Step-down DC—DC converter
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshinori Inagawa, Motohiro Shimizu, Kenji Kamimura
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Abstract
An N-channel MOS transistor is used to configure a DC—DC converter having good characteristics without providing a particular voltage circuit which outputs a voltage higher than an input voltage. An N-channel MOS transistor 11 and a choke coil 12 are connected in series between a negative side of a direct-current power supply and a negative side of the output capacitor 8. A PWM circuit 14 applies pulse signals to a gate of the MOS transistor 11 based on the input voltage divided by the capacitors 9 and 10. The pulse signal of the PWM circuit 14 is formed by the voltage corresponding to the output voltage of the output capacitor 8, and the pulse signal is inputted to the gate of the N-channel MOS transistor 11 through a photocoupler 16.
Claims2
A step-down DC-DC converter comprising:
- switching means which includes at least one MOS transistor connected to a direct-current power supply;
- at least one reactor which is charged by the direct-current power supply during a time interval in which the MOS transistor is turned on;
- an output capacitor connected to the direct-current power supply through the MOS transistor and the reactor, the output capacitor supplying a current to a load;
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- a pulse width modulation circuit inputted a voltage corresponding to an output voltage of the output capacitor and applying a pulse signal of a duty according to the voltage to a gate of the MOS transistor,
- wherein the MOS transistor is an N-channel type,
- the N-channel MOS transistor and the reactor are sequentially connected in series between a negative side of the direct-current power supply and a negative side of the output capacitor, and
- a power supply of the pulse signal applied to the gate of the N-channel MOS transistor is supplied between a positive side and the negative side of the direct-current power supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.