# US 2025/0096756 A1 · Error amplifier switching converter and a control method of error amplifier

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- Number: US 2025/0096756 A1
- Document ID: US20250096756A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/829,064
- Filed: 2024-09-09
- Published: 2025-03-20
- Earliest claimed: 2023-09-15
- Assignees: Joulwatt Technology Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Joulwatt Technology Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yang CHENG
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250096756A1

## CPC

- H03F 3/45179: {using MOSFET transistors as the active amplifying circuit (H03F3/45278 takes precedence)}
- H03F 3/45183: {Long tailed pairs (H03F3/4521, H03F3/45237 take precedence)}
- H02M 1/0025: {Arrangements for modifying reference values, feedback values or error values in the control loop of a converter}
- H02M 3/156: with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators
- H03F 2200/129: there being a feedback over the complete amplifier
- H03F 2203/45674: the LC comprising one current mirror
- H03F: AMPLIFIERS
- 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)

## Abstract

The present disclosure provides an error amplifier, a switching converter, and a control method of the error amplifier. The error amplifier includes: an operation module for outputting a regulation signal according to a difference between a feedback voltage and a reference voltage, wherein the feedback voltage represents an output voltage of the switching converter, and the regulation signal is used to regulate an output current of the switching converter; a regulation module for regulating a transconductance of the operation module according to an absolute value of the difference between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage or an absolute value of the regulation signal. When an output of the switching converter changes greatly, the transconductance of the error amplifier is increased in real time, thereby a bandwidth is increased to achieve a fast response of the switching converter. The switching converter has high stability when the output is normal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An error amplifier for a switching converter, comprising:
an operation module, configured to output a regulation signal according to a difference between a feedback voltage and a reference voltage, wherein the feedback voltage represents an output voltage of the switching converter, and the regulation signal is used to regulate an output current of the switching converter;
a regulation module, configured to regulate a transconductance of the operation module according to an absolute value of the difference between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage upon the absolute value of the difference between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage is greater than or equal to a preset difference threshold; or regulate the transconductance of the operation module according to an absolute value of the regulation signal upon the absolute value of the regulation signal is greater than or equal to a preset threshold.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The error amplifier according to claim 1, wherein upon the absolute value of the difference between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage is less than the preset difference threshold, or the absolute value of the regulation signal is less than the preset threshold, the transconductance of the operation module remains unchanged.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The error amplifier according to claim 1, wherein the regulation module controls the transconductance to be positively correlated with the absolute value of the difference between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage, or controls the transconductance to be positively correlated with the absolute value of the regulation signal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The error amplifier according to claim 1, wherein the operation module comprises a differential input unit, a current mirror unit and a tail current unit,
the tail current unit provides a preset tail current to the differential input unit, the differential input unit converts the feedback voltage to a first current, the reference voltage to a second current, and the current mirror unit outputs the regulation signal according to a difference between the first current and the second current.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The error amplifier according to claim 4, wherein the regulation module comprises a tail current regulation unit that regulates a total tail current of the operation module according to the absolute value of the difference between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage, or regulates the total tail current of the operation module according to the absolute value of the regulation signal.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The error amplifier according to claim 5, wherein the tail current regulation unit comprises a first pair of differential input transistors and a first current mirror assembly, an output terminal of the first current mirror assembly is connected to the differential input unit, the first pair of differential input transistors convert the feedback voltage to a first regulation current, convert the reference voltage to a second regulation current, and the first current mirror assembly outputs a third regulation current according to the absolute value of a difference between the first regulation current and the second regulation current.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The error amplifier according to claim 5, wherein the tail current regulation unit comprises a third current mirror assembly, a reference terminal of the third current mirror assembly is connected to an output terminal of the current mirror unit, an output terminal of the third current mirror assembly is connected to the differential input unit, and outputs a seventh regulation current according to an absolute value of the regulation signal.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

The error amplifier according to claim 4, wherein the regulation module comprises a proportional factor regulation unit, the proportional factor regulation unit regulates a proportional factor of the current mirror unit according to the absolute value of the difference between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage, or regulates the proportional factor of the current mirror unit according to the absolute value of the regulation signal, wherein
the proportional factor represents a ratio of an output current of the current mirror unit to a reference current.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The error amplifier according to claim 8, wherein the proportional factor regulation unit comprises a second pair of differential input transistors, a second current mirror assembly and a resistor assembly, the resistor assembly is connected between an output terminal of the second current mirror assembly and a reference terminal of the current mirror unit, the second pair of differential input transistors convert the feedback voltage to a fourth regulation current and the reference voltage to a fifth regulation current, the second current mirror assembly outputs a sixth regulation current according to an absolute value of a difference between the fourth regulation current and the fifth regulation current, and the sixth regulation current flowing through the resistor assembly.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

A switching converter, comprising the error amplifier according to claim 1.

### Claim 11

A control method of an error amplifier for a switching converter, comprising:
regulating a transconductance of the error amplifier according to an absolute value of a difference between a feedback voltage and a reference voltage, or regulating the transconductance of the error amplifier according to an absolute value of a regulation signal, wherein
the feedback voltage represents an output voltage of the switching converter, the regulation signal is acquired according to a difference between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage and is used to regulate an output current of the switching converter.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The control method according to claim 11, wherein regulating a transconductance of the error amplifier according to an absolute value of a difference between a feedback voltage and a reference voltage, or regulating the transconductance of the error amplifier according to an absolute value of a regulation signal comprises:
in a first regulation state, controlling a transconductance of an operation module unchanged;
in a second regulation state, controlling the transconductance of the operation module to be positively correlated with the absolute value of the difference between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage, or controlling the transconductance of the operation module to be positively correlated with the absolute value of the regulation signal, wherein
in the first regulation state, the absolute value of the difference between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage is less than a preset difference threshold, or the absolute value of the regulation signal is less than a preset threshold;
in the second regulation state, the absolute value of the difference between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage is greater than or equal to the preset difference threshold, or the absolute value of the regulation signal is greater than or equal to the preset threshold.