Power converter compensation for ground bouncing
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsTing-Li Hsu, Qiao Yang, Stefan Herzer, Hans Schmeller
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Abstract
An integrated circuit includes an error amplifier having a reference input, a feedback input, and an error output. A comparator has first and second comparator inputs and a comparator output. The first comparator input is coupled to the error output. A control circuit has a control input and a control output. The control input is coupled to the comparator output. The compensation circuit has a compensation control input and a compensation output. The compensation control input is coupled to the control output. The compensation output is coupled to at least one of the reference input, the feedback input, or the error output.
Claims20
An integrated circuit (IC) comprising:
- an error amplifier having a reference input, a feedback input, and an error output;
- a comparator having first and second comparator inputs and a comparator output, the first comparator input coupled to the error output;
- a control circuit having a control input and a control output, the control input coupled to the comparator output;
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- a compensation circuit having a compensation control input and a compensation output, the compensation control input coupled to the control output, and the compensation output coupled to at least one of the reference input, the feedback input, or the error output.
A system comprising:
- an integrated circuit (IC) having a first ground terminal, an input voltage terminal, a switching terminal, and a feedback terminal, and the IC including:
- a high side transistor coupled between the input voltage terminal and the switching terminal, the high side transistor having a first transistor control terminal;
- a low side transistor coupled between the switching terminal and the first ground terminal, the low side transistor having a second transistor control terminal;
- an error amplifier having a first input, a second input coupled to the feedback terminal, and an error output;
- a comparator having first and second comparator inputs and a comparator output, the first comparator input coupled to the error output;
- a control circuit having a control input and a control output, the control input coupled to the comparator output;
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- a compensation circuit having a compensation control input and a compensation output, the compensation control input coupled to the control output, and the compensation output coupled to at least one of the first input, the second input, or the error output;
- an inductor coupled between the switching terminal and a power output;
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- a feedback resistor network coupled between the power output and a second ground terminal, the feedback resistor network having a feedback output coupled to the feedback terminal.
A method comprising:
- determining a current that flows through a low side transistor of a power converter when the low side transistor is enabled;
- generating a pulse signal having an amplitude based on the current;
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- generating a compensated error signal based the pulse signal;
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- responsive to the compensated error signal exceeding a threshold, enabling the low side transistor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.