Abstract: A multiphase switching converter has a plurality of switching circuits coupled in parallel, and a plurality of control circuits configured in a daisy chain. Each control circuit receives a phase input signal, and provides a phase output signal and a switching control signal for controlling a corresponding switching circuit. One of the plurality of control circuits is master control circuit to provide the phase output signal and the switching control signal based on a turn-on control signal and the phase input signal. When a combination of the phase output signal and the switching control signal provided by the master control circuit meets a phase transfer type, the phase output signal of the master control circuit equals the turn-on control signal.

Abstract: A driving circuit for driving a synchronous rectifier device. The driving circuit may include a controllable charging circuit and a slope sensing circuit. The slope sensing circuit may sense whether an abrupt rising change in a voltage drop from a sensing terminal to a reference ground terminal of the driving circuit is occurring, and provide a slope sensing signal in response to a rising edge of the abrupt rising change in the voltage drop. The controllable charging circuit may receive the slope sensing signal and provide a charging current to a supply terminal of the driving circuit in response to each rising edge of the abrupt rising change in the voltage drop.

Abstract: A control circuit for a resonant converter has a communication interface, a memory, and a primary switching control circuit. The memory provides a frequency setting signal capable of being programmed through a communication interface, the primary switching control circuit provides a first control signal to control a high-side switch and a second control signal to control a low-side switch. When the resonant converter works in an open loop mode, a frequency of the first control signal and the second control signal is determined by the frequency setting signal, an on-time period of the high-side switch equals an on-time period of the low-side switch, less than half of a resonant period.

Abstract: A sequence assignment method used in multiphase switching converters with daisy chain configuration, wherein the multiphase switching converter includes a plurality of switching circuits coupled in parallel, and a plurality of control circuits configured in a daisy chain and sharing a phase control signal. Each control circuit generates a phase output signal, and a switch control signal for controlling a corresponding switching circuit based on a phase input signal and the phase control signal.

Abstract: A switching power supply circuit with synchronous rectification has an energy storage component, a SR switch coupled to a secondary side of the energy storage component, and a secondary control circuit. The secondary control circuit has a turning-ON control circuit for providing a turning-ON control signal based on a comparison of a drain to source sensing voltage of the SR switch and a turn ON threshold, a mode determination circuit for providing a mode signal to determine a turn ON delay based on a detection to a transient event or the drain to source sensing voltage ringing of the SR switch, and a gate driver circuit for driving the SR switch. When the turning-ON control signal is asserted, the gate driver circuit charges a gate voltage of the SR switch after the turn ON delay based on the mode signal, to turn ON the SR switch.

Abstract: A fault protection method used in a multiphase switching converter which includes a plurality of switching circuits coupled in parallel and a plurality of control circuits configured in a daisy chain. Each control circuit has a first terminal coupled to a phase control signal, a second terminal coupled to a previous control circuit in the daisy chain to receive a phase input signal, and a third terminal coupled to a latter control circuit in the daisy chain to provide a phase output signal.

Abstract: A multiphase switching converter has a plurality of switching circuits coupled in parallel, and a plurality of control circuits configured in a daisy chain. Each control circuit receives a phase input signal, and provides a phase output signal and a switching control signal for controlling a corresponding switching circuit. When a current sense signal is less than a phase shedding threshold, and if a corresponding one of the control circuits is a last one in the daisy chain or if a pulse on the phase input signal lasts within a preset time period, then a corresponding one of the switching circuits stops a power output, and the phase output signal equals the phase input signal.

Abstract: A light-emitting element driving device and controller and dimming method for the light-emitting element driving device. The light-emitting driving device has a dimming resistor and a power converter. A first current is provided to the dimming resistor, and a voltage across the dimming resistor is compared with a first threshold voltage. Then a second current is provided according to the comparison result. A dimming signal is generated based the voltage across the dimming resistor and a current flowing through the dimming resistor, to control the power converter to drive a plurality of light-emitting elements. A plurality of voltage windows may be configured for the dimming signal. a 2-step dimming function may be activated for high precision.

Abstract: A buck-boost converter working in a buck mode with buck switching cycles, a boost mode with boost switching cycles or a buck-boost mode with buck-boost switching cycles. Each of the buck-boost switching cycles has an AC phase, an AD phase and a BD Phase, and the duty cycle of the AC phase is determined by a reference signal, a feedback signal and an inductor current sense signal, the duty cycle of the AD phase is controlled and maintained at a preset duty threshold, the time period of the buck-boost switching cycle equals the time period of the buck switching cycle and the time period of the boost switching cycle.

Abstract: A fault detection method is sampling currents flowing through a plurality of switching circuits to generate a plurality of current sampling signals, generating a first reference signal and a second reference signal based on a predetermined reference signal and a ripple threshold signal, and generating a plurality of fault signals based on comparison results of each of the plurality of current sampling signals with the first reference signal and the second reference signal. When one of the plurality of current sampling signals is between the first reference signal and the second reference signal, a corresponding one of the plurality of fault signals changes to a first state, and when the corresponding one of the plurality of fault signals remains the first state for more than a predetermined time period, a corresponding one of control signals turns off a corresponding one of the plurality of switching circuits.

Abstract: A control circuit used in a resonant converter with a switching circuit and a resonant circuit is provided, the switching circuit has a high side transistor and a low side transistor, the resonant circuit has a resonant capacitor and a resonant inductor. The control circuit includes: a calculating module used to generate an output current calculating value based on a voltage across the resonant capacitor and a correction signal at an off moment of the high side transistor; a comparing module used to compare the output current calculating value with a burst mode threshold value and generate a burst mode control signal by comparing the output current calculating value with the burst mode threshold value; and a switching control module used to control the resonant converter to work in a burst mode or a normal mode based on the burst mode control signal.

Abstract: A control circuit having: a logic circuit, configured to provide a high side boot-strap capacitor control signal set and a low side boot-strap capacitor control signal set; a high side boot-strap capacitor control circuit, configured to provide a high side power signal to control a high side power switch; a high side boot-strap capacitor, having a first terminal coupled to a control terminal of the high side power switch, and a second terminal coupled to the high side boot-strap capacitor control circuit; a low side boot-strap capacitor control circuit, configured to provide a low side power signal to control a low side power switch; and a low side boot-strap capacitor, having a first terminal coupled to a control terminal of the low side power switch, and a second terminal coupled to the low side boot-strap capacitor control circuit.

Abstract: A driving circuit for driving a synchronous rectifier device. The driving circuit may include a controllable clamping circuit having a first terminal coupled to a sensing terminal of the driving circuit, a second terminal coupled to a reference ground terminal of the driving circuit, a third terminal coupled to a driving terminal of the driving circuit, and a control terminal configured to receive a supply indication signal indicative of a voltage potential at a supply terminal of the driving circuit. The third terminal of the controllable clamping circuit may be connected to the second terminal of the controllable clamping circuit when the supply indication signal indicates that the voltage potential at the supply terminal has not been established to maintain the synchronous rectifier device off.

Abstract: A switching mode power supply preventing false triggering of an over current protection due to a surge pulse. The switching mode power supply has a switch and an inductor. An inductor current flows through the inductor. The switching mode power supply turns off the switch and meanwhile starts timing for a preset period of time when the inductor current is larger than a preset value. The switch is kept off during the preset period of time and is then turned on when the preset period of time expires.

Abstract: A charging termination control module and a battery charger circuit comprising the same. The charging termination control module may detect/monitor/sense a charging current flowing through a charging control transistor of the battery charger circuit to provide a current sense signal, and to maintain a transistor voltage drop across the charging control transistor at a predetermined difference value once the transistor voltage drop reaches the predetermined difference value. The charging termination control module may also turn the charging control transistor off once the current sense signal is decreased to reach or to be lower than a charging termination threshold.

Abstract: A lateral DMOS having a well region, a source region, a drain region, a first gate region and a second gate region. The first gate region may be positioned atop a portion of the well region near the source region side. The second gate region may be formed in a portion of the well region near the drain region side. The second gate region includes a shallow trench isolation structure formed in a shallow trench opened from a top surface of the well region and extended vertically into the well region, and having a first sidewall contacting with the drain region or abut the drain region, and further having a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall and laterally extended below the first gate region.

Abstract: A test method of a voltage regulator having a plurality of parameters that need to be set, the test method includes: receiving a user requirement on a computer; generating a plurality of setting combinations of the plurality of parameters, the plurality of parameters has different combination of values in different setting combinations; downloading the plurality of setting combinations to the voltage regulator via a first I/O bus and configuring the voltage regulator with each setting combination; configuring communication between a controller provided by the computer and measurement devices; executing the communication between the controller and the measurement devices via a second I/O bus; and displaying test result of each configured voltage regulator on the computer.

Abstract: A battery charging and balancing circuit, for charging a battery pack having a plurality of cells. The battery charging and balancing circuit having a detecting circuit to provide a balancing connection indicating signal; a charging circuit to charge the battery pack based on the cell voltages when the balancing connection indicating signal is valid, and to charge the battery voltage otherwise; and a balancing circuit to control the discharging switches coupled with the cells based on the cell voltages when the balancing connection indicating signal is valid.

Abstract: A switching power supply circuit with synchronous rectifier has an energy storage component, a rectifier switch coupled to a secondary side of the energy storage component, and a secondary side control circuit. The secondary side control circuit provides a driving signal to control the rectifier switch. When the drain-source voltage across the rectifier switch is less than a first threshold value, the secondary side control circuit controls the driving signal to be a maximum voltage to control the rectifier switch being fully on for a predetermined duration. After a predetermined duration, the secondary side control circuit adjusts the voltage of the driving signal based on the drain-source voltage across the rectifier switch and a second threshold value.

Abstract: A multiphase switching converter with automatic phase shedding control, wherein the multiphase switching converter includes a plurality of switching circuits coupled in parallel, and a plurality of control circuits configured in a daisy chain and respectively configured for driving a corresponding one of the plurality of switching circuits. Each of the control circuit generates a current threshold based on a corresponding sequence information, and compares a current indication signal indicative of a load current of the multiphase switching converter with the current threshold to determine whether to enter into a phase shedding mode.