Power-supply device

• US 6,798,180 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2003
• Issued: 09/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoshida, Shinichi, Kanouda, Akihiko, Tateno, Koji, Sase, Takashi, Hayashi, Katsunori
• Primary Examiner(s): BERHANE, ADOLF D
• Application Number:
  US10/462,680
• Publication Number:
  US 20030231010A1
• Time in Patent Office: 469 Days
• Field of Search: 323/282, 323/284, 323/351
• US Class Current: 323/282
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/1584 with a plurality of power processing stages connected in parallel
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/1588 comprising at least one synchronous rectifier element H02M3/1582, H02M3/1584 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33507 with automatic control of the output voltage or current, e.g. flyback converters H02M3/33561, H02M3/33569 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/10 Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes

Abstract

A step-down type DC—DC power-supply device implements both the stabilization of the control loop and the responsibility at the same time. In the power-supply device, an output power signal is fed back to an error amplifier after having passed through a CR smoothing filter provided independently of a power LC smoothing filter. Also, independently of the duty controls over Power MOSFETs, i.e., upper-side/lower-side semiconductor switching components in the steady state, an output from the power LC smoothing filter is added to an upper and lower limit-mode-equipped control circuit, thereby, at the transient state, forcefully setting the duty α at either 0% or 100%.

Claims

1. A power-supply device including a step-down DC—

DC converter, comprising;

power semiconductor switching components,

driving means for driving said power semiconductor switching components,

a pulse-width modulation oscillator for supplying said driving means with a driving signal, and

an error amplifier for supplying said pulse-width modulation oscillator with an error signal indicating a comparison result between a reference value and an output power,

wherein a control loop of said power-supply device includes a filter provided independently of a power output filter through which said output power passes, an output signal corresponding to said output power being fed back to said error amplifier alter having passed through said independently provided filter.

2. The power-supply device according to claim 1, wherein said power output filter is an LC filter consisting of an inductor and a capacitor, said independently provided filter being a CR filter consisting of a capacitor and a resistor, said CR. filter being connected to said LC filter in parallel, and said output signal being fed back to said error amplifier after having passed through said CR. filter.

3. The power-supply device according to claim 1, wherein said power output filter is an LC filter consisting of an inductor and a capacitor, said independently provided filter being a CR filter consisting of a capacitor and a resistor, said CR filter being connected to both ends of said inductor of said power output filter, and said output signal being fed back to said error amplifier after having passed through said CR filter.

4. The power-supply device according to claim 2 further comprising a transient variation detecting circuit, said transient variation detecting circuit

detecting said output power from an output terminal of said power output filter, and, if said output power has been found to exceed a predetermined upper-limit value,

outputting a signal for setting the duty α of said pulse-width modulation oscillator at 0%, and, if said output power has been found to be lower than a predetermined lower-limit value,

outputting a signal for setting said duty a of said pulse-width modulation oscillator at 100%.

5. The power-supply device according to claim 2, further comprising a transient variation detecting circuit, said transient variation detecting circuit

detecting said output power from an output terminal of said CR filter newly provided at both ends of said inductor of said power output filter, and, it said output power has been found to exceed a predetermined upper-limit value,

outputting a signal for setting the duty α

of said pulse-width modulation oscillator at 0%, and, if said output power has been found to be lower than a predetermined lower-limit value,

outputting a signal for setting said duty α

of said pulse-width modulation oscillator at 100%.

6. The power-supply device according to claim 1, wherein said power semiconductor switching components, said driving means for driving said power semiconductor switching components, said pulse-width modulation oscillator, said error amplifier, and a transient variation detecting circuit are formed on one and the same semiconductor board, said transient variation detecting circuit

detecting said output power from an output terminal of said power output filter. and, if said output power has been found to exceed a predetermined upper-limit value,

outputting a signal for setting the duty α

of said pulse-width modulation oscillator at 0%. and, if said output power has been found to be lower man a predetermined lower-limit value,

outputting a signal for setting said duty α

of said pulse-width modulation oscillator at 100%.

7. A power-supply device implemented by applying said power-supply device according to claim 1 to an isolation type DC—

DC converter.

8. A power-supply device implemented by using a combination of an oscillator, a one-shot multivibrator, and a voltage-to-current converter as said pulse-width modulation oscillator of said power-supply device according to claim 1.

9. A multi-phase control power-supply device, comprising:

a phase shift circuit, and

said pulse-width modulation oscillator of said power-supply device according to claim 8,

wherein said phase shift circuit is provided after said oscillator, said one-shot multivibrator being provided in correspondence with each phase.

10. A power-supply device according to claim 1, wherein said error amplifier has a low input impedance, and is connected to the output of said independently provided filter through a buffer amplifier having a high input impedance.

11. An integrated circuit wherein a power-supply device according to claim 1 is built in a semiconductor chip.

12. The power-supply device according to claim 3, wherein a relation of fLC<

fCR is established where the frequency of said CR filter is fCR and the frequency f said filter LC is fLC.

13. A power-supply device of a step-down type DC—

DC converter including power-supply device units in plural number, each of said plural power-supply device units, comprising;

power semiconductor switching components,

driving means for driving said power semiconductor switching components,

a pulse-width modulation oscillator for supplying said driving means with a driving signal, and

an error amplifier for supplying said oscillator with an error signal of an output power,

wherein each of said plural power-supply device units includes a filter provided independently of a power output filter through which said output power passes, an output signal being fed back to said error amplifier after having passed through said independently provided filter.

14. The power-supply device according to claim 13, wherein, in order to perform a parallel operation of said plural power-supply device units, said plural power-supply device units include said pulse-width modulation oscillators in common therewith, phases of said output driving signals from said pulse-width modulation oscillators being shifted, and said signals of which phases have been shifted being supplied to said plural power-supply device units.

15. The power-supply device according to claim 14, wherein each of said plural power-supply device units further comprises a transient variation detecting circuit, said transient variation detecting circuit

detecting said output power from an output terminal of said power output filter, and, if said output power has been found to exceed a predetermined upper-limit value,

outputting a signal for setting the duty a of said pulse-width modulation oscillator at 0%, and, if said output power has been found to be lower than a predetermined lower-limit value,

outputting a signal for setting said duty a of said pulse-width modulation oscillator at 100%.

16. A hard-disk device which includes a magnetic storage disk, a magnetic head, a magnetic-disk rotating drive, a magnetic-head drive, a magnetic-head position controller, an input/output signal controller, and a power-supply device for supplying power,

said power-supply device being a step-down type DC—

DC converter which comprises

power semiconductor switching components,

driving means for driving said power semiconductor switching components,

a pulse-width modulation oscillator for supplying said driving means with a driving signal, and

an error amplifier for supplying said oscillator with an error signal of an output power,

wherein said step-down type DC—

DC converter further comprises

a power output filter through which said output power passes, and

a filter provided independently of said power output filter, an output signal being fed back to said error amplifier after having passed through said independently provided filter, and

wherein said power output filter is an LC filter consisting of an inductor and a capacitor, said independently provided filter being a CR filter consisting of a capacitor and a resistor, said CR filter being connected to said LC filter in parallel, and said output signal being fed back to said error amplifier after having passed through said CR filter such that the feedback to said error amplified is through said CR filter but not through said LC filter.