# US 12,113,452 B2 · Power supply control circuit and control method for switching power supply system

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- Number: US 12,113,452 B2
- Document ID: US12113452B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/955,081
- Filed: 2022-09-28
- Published: 2023-09-14
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2022-03-11
- Assignees: Southchip Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Southchip Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Lin Feng; Jianlong Gao
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12113452B2

## CPC

- H02M 1/0006: {Arrangements for supplying an adequate voltage to the control circuit of converters}
- H02M 7/217: using semiconductor devices only
- H02M 1/0009: {Devices or circuits for detecting current in a converter}
- H02M 1/08: Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters
- H02M 1/32: Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection
- H02M 1/36: Means for starting or stopping converters
- 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
- H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P)
- Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS

## Abstract

The present disclosure provides a power supply control circuit and control method for a switching power supply system. The control circuit includes: a power transistor and current sampling module, a voltage common collector (VCC) charging management module, a switch module, and a voltage regulator clamping module. The power transistor and current sampling module includes: a main switch high-voltage power transistor, a power transistor driver, an auxiliary sampling high-voltage transistor, and a current sampling resistor. The switch module includes a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, and a fourth switch. The present disclosure realizes time-division multiplexing and seamless transition through a reasonable timing of the switch module, thereby enabling multiplexing of high-voltage devices reducing demands for high-voltage processes, saving chip costs, and reducing design difficulty.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A power supply control circuit for a switching power supply system, comprising: a power transistor and current sampling module, a voltage common collector (VCC) charging management module, a switch module, and a voltage regulator clamping module, wherein
the power transistor and current sampling module comprises: a main switch high-voltage power transistor, a power transistor driver, an auxiliary sampling high-voltage transistor, and a current sampling resistor;
the switch module comprises a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, and a fourth switch;
the main switch high-voltage power transistor comprises a drain connected to a drain of the auxiliary sampling high-voltage transistor, a source grounded, and a gate connected to an output terminal of the power transistor driver; and the auxiliary sampling high-voltage transistor comprises a gate connected to one terminal of the first switch and one terminal of the second switch and a source connected to one terminal of the third switch and one terminal of the fourth switch; and
an other terminal of the first switch is connected to one terminal of the voltage regulator clamping module; the one terminal of the voltage regulator clamping module is further connected to an external voltage regulator clamping bias resistor, and an other terminal of the voltage regulator clamping module is grounded; an other terminal of the second switch is connected to the output terminal of the power transistor driver; an other terminal of the third switch is connected to one terminal of the VCC charging management module, and an other terminal of the VCC charging management module is connected to a power supply; and an other terminal of the fourth switch is connected to one terminal of the current sampling resistor, and an other terminal of the current sampling resistor is connected to the source of the main switch high-voltage power transistor.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The power supply control circuit for a switching power supply system according to claim 1, further comprising: an input voltage detection module, wherein the input voltage detection module comprises a voltage sampling resistor, a fifth switch, and a sixth switch; and the fifth switch comprises one terminal connected to the one terminal of the voltage regulator clamping module and an other terminal connected to one terminal of the sixth switch and the external voltage regulator clamping bias resistor, an other terminal of the sixth switch is connected to one terminal of the voltage sampling resistor, and an other terminal of the voltage sampling resistor is grounded.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The power supply control circuit for a switching power supply system according to claim 1, wherein the voltage regulator clamping module comprises a Zener diode; and the Zener diode comprises an output terminal connected to the other terminal of the first switch and an input terminal connected to the power supply.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The power supply control circuit for a switching power supply system according to claim 1, wherein the voltage regulator clamping module comprises a Zener diode and a capacitor; the Zener diode comprises an output terminal connected to the other terminal of the first switch and an input terminal connected to the power supply; and the Zener diode is connected in parallel with the capacitor.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The power supply control circuit for a switching power supply system according to claim 1, wherein the VCC charging management module comprises a charging diode and a controlled current source; and the charging diode comprises one terminal connected to the other terminal of the third switch and an other terminal connected to one terminal of the controlled current source, and an other terminal of the controlled current source is connected to the power supply.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A power supply control method for a switching power supply system, applied to the power supply control circuit for a switching power supply system according to claim 1, and comprising:
at a startup stage of a switching power supply chip, turning on the first switch and the third switch, turning off the second switch and the fourth switch, regulating a gate voltage of the auxiliary sampling high-voltage transistor by the voltage regulator clamping module, supplying power to the VCC charging management module by the source of the auxiliary sampling high-voltage transistor, and charging the power supply by the VCC charging management module; and
at a working stage of the switching power supply chip, turning on the second switch and the fourth switch, turning off the first switch and the third switch, driving and controlling the auxiliary sampling high-voltage transistor by the power transistor driver, and performing current sampling on the main switch high-voltage power transistor by the auxiliary sampling high-voltage transistor and the current sampling resistor.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

A power supply control method for a switching power supply system, applied to the power supply control circuit for a switching power supply system according to claim 2, and comprising:
at a startup stage of a switching power supply chip, turning on the first switch, the third switch, and the fifth switch, turning off the second switch, the fourth switch, and the sixth switch, regulating a gate voltage of the auxiliary sampling high-voltage transistor by the voltage regulator clamping module, supplying power to the VCC charging management module by the source of the auxiliary sampling high-voltage transistor, and charging the power supply by the VCC charging management module; and
at a working stage of the switching power supply chip, turning on the second switch, the fourth switch, and the sixth switch, turning off the first switch, the third switch, and the fifth switch, driving and controlling the auxiliary sampling high-voltage transistor by the power transistor driver, performing current sampling on the main switch high-voltage power transistor by the auxiliary sampling high-voltage transistor and the current sampling resistor, and sampling an input voltage by the voltage sampling resistor.