# US 2010/0165685 A1 · Power transistor chip with built-in junction field effect transistor and application circuit thereof

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- Number: US 2010/0165685 A1
- Document ID: US20100165685A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 12/427,164
- Filed: 2009-04-21
- Published: 2010-07-01
- Earliest claimed: 2008-12-26
- Assignees: Richtek Technology Corporation
- Inventors: Chih-Feng Huang; Kuo-Chin Chiu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100165685A1

## CPC

- H02M 1/36: Means for starting or stopping converters
- H02M 3/33523: {with galvanic isolation between input and output of both the power stage and the feedback loop}
- H10D 84/82: of only field-effect components
- 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)
- H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

## Abstract

A power transistor chip and an application circuit thereof has a junction field effect transistor to act as a start-up circuit of an AC/DC voltage converter. The start-up circuit can be turned off after the PWM circuit of the AC/DC voltage converter operates normally to conserve the consumption of the power. Besides, the junction field effect transistor is built in the power transistor chip. Because the junction field effect transistor is fabricated with the same manufacturing process as the power transistor, it is capable of simplifying the entire process and lowering the production cost due to no additional mask and manufacturing process.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A power transistor chip, which is adaptable to an AC/DC voltage converter, comprising:
a first pin;
a second pin;
a third pin;
a fourth pin;
a fifth pin;
a power transistor acting as a power switch of said AC/DC voltage converter and having a first source/drain, a second source/drain and a power transistor gate, wherein said first source/drain couples with said first pin, said second source/drain couple with said second pin and said power transistor gate couple with said third pin; and
a junction field effect transistor acting as a start-up circuit of said AC/DC voltage converter and having a third source/drain, a fourth source/drain and a junction field effect transistor gate, wherein said third source/drain couples with said first pin, said fourth source/drain couples with said fourth pin and said junction field effect transistor gate couples with said fifth pin.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The power transistor chip as defined in claim 1 further comprises a resistance between said power transistor gate and said third pin.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The power transistor chip as defined in claim 1, wherein said power transistor is an N-type metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The power transistor chip as defined in claim 1, wherein said junction field effect transistor is an N-type junction field effect transistor.

### Claim 5

An AC/DC voltage converter, which is capable of converting an AC power to a steady DC power, comprising:
a power transistor chip further comprising:
a first pin;
a second pin;
a third pin;
a fourth pin;
a fifth pin;
a power transistor acting as a power switch of said AC/DC voltage converter and having a first source/drain, a second source/drain and a power transistor gate, wherein said first source/drain couples with said first pin, said second source/drain couple with said second pin and said power transistor gate couple with said third pin; and
a junction field effect transistor acting as a start-up circuit of said AC/DC voltage converter and having a third source/drain, a fourth source/drain and a junction field effect transistor gate, wherein said third source/drain couples with said first pin, said fourth source/drain couples with said fourth pin and said junction field effect transistor gate couples with said fifth pin;
a bridge type rectifying circuit having a power input terminal, which receives the AC power, and a rectifying output terminal;
a transformer circuit having a primary coil, a secondary coil and an auxiliary coil, wherein said primary coil has an terminal coupling with said rectifying output terminal and another terminal coupling with said first pin;
a pulse width modulation circuit having a start-up power control terminal, a working power terminal, a pulse width modulation signal output terminal and a current sensing terminal, wherein said start-up power control terminal couples with fifth pin to control ON and OFF of said junction field effect transistor, said working power terminal couples with said fourth pin to receive a start-up power from said junction field effect transistor, said pulse width modulation signal output terminal couples with said third pin to output a pulse width modulation signal according to the magnitude of a feedback voltage for modulating said DC power and said current sensing terminal couples with said second pin to sense a current passing through said power transistor:
a working power circuit coupling with said auxiliary coil and said working power terminal to supply a power needed by said pulse width modulation circuit at the time of said start-up power being off by said pulse width modulation circuit; and
a filtering and feedback circuit coupling with said secondary coil to filter and output the DC power and supply a feedback voltage needed by said pulse width modulation circuit.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The AC/DC voltage converter as defined in claim 5, wherein said power transistor chip further comprises a resistance between said power transistor gate and said third pin.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The AC/DC voltage converter as defined in claim 5, wherein said power transistor is an N-type metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The AC/DC voltage converter as defined in claim 5, wherein said junction field effect transistor is an N-type junction field effect transistor.