Abstract: A switching power supply device includes a first switch, a second switch; a third switch; a detector detecting occurrence or a sign or occurrence of an overshoot in an output voltage; and a controller configured to turn on and off the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch. The third switch is a bidirectional element having a first drain terminal, a second drain terminal, a first gate terminal, and a second gate terminal and in addition a common source terminal. As seen in a sectional view of the bidirectional element, the third switch is structured to have a first gate region, a second gate region, and a source region between a first drain region and a second drain region, and to have the source region between the first and second gate regions.

Abstract: A switching power supply device includes a first switch with a first terminal connectable to an application terminal for the input voltage and a second terminal connectable to the first terminal of an inductor; a second switch with a first terminal connectable to the first terminal of the inductor and a second terminal connectable to an application terminal for a voltage lower than the input voltage; a third switch being a GaN semiconductor element and connectable in parallel with the inductor; a detector detecting occurrence or a sign or occurrence of an overshoot in the output voltage; and a controller. The controller produces, after occurrence or a sign of occurrence of an overshoot in the output voltage is detected by the detector until settlement of the overshoot in the output voltage, a control state in which to keep the first and second switches off and the third switch on.

Abstract: A power supply control device, which is a main controller of a switching power supply, includes an error amplifier, a ramp signal generation circuit, a comparison signal generation circuit, a logic circuit, a switch drive circuit, a reverse current detection circuit, and a ramp signal holding circuit. The logic circuit adjusts an input offset of the comparison signal generation circuit, the error signal, or the ramp signal in a direction that reduces a difference between the error signal and the ramp signal in response to a predetermined trigger signal.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a drive voltage generation circuit configured to generate a drive voltage on the basis of a first external resistor externally attached to a first external terminal, a first signal generation circuit configured to generate a first clock signal for pulse driving based on the drive voltage and a second external resistor externally attached to a second external terminal, a second signal generation circuit configured to generate a second clock signal for pulse driving based on an internal resistor and the drive voltage, a count circuit configured to generate a count signal according to a count value obtained by counting pulses of the first clock signal in a determination section while counting the determination section according to pulses of the second clock signal, and a multifunction output circuit configured to output an output signal of an output value that differs depending on the count signal.

Abstract: Provided is an oscillation circuit including a ramp voltage generation circuit generating a ramp voltage according to a first reference voltage, and a comparator generating a pulse-driven clock signal according to the first reference voltage and the ramp voltage. The ramp voltage generation circuit includes a first signal generation circuit generating a first signal that rises or falls according to a duty ratio of a first pulse width modulation signal generated according to a pulse period of the clock signal, and a second signal generation circuit generating a second signal that rises or falls in a direction opposite to the first signal according to the duty ratio of the first pulse width modulation signal. The ramp voltage generation circuit generates the ramp voltage according to the lowest voltage among a second reference voltage based on the first reference voltage, the first signal, and the second signal.

Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuit devices, wherein a master among the plurality of semiconductor integrated circuit devices is configured to use a constant voltage to calibrate a first reference of a detection result of a current flowing through its own switching element, and a slave among the plurality of semiconductor integrated circuit devices is configured to use the constant voltage supplied from the master to calibrate a second reference of a detection result of a current flowing through its own switching element.

Abstract: A pulse transmission circuit is incorporated in a signal transmission device employing a capacitive insulation method, and configured to cause a transmission pulse signal, which is transmitted to a capacitor of a subsequent stage, to make a gradual logic-level transition when a logic level of an input pulse signal switches. For example, the pulse transmission circuit may be configured to trigger the transmission pulse signal a plurality of times, while causing the transmission pulse signal to make a gradual logic-level transition, so as to repeat raising and lowering of the transmission pulse signal.

Abstract: An output feedback control circuit includes, for example, a first amplifier configured to generate a first error signal commensurate with a difference between an output voltage, which is fed to a load, or a feedback voltage commensurate therewith and a reference voltage, a second amplifier configured to be faster than the first amplifier and to generate a second error signal commensurate with a difference between the output voltage or the feedback voltage and the first error signal (or the reference voltage), a calculator configured to superimpose a remote sense signal, which is derived from a grounded terminal of the load, on the reference voltage, which is fed to the first amplifier, and a capacitor connected between an application terminal for the first error signal and an application terminal for the remote sense signal.

Abstract: An output feedback control circuit includes, for example, a first amplifier configured to generate a first error signal commensurate with a difference between an output voltage, which is fed to a load, or a feedback voltage commensurate therewith and a reference voltage, a second amplifier configured to be faster than the first amplifier and to generate a second error signal commensurate with a difference between the output voltage or the feedback voltage and the first error signal (or the reference voltage), a calculator configured to superimpose a remote sense signal, which is derived from a grounded terminal of the load, on the reference voltage, which is fed to the first amplifier, and a capacitor connected between an application terminal for the first error signal and an application terminal for the remote sense signal.

Abstract: A switching power supply device includes a first switch with a first terminal connectable to an application terminal for the input voltage and a second terminal connectable to the first terminal of an inductor; a second switch with a first terminal connectable to the first terminal of the inductor and a second terminal connectable to an application terminal for a voltage lower than the input voltage; a third switch being a GaN semiconductor element and connectable in parallel with the inductor; a detector detecting occurrence or a sign or occurrence of an overshoot in the output voltage; and a controller. The controller produces, after occurrence or a sign of occurrence of an overshoot in the output voltage is detected by the detector until settlement of the overshoot in the output voltage, a control state in which to keep the first and second switches off and the third switch on.

Abstract: A switching power supply device includes a first switch with a first terminal connectable to an application terminal for the input voltage and a second terminal connectable to the first terminal of an inductor; a second switch with a first terminal connectable to the first terminal of the inductor and a second terminal connectable to an application terminal for a voltage lower than the input voltage; a third switch with a first terminal connectable to the first terminal of the inductor and a second terminal connectable to the second terminal of the inductor; a detector; and a controller. The controller produces, after occurrence or a sign of occurrence of an overshoot in the output voltage is detected by the detector until settlement of the overshoot in the output voltage, a control state in which to keep the first and second switches off and the third switch on.

Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuit devices, wherein a master among the plurality of semiconductor integrated circuit devices is configured to use a constant voltage to calibrate a first reference of a detection result of a current flowing through its own switching element, and a slave among the plurality of semiconductor integrated circuit devices is configured to use the constant voltage supplied from the master to calibrate a second reference of a detection result of a current flowing through its own switching element.

Abstract: A switching power supply device includes first and second switches connected in series between an application terminal for an input voltage and an application terminal for a voltage lower than the input voltage, and a controller configured to turn on and off the first and second switches. The controller has a first state where it keeps the first switch on and the second switch off, followed by a second state where it keeps the first switch off and the second switch on, followed by a third state where it keeps the first and second switches off, followed by a fourth state where it keeps the voltage at the connection node between the first and second switches lower than in the third state. The controller repeats the first, second, third, and fourth states at a fixed cycle.

Abstract: An output feedback control circuit includes, for example, a first amplifier 140a configured to generate a first error signal ERR1 commensurate with a difference between an output voltage, which is fed to a load, or a feedback voltage FB commensurate therewith and a reference voltage REF, a second amplifier 140b configured to be faster than the first amplifier 140a and to generate a second error signal ERR2 commensurate with a difference between the output voltage or the feedback voltage FB and the first error signal ERR1 (or the reference voltage REF), a calculator 145 configured to superimpose a remote sense signal RSGND, which is derived from a grounded terminal of the load, on the reference voltage REF, which is fed to the first amplifier 140a, and a capacitor Cc connected between an application terminal for the first error signal ERR1 and an application terminal for the remote sense signal RSGND.

Abstract: The switching power supply device includes first and second switches connected in series between an application end of an input voltage and an application end of a low voltage lower than the input voltage, and third and fourth switches connected in series between an application end of the input voltage and an application end of the low voltage, and a control unit configured to control the on/off state of each of the first to fourth switches. The first to fourth switches are configured such that an inductor is provided between a first connection node connecting the first switch and the second switch and a second connection node connecting the third switch and the fourth switch.

Abstract: A linear power supply circuit according to the present invention is provided with: an output transistor provided between an input end to which an input voltage is applied and an output end to which an output voltage is applied; a driver for driving the output transistor; and a feedback unit for feeding, back to the driver, information about an output electrical current that is output from the output end. The driver drives the output transistor on the basis of the difference between a voltage based on the output voltage and a reference voltage, as well as the information.

Abstract: Provided is a switching control circuit used for a switching power supply device for generating an output voltage from an input voltage. The switching control circuit includes an intermittent operation mode for repeating an active period in which an output switching element of the switching power supply device is switched and an inactive period in which the output switching element is not switched. The switching control circuit is provided with a modulation unit for modulating a pulse frequency of a switching control signal during the active period, and performs control of switching of the output switching element by the switching control signal during the active period.

Abstract: A switching power supply device includes a first switch with a first terminal connectable to an application terminal for the input voltage and a second terminal connectable to the first terminal of an inductor; a second switch with a first terminal connectable to the first terminal of the inductor and a second terminal connectable to an application terminal for a voltage lower than the input voltage; a third switch with a first terminal connectable to the first terminal of the inductor and a second terminal connectable to the second terminal of the inductor; a detector; and a controller. The controller produces, after occurrence or a sign of occurrence of an overshoot in the output voltage is detected by the detector until settlement of the overshoot in the output voltage, a control state in which to keep the first and second switches off and the third switch on.

Abstract: A linear power supply circuit according to the present invention is provided with: an output transistor provided between an input end to which an input voltage is applied and an output end to which an output voltage is applied; a driver for driving the output transistor; and a feedback unit for feeding, back to the driver, information about an output electrical current that is output from the output end. The driver drives the output transistor on the basis of the difference between a voltage based on the output voltage and a reference voltage, as well as the information.

Abstract: The switching power supply device includes first and second switches connected in series between an application end of an input voltage and an application end of a low voltage lower than the input voltage, and third and fourth switches connected in series between an application end of the input voltage and an application end of the low voltage, and a control unit configured to control the on/off state of each of the first to fourth switches. The first to fourth switches are configured such that an inductor is provided between a first connection node connecting the first switch and the second switch and a second connection node connecting the third switch and the fourth switch.