differential amplifier is applied and the other end to which the voltage that is based on the output voltage is applied to, a converter configured to convert the voltage that is based on the output of the differential amplifier into a current and output the current, and a current amplifier configured to amplify the current output from the converter, and a phase compensation circuit,

wherein a power supply voltage of the differential amplifier is a first constant voltage and a power supply voltage of the current amplifier is a second constant voltage, or the power supply voltage of the differential amplifier and the power supply voltage of the current amplifier are the input voltage, and

wherein the phase compensation circuit is configured to lower a gain of a transfer function of the linear power supply circuit and an output capacitor connected to the output terminal by shifting a pole of the transfer function, without the output capacitor affecting the pole, to a low frequency.