Abstract: A current detecting circuit detects a resonant current in a primary side of a resonant converting circuit to generate a current detecting signal. An output detecting circuit generates a feedback signal according to the output voltage. A resonant controller generates a clock signal and adjusts an operating frequency of the clock signal in response to the feedback signal for modulating the output voltage of the resonant circuit. The resonant controller includes a resonance deviation protection unit which detects the current detecting signal according to a phase of the clock signal to determine whether the resonant circuit enters a region of zero current switching or not. When the resonant circuit enters the region of zero current switching, the resonant controller executes a corresponding protection process in response to that the resonant controller operates in a starting mode or a normal operating mode.

Abstract: A control circuit, comprising a protection detection circuit, a protection synchronous output circuit, a protection synchronous input circuit and a protection circuit, is provided. The protection detection circuit is adapted to generate an error notice signal when detecting an error condition. The protection synchronous output circuit is coupled to the protection detection circuit for enabling a level of a protection synchronous pin to be a protection level when receiving the error notice signal. The protection synchronous input circuit is coupled to the protection synchronous pin for generating a synchronous protection signal when the level of the protection synchronous pin has been at the protection level for a predetermined time period. The protection circuit generates a protection signal to make the control circuit enter a protection mode when receiving one of the error notice signal and the synchronous protection signal.

Abstract: A power converting circuit and a feedback control circuit for the power converting circuit are disclosed. The feedback control circuit comprises a feedback controller and a level controlling unit. The feedback controller generates a feedback control signal according to a reference voltage signal and a feedback signal. The level controlling unit receives one of the reference voltage signal and the feedback signal and modules a level of the received signal from a first level to a second level with time according to a level adjusting signal.

Abstract: A feedback control circuit, adapted to control a converting circuit to transform an input power into an output voltage for driving an LED module. The feedback control circuit comprises a detection circuit, a PWM circuit, a PWM logic control circuit and a PWM control circuit. The detection circuit is coupled to at least one LED string of the LED module and generates at least one detection signal. The PWM circuit comprises a capacitance, a charging circuit and a discharging circuit, and determines a capacitance voltage of the capacitance to increase, decrease, or maintain. The PWM logic control circuit compares a level of the least one detection signal with a high reference level and a low reference level to control the PWM circuit to adjust the capacitance voltage. The PWM control circuit controls the converting circuit to execute the power transformation in response to the capacitance voltage of the capacitance.

Abstract: In a DC-DC converter controller of the present invention, a ramp voltage for compensating a reference voltage is designed to have the same valley value or peak value irrespective of an input voltage and an output voltage of a controlled converting circuit when the controlled converting circuit operates in the steady state. Hence, the DC-DC converter controller of the present invention is capable of controlling the controlled converting circuit to accurately output the output voltage in different applications.

Abstract: A controller with protection function, for controlling a transistor having a control terminal, a first terminal coupled to a load, a second terminal, is disclosed. The controller comprises a judgment unit and a current control unit. The judgment unit is coupled to the transistor and generates a current reducing signal when a potential of the first terminal of the transistor or a voltage difference between the first terminal and the second terminal of the transistor is higher than a preset value. The current control unit is coupled to the control terminal of the transistor for substantially stabilizing the current flowing through the transistor at a preset current value, and reduces the current flowing from the preset current value when receiving the current reducing signal.

Abstract: A multiphase converting controller, adapted to control a plural converting circuits coupled to an input voltage to commonly supply an output voltage, is disclosed. The multiphase converting controller comprises a feedback control circuit, an on-time control circuit, and a multiphase logic control circuit. The feedback control circuit determines a conduction starting point in time according to the output voltage and accordingly generates a conduction signal. The on-time control circuit determines a conduction time period. The multiphase logic control circuit controls the plural converting circuit in sequence in accordance to the conduction signal and the conduction time period. The on-time control circuit adjusts a length of the conduction time period according to a mode signal.

Abstract: A multiphase converter controller with current balance, configured to control a plural converting circuit to commonly supply an output voltage, is disclosed. The multiphase converter controller comprises a feedback circuit, a fixed on-time circuit, and a multiphase logical circuit. The feedback circuit detects the output voltage to generate a feedback control signal. The fixed on-time circuit generates an on-time signal according to the feedback control signal, and a pulse width of the on-time signal is determined according to a single timer. The multiphase logical circuit chooses a corresponding converting circuit, generates a phase signal according to a sequence of the feedback control signal and controls the corresponding converting circuit according to the on-time signal. Wherein, the fixed on-time circuit determines a correction value according to currents of the plural converting circuit and the phase signal, so as to correct the pulse width of the on-time signal.

Abstract: A driving controller for driving a load is disclosed. The driving circuit includes a driving power supply and the driving controller. The driving power supply provides a first power source to the load. The controller is coupled to a second power source to receive an electric power for operating. The controller controls the amount of the electric power to the load when operating in a first mode and stops the driving power supply from providing the electric power to the load when operating in a second mode. The controller operates exclusively in the first mode before the driving power supply provides the first power source to the load.

Abstract: The resonant converting circuit comprises a resonant circuit, a current detecting circuit and the resonant controller. The resonant controller controls a power conversion of the resonant circuit for converting an input voltage into an output voltage and the resonant controller comprises an over current judgment unit and an over current protection unit. The over current judgment unit determines whether the resonant current is higher than an over current value according to a current detecting signal generated by the current detecting circuit. The over current protection unit generates a protection signal in response to a determined result of the over current judgment unit and an indication signal indicative of an operating state of the resonant controller. The resonant controller executes a corresponding protecting process in response to the protection signal.

Abstract: An LED driving circuit comprises a converting circuit, a current regulator, a converting controller and a low dimming protection blocking circuit, is disclosed. The converting circuit is adapted to perform a power conversion to provide a driving voltage for lighting an LED module. The current regulator is coupled to the LED module for regulating a current flowing through the LED module. The current regulator conducts and stops conducting the current flowing through the LED module according to a dimming signal, and executes a protection process when the LED module operates abnormal. The converting controller controls the power conversion of the converting circuit according to a voltage level of at least one connection node of the current regulator and the LED module. The low dimming protection blocking circuit stops the protection process of the current regulator when the driving voltage is lower than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A constant on time control circuit, configured to control a converting circuit to transform an input voltage into a stable output voltage, is disclosed. The constant on time control circuit comprises a comparing circuit and a logic circuit. The comparing circuit compares a reference signal and a voltage signal indicative of the output voltage and accordingly outputs a compared result signal. The logic circuit periodically controls the converting circuit to perform voltage transformation and makes a time period of a duty cycle in every cycle being substantially constant. A start point in time of every cycle is determined according to the compared result signal. The comparing circuit comprises a differential pair, a base current source and an extra current source. The base current source provides a bias current to the differential pair. The extra current source provides a substantial ramp current to one channel in the differential pair.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter, adapted to control a converting circuit to convert an input voltage into an output voltage, is disclosed. The converting circuit comprises a switch module and an LC filter, the switch module is coupled to the input voltage, and the LC filter is coupled to the switch module and provides the output voltage. The DC-DC converter comprises a system control circuit, a driver circuit, and an output voltage adjusting circuit. The system control circuit generates a switch control signal according to a reference voltage and a state of the LC filter. The driver circuit controls the switch module according to the switch control signal for adjusting the output voltage in response to the reference voltage. The output voltage adjusting circuit determines whether adjusting the output voltage toward a predetermined adjusting voltage according to an adjusting reference voltage and a detecting voltage indicative of the output voltage.

Abstract: A controller with protection function, comprising a feedback circuit, a logic control circuit, an over-state judgment circuit, and a protection control circuit, is disclosed. The feedback circuit generates a modulation signal according to an output of a converting circuit. The logic control circuit is coupled to the feedback circuit and controls the converting circuit according to the modulation signal for stabilizing the output of the converting circuit. The over-state judgment circuit receives an over-state reference signal and a detecting signal, and generates a protection signal in response to levels of the detecting signal and the over-state reference signal. The protection control circuit is coupled to the logic control circuit and the over-state judgment circuit and controls the logic control circuit to lower the output of the converting circuit when receiving the protection signal.

Abstract: An LED driving circuit, adapted to drive an LED module, is disclosed. The LED driving circuit comprises a converting circuit, a converting controller, and a short-circuit protection circuit. The converting circuit, having a capacitor coupled to the LED module, is coupled to an input power source to proceed converting operation to supply an output current for driving the LED module. The converting controller controls the converting circuit to provide a stable current flowing through the LED module. The short-circuit protection circuit is coupled to the LED module in series and cuts the current flowing through the LED module off when detecting that the current higher than a current protection value.

Abstract: A multiphase control system is provided, which is adapted to convert power of an input power source into an output voltage for outputting through an output terminal. The multiphase control system comprises a plurality of control units connected in series to form a loop. Each of the control units receives a sequential input signal from an adjacent control unit connected there before through a multiphase input terminal, and generates a control signal to control power transmission from the input power source to the output terminal when determining that the output voltage is lower than a predetermined voltage value, and generates a sequential output signal at a multiphase output terminal for outputting to an adjacent control unit connected there after.

Abstract: A programmable on-time period of a DC to DC buck converting controller is adjusted according to a level of a preset output voltage or a reference signal. Therefore, the DC to DC buck converting controller of the present invention is suitable for any applications with different requests of output voltages or different operating mode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transistor circuit with protecting function. The transistor circuit includes a transistor, a voltage detecting unit, a current detecting unit, a temperature detecting unit, and a protecting unit. The voltage detecting unit detects a voltage drop of the transistor and generates an over-voltage protection signal. The current detecting signal detects a current flowing through the transistor and generates an over-current protection signal. The temperature detecting unit detects a temperature of the transistor circuit and generates an over-temperature protection signal. The protecting unit is coupled to the control terminal to control a state of the transistor according to the over-voltage protection signal, the over-current protection signal, and the over-temperature protection signal to reduce the voltage difference between the control terminal and the second terminal, such that the voltage drop of the transistor is decreased or decreased to zero.

Abstract: Disclosed is a feedback detection circuit, adapted to provide a feedback detection signal wherein a converting circuit provides a driving power source to drive a load according to the feedback detection signal. The feedback detection circuit comprises an operational conversion circuit and a signal limitation circuit. The operational conversion circuit generates the feedback detection signal in response to a level of a detected node of the load. The operational conversion circuit has an operational amplifier, which modulates the level of the feedback detection signal in response to the level of the detected node. The signal limitation circuit is coupled to the operational conversion circuit for clamping a level rang of the feedback detection signal.

Abstract: An LED (Light-Emitting Diode) driving circuit to drive an LED module is provided. The LED driving circuit includes a converting circuit and a feedback control circuit. The converting circuit is coupled to the LED module, and converts an input voltage into an output voltage according to at least one control signal. The feedback control circuit generates the control signal to control the converting circuit to perform voltage conversion according to a feedback signal. In addition, the feedback control circuit receives a dimming signal, and is operated in a first state or a second state in response to the dimming signal, wherein the feedback control circuit adjusts the duty cycle of the control signal to have the duty cycle larger than or equal to a predetermined duty cycle in a predetermined period right after the feedback control circuit is operated from the second state to the first state.