Floating driving circuit

• US 7,724,034 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2007
• Issued: 05/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries LLC (ON Semiconductor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: System General Corporation (ON Semiconductor Corporation)
• Inventors: Yang, Ta-Yung, Tsu, Pei-Sheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Cho; James H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran; Thienvu V
• Application Number:
  US11/984,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20080061827A1
• Time in Patent Office: 923 Days
• Field of Search: 326 82- 83, 326 86- 87, 327108-109
• US Class Current: 326/82
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/6871 the output circuit comprising more than one controlled field-effect transistor
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 2217/0036 Means reducing energy consumption
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 2217/0081 Power supply means, e.g. to the switch driver

Abstract

A floating driving circuit according to the present invention comprises an input circuit to receive an input signal. A latch circuit receives a trigger signal for generating a latch signal. The latch signal is used to turn on/off a switch. A coupling capacitor is connected between the input circuit and the latch circuit to generate the trigger signal in response to the input signal. A diode is connected from a voltage source to a floating supply terminal of the latch circuit for charging a capacitor. The capacitor is coupled between the floating supply terminal and a floating ground terminal of the latch circuit to provide a supply voltage to the latch circuit. The latch circuit is controlled by the input signal via the coupling capacitor.

Claims

1. A differential floating driving circuit, comprising:

an input circuit, for receiving an input signal;

a floating differential circuit, for receiving differential trigger signals to generate a set signal and a reset signal;

a floating latch circuit, coupled to said floating differential circuit to receive said set signal and said reset signal for generating a latch signal to turn on/off a switch; and

coupling capacitors, coupled between said input circuit and said floating differential circuit to generate said differential trigger signals in response to said input signal wherein first terminals of said coupling capacitors are directly coupled to said input circuit and second terminals of said coupling capacitors are directly coupled to said floating differential circuit, said differential trigger signals generated in a differential mode;

wherein said floating latch circuit changes a state of said latch signal in response to a change of said differential trigger signals.

2. The differential floating driving circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said floating latch circuit has a positive feedback.

3. The differential floating driving circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said floating differential circuit comprises:

a first comparator, for generating said reset signal;

a second comparator, for generating said set signal; and

a resistive device, coupled between negative input terminals of said first comparator and said second comparator, wherein said negative input terminals of said first comparator and said second comparator are connected to input terminals of said floating differential circuit, a positive input terminal of said first comparator being connected to said negative input terminal of said second comparator via a first threshold, a positive input terminal of said second comparator being connected to said negative input terminal of said first comparator via a second threshold.