Power control device and power supply device
AssigneeRohm Co., Ltd.
InventorTatsuya Okada
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Abstract
A power control device serves as a main controlling agent in a power supply device which generates an output voltage from an input voltage using an output transistor, and includes: an output feedback circuit configured to receive the output voltage or a feedback voltage corresponding to it to generate a driving signal for the output transistor; a current feedback signal generation circuit configured to generate a current feedback signal for adjusting the phase characteristics of the output feedback circuit according to an output current of the power supply device; and a delay circuit configured to delay a change in the current feedback signal in response to a change in the output current.
Claims15
A power control device configured to serve as a main controlling agent in a power supply device which generates an output voltage from an input voltage using an output transistor, the power control device comprising:
- an output feedback circuit configured to receive the output voltage or a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage to generate a driving signal for the output transistor;
- a current feedback signal generation circuit configured to generate a current feedback signal for adjusting phase characteristics of the output feedback circuit according to an output current of the power supply device, the current feedback signal generated according to a mirror current gained by mirroring the output current;
- and
- a delay circuit configured to delay a change in the mirror current in response to a change in the output current,
- wherein
- the current feedback signal generation circuit includes:
- a mirror transistor configured to be driven according to the driving signal so as to generate a mirror current corresponding to the output current;
- and
- a current mirror configured to generate the current feedback signal from the mirror current,
- the delay circuit includes a first resistor and a first capacitor,
- the first resistor is connected between an application terminal for the driving signal and a control terminal of the mirror transistor, and
- the first capacitor is connected between the control terminal of the mirror transistor and a main electrode of the mirror transistor.
A power control device configured to serve as a main controlling agent in a power supply device which generates an output voltage from an input voltage using an output transistor, the power control device comprising:
- an output feedback circuit configured to receive the output voltage or a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage to generate a driving signal for the output transistor;
- a current feedback signal generation circuit configured to generate a current feedback signal for adjusting phase characteristics of the output feedback circuit according to an output current of the power supply device, the current feedback signal generated according to a mirror current gained by mirroring the output current;
- and
- a delay circuit configured to delay a change in the mirror current in response to a change in the output current, wherein the current feedback signal generation circuit includes:
- a mirror transistor configured to be driven according to the driving signal so as to generate a mirror current corresponding to the output current;
- and
- a current mirror configured to generate the current feedback signal from the mirror current,
- the current mirror includes a first transistor and a second transistor,
- the delay circuit includes a third resistor and a third capacitor,
- the third resistor is connected between a control terminal of the first transistor and a control terminal of the second transistor, and
- the third capacitor is connected between the control terminal of the second transistor and a constant potential terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.