Switching converter and oscillator thereof
AssigneeSg Micro Corp
InventorsFei Xiao, Xiang Yu
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Abstract
Disclosed are a switching converter and an oscillator thereof. The oscillator includes a charging current generating circuit and a clock signal generator circuit, which is used for generating a clock signal according to a charging current provided by the charging current generating circuit. The charging current generating circuit includes a variable resistor and a current limiting module. The current limiting module is used for limiting a current value of the charging current to a preset current value when the variable resistor is shorted or opened, thus avoiding drastic change of a switching frequency of the circuit when the external variable resistor is shorted or opened, so as to improve system stability.
Claims15
An oscillator of a switching converter, wherein the oscillator comprises:
- a charging current generating circuit, configured to generate a charging current;
- a clock signal generator circuit, configured to generate a slope voltage according to the charging current, compare the slope voltage with a first reference voltage to obtain a comparison result, and generate a clock signal according to the comparison result,
- wherein, the charging current generating circuit comprises a variable resistor and a current limiting module, which is configured to limit a current value of the charging current to a preset current value when the variable resistor is shorted or opened,
- wherein the charging current generating circuit further comprises:
- a first transistor and a second transistor being connected in series between a power supply voltage and the variable resistor;
- a fourth transistor being connected between the power supply voltage and the clock signal generator circuit, wherein the fourth transistor and the first transistor form a current mirror, and a second terminal of the fourth transistor is used for supplying the charging current;
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- an operational amplifier, which has a non-inverting input terminal being used for receiving a second reference voltage, an inverting input terminal being connected to a first node with a first terminal of the variable resistor, and an output terminal being connected to a control terminal of the second transistor,
- wherein, the operational amplifier is configured to provide a feedback adjustment signal to the second transistor according to a node voltage of the first node and the second reference voltage, to adjust the current value of the charging current,
- wherein the current limiting module comprises:
- a first current source, having a first terminal being connected to the power supply voltage and having a second terminal being connected to the first node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.