Patents Assigned to SG MICRO CORP
  • Patent number: 11994887
    Abstract: Disclosed is a low dropout linear regulator including a power transistor and an error amplifier having a first input stage, a second input stage and a control circuit. The first input stage includes a first pair of transistors receiving an output voltage and a reference voltage, the second input stage includes a second pair of transistors receiving the output voltage and the reference voltage, the first and second pairs of transistors have different conductivity types. The control circuit controls turn-on and turn-off states of the first input stage according to the reference voltage, and turns on the first input stage when the reference voltage is less than a preset threshold, so that the error amplifier operates normally and the output voltage changes smoothly. When the reference voltage is greater than the preset threshold, the control circuit turns off the first input stage so that only the second input stage operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SG MICRO CORP
    Inventor: Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 11990828
    Abstract: Disclosed is a switching power supply circuit and a control circuit and a control method thereof. The control circuit comprises a control unit and a driving unit. The control unit controls the driving unit to provide a driving signal with different driving strengths according to a comparison result between a switching voltage and a preset voltage, so as to adjust a speed of turning the power switch off. By controlling the driving strength of the driving signal, a rising rate of the switching voltage can be improved, a spike of the switching voltage can be reduced, various components in the circuit can be protected from being damaged by the spike, and service life and reliability of the circuit can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SG MICRO CORP
    Inventors: Jianchun Chen, Shoubao Yan, Xiang Yu
  • Patent number: 11971734
    Abstract: Disclosed is a low dropout linear voltage regulator and a control circuit thereof. The control circuit comprises an error amplifier, a foldback current-limiting protection circuit, an undershoot suppression circuit and an output detection circuit. The foldback current-limiting protection circuit limits the output current of power transistor and performs short circuit protection, the undershoot suppression circuit pulls the control terminal of the power transistor to low voltage level when the output voltage undershoots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SG MICRO CORP
    Inventor: Lidi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11929667
    Abstract: A switching converter and a low-voltage startup circuit is provided. The low-voltage startup circuit includes a comparator and a substrate voltage control module. The comparator performs a comparison between an input voltage and a reference voltage and obtain a voltage detection signal according to a result of the comparison. The substrate voltage control module adjusts a substrate voltage of a main switching transistor according to the voltage detection signal, wherein when the voltage detection signal indicates that the input voltage is lower than/equal to the reference voltage, the substrate voltage control module increases the substrate voltage of the main switching transistor, and then a turn-on threshold voltage of the main switching transistor can be reduced, so that the main switching transistor may be normally turned on when the input voltage is low, and the low-voltage startup capability of the switching converter is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SG MICRO CORP
    Inventors: Jing Xu, Shoubao Yan, Xiang Yu
  • Patent number: 9960682
    Abstract: A single inductor positive and negative voltage output device, which not only reduces a chip area, but also meets mutual independent application needs of positive and negative voltage output load currents, which includes an inductor L, one end of the inductor L is connected to the drain of a first PMOS power switch M1 and to the drain of a third NMOS power switch M3 respectively, the other end of the inductor L is connected to the drain of a second NMOS power switch M2 and to the source of a fourth PMOS power switch M4 respectively, the gates of M1, M2, M3 and M4 are respectively connected to a drive circuit (1), the source of M1 is connected to a power supply terminal VIN, the source of M2 is connected to a ground terminal (6), the source of M3 is connected to a negative voltage output end VON, the drain of M4 is connected to a positive voltage output end VOP, the negative voltage output end VON is connected to ground terminal by a negative terminal capacitor CON, the positive voltage output end VOP is conne
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SG MICRO CORP.
    Inventor: Xiang Yu
  • Publication number: 20170271987
    Abstract: A single inductor positive and negative voltage output device, which not only reduces a chip area, but also meets mutual independent application needs of positive and negative voltage output load currents, which includes an inductor L, one end of the inductor L is connected to the drain of a first PMOS power switch M1 and to the drain of a third NMOS power switch M3 respectively, the other end of the inductor L is connected to the drain of a second NMOS power switch M2 and to the source of a fourth PMOS power switch M4 respectively, the gates of M1, M2, M3 and M4 are respectively connected to a drive circuit (1), the source of M1 is connected to a power supply terminal VIN, the source of M2 is connected to a ground terminal (6), the source of M3 is connected to a negative voltage output end VON, the drain of M4 is connected to a positive voltage output end VOP, the negative voltage output end VON is connected to ground terminal by a negative terminal capacitor CON, the positive voltage output end VOP is conne
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: SG MICRO CORP
    Inventor: Xiang YU