Abstract: A voltage converter can include: an input end configured to receive an input voltage; an output end configured to generate an output voltage; N switched capacitor circuits sequentially coupled in series between the input end and the output end, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; where each switched capacitor circuit comprises a switch circuit and a flying capacitor, and at least the flying capacitor of an i-th switched capacitor circuit is configured as an output capacitor of an (i?1)-th switched capacitor circuit, where i is a positive integer that is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to N; and a first energy storage element coupled to the output end.

Abstract: A control circuit for a resonant converter, can include: a feedforward circuit configured to generate a feedforward current; a charge feedback circuit configured to receive a resonant current sampling signal representing a resonant current of the resonant converter in a first mode to generate a charge feedback signal, and to receive the resonant current sampling signal and the feedforward current together to generate the charge feedback signal in a second mode; and a driving control circuit configured to generate driving signals according to the charge feedback signal and a first threshold signal, in order to control switching states of power transistors of the resonant converter, where the first threshold signal is generated according to an error compensation signal representing an error information between a feedback signal of an output signal of the resonant converter and a reference signal.

Abstract: A control circuit and an AC-DC power supply are provided. A ripple reference signal characterizing an industrial frequency ripple component of an output voltage is added to a reference voltage of a desired output voltage, so that a reference and a feedback voltage of the output voltage are almost the same at the industrial frequency band. In addition, a voltage compensation signal outputted by an error compensation circuit does not include the industrial frequency ripple component, and the voltage compensation signal without the industrial frequency ripple component does not affect a tracking reference of the current loop. Therefore, the loop can be designed without considering limit of the industrial frequency on a cut-off frequency of the loop, thereby effectively increasing the cut-off frequency of the loop and improving a dynamic response speed of the loop.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure can include: a semiconductor substrate having a first region, a second region, and an isolation region disposed between the first region and the second region; an isolation component located in the isolation region; and where the isolation component is configured to recombine first carriers flowing from the first region toward the second region, and to extract second carriers flowing from the second region toward the first region.

Abstract: A driving circuit for driving a piezoelectric load, can include: an energy-storage capacitor; a first power stage circuit configured to convert an input voltage into a first voltage, and to store the first voltage in the energy-storage capacitor; a second power stage circuit configured to receive the first voltage to charge the piezoelectric load during a first operation interval of an operation period, such that a power supply voltage signal provided to the piezoelectric load in the first operation interval corresponds to a reference voltage in a first interval; and a discharging circuit configured to discharge the piezoelectric load during a second operation interval of the operation period, such that the power supply voltage signal in the second operation interval corresponds to the reference voltage in a second interval.

Abstract: A zero-voltage-switching control circuit for a switching power supply having a main power switch and a synchronous rectifier switch, is configured to: control the synchronous rectifier switch to be turned on for a first time period before the main power switch is turned on and after a current flowing through the synchronous rectifier switch is decreased to zero according to a switching operation of the main power switch in a previous switching period of the main power switch; and where a drain-source voltage of the main power switch is decreased when the main power switch is turned on, in order to reduce conduction loss.

Abstract: A driving circuit and a driving method are provided. The driving circuit includes an energy-storage capacitor, a charging circuit and a discharging circuit. The energy-storage capacitor is coupled between a piezoelectric load and the charging circuit. Operation states of the charging circuit and the discharging circuit are controlled, so that the charging circuit charges the energy-storage capacitor during a first operation interval of an operation period, to adjust a power supply voltage signal provided to the piezoelectric load to change with a reference voltage in a first interval, and at least the piezoelectric load discharges electricity through the discharging circuit during a second operation interval of the operation period, to adjust the power supply voltage signal to change with the reference voltage in a second interval. The driving circuit according to the present disclosure requires a few switches, thereby facilitating circuit integration.

Abstract: A laminated transformer can include: a plurality of magnetic layers; a plurality of coil layers including a primary coil having a first type of coil layer, and a secondary coil having a second type of coil layer, where each coil layer is laminated between a pair of the plurality of magnetic layers; and a plurality of non-magnetic layers, where a first of the plurality of non-magnetic layers is disposed between an adjacent pair of the coil layers in order to increase a coupling coefficient between the primary and secondary coils.

Abstract: A control circuit for a switching converter having a main power switch and an auxiliary power switch, where the control circuit is configured to: charge and discharge a junction capacitor of the main power switch during a turn-off period of the main power switch; and adjust a conduction time of the auxiliary power switch according to a difference between the charged and discharged charge levels across the junction capacitor.

Abstract: A controller of a switching power supply can include: a frequency-jittering control circuit configured to generate a first frequency-jittering signal and a second frequency-jittering signal; where a jittering range of an operating frequency of a power transistor in the switching power supply is adjusted by the first frequency-jittering signal; and where a jittering amplitude of a peak value of an inductor current of the switching power supply is adjusted by the second frequency-jittering signal.

Abstract: A sampling circuit for a switching power supply, can include: a first sampling circuit configured to acquire a first sampling signal of a current flowing through an inductor in the switching power supply; and a second sampling circuit configured to obtain a compensation signal with a same rising slope as the first sampling signal within a turn-off delay time of a power switch in the switching power supply, and to superimpose the compensation signal on the first sampling signal to generate a second sampling signal.

Abstract: A zero-crossing correction circuit for a switching converter having a main power switch and a synchronous power switch connected in series, can include: a detection circuit configured to detect an on-off state of a body diode of the synchronous power switch in a first time interval after the synchronous power switch is turned off and generate a detection signal; and a control and adjustment circuit configured to adjust a turn-off moment of the synchronous power switch according to an on-off state of the main power switch in a second time interval after the synchronous power switch is turned off and the detection signal.

Abstract: A power converter can include: a plurality of circuit modules coupled in parallel between a first port and a second port, where each of the plurality of circuit modules includes a switching power stage circuit having a first magnetic element coupled between a switch node of the switching power stage circuit and a first terminal of the second port, at least one switch group having first and second transistors and being coupled between a first terminal of the first port and a first terminal of the switching power stage circuit, and at least one first energy storage capacitor for providing energy to a load of the power converter; and a plurality of second energy storage capacitors configured to periodically store energy and release energy to corresponding first energy storage capacitors.

Abstract: A control circuit for a switching converter, can include: a ripple signal generation circuit configured to generate a ripple signal with a same frequency and phase as an inductor current of the switching converter, where the ripple signal changes between zero and a preset value; a superimposing circuit configured to superimpose the ripple signal on a feedback signal representing an output voltage of the switching converter, in order to generate a loop control signal; and a switching control signal generation circuit configured to generate switching control signals according to the loop control signal and a reference signal, in order to control a switching state of a power stage circuit in the switching converter.

Abstract: A driving circuit and a driving method are provided. The driving circuit includes a charging circuit and a discharging circuit. The charging circuit is configured to receive an input voltage to charge the piezoelectric load. The piezoelectric load discharges electricity through the discharging circuit. Operation states of the charging circuit and the discharging circuit are controlled. During a first operation interval of an operation period, the charging circuit charges the piezoelectric load so that a power supply voltage signal provided to the piezoelectric load corresponds to the reference voltage in a first interval. During a second operation interval of the operation period, the piezoelectric load discharges electricity through the discharging circuit so that the power supply voltage signal corresponds to the reference voltage in a second interval. The driving circuit according to the present disclosure requires a few switches, thereby facilitating circuit integration.

Abstract: An optical sensing device can include: a semiconductor having a photosensitive region; an optical structure located above the photosensitive region; and where the optical structure comprises alternately stacked light-filtering layers and light-transmitting layers, in order to block large-angle incident light from entering the photosensitive region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device can include: a substrate having a first doping type; a first well region located in the substrate and having a second doping type, where the first well region is located at opposite sides of a first region of the substrate; a source region and a drain region located in the first region, where the source region has the second doping type, and the drain region has the second doping type; and a buried layer having the second doping type located in the substrate and below the first region, where the buried layer is in contact with the first well region, where the first region is surrounded by the buried layer and the first well region, and the first doping type is opposite to the second doping type.

Abstract: A metal-oxide-semiconductor device can include: a base layer; a source region extending from an upper surface of the base layer to internal portion of the base layer and having a first doping type; a gate structure located on the upper surface of the base layer and at least exposing the source region, and a semiconductor layer located on the upper surface of the base layer and having the first doping type, where the semiconductor layer is used as a partial withstand voltage region of the device, and the source region is located at a first side of the gate structure, the semiconductor layer is located at a second side of the gate structure, and the first side and the second side of the gate structure are opposite to each other.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having an LDMOS transistor can include: a first deep well region having a first doping type; a drift region located in the first deep well region and having a second doping type; and a drain region located in the drift region and having the second doping type, where the second doping type is opposite to the first doping type, and where a doping concentration peak of the first deep well region is located below the drift region to optimize the breakdown voltage and the on-resistance of the LDMOS transistor.

Abstract: A method of controlling a multi-phase power converter having a plurality of power stage circuits coupled in parallel, can include: obtaining a load current of the multi-phase power converter; enabling corresponding power stage circuits to operate in accordance with the load current, such that a switching frequency is maintained within a predetermined range when the load current changes; and controlling the power stage circuits to operate under different modes in accordance with the load current, such that the switching frequency is maintained within the predetermined range when the load current changes.