The present disclosure provides a switching current source circuit and a method for quickly establishing a switching current source. The switching current source circuit includes a first and a second switching current source branches connected in parallel with one end of a load. When the switching enable signal is switched, due to the charge coupling of the first and second switching current source branches, the bias voltage respectively generates bounce in the same direction as and a direction opposite to the transition direction of the switching enable signal. The two bounces cancel each other to make the current source bias voltage recover quickly when a toggle event happens. The present disclosure accelerates the establishment of current through the coupling of charges, and reduces the decoupling capacitance at the same time, thereby reducing the circuit area and saving the costs.

A switching circuit comprises a main switch element having a gate as a control input; and a ring oscillator connected as a driver circuit to the gate to drive the main switch via the gate. The basic circuit is used to build various components which have the property that they can work at very high frequencies.

Disclosed is a power converter circuit and a method for operating the power converter circuit. The power converter circuit includes at least one converter stage and a control circuit. The at least one converter stage includes an input configured to receive an input power, an output configured to supply an output power, a first electronic switch, and a first inductor coupled to the first electronic switch. The control circuit includes a hysteresis controller configured to drive the first electronic switch based on a current measurement signal representing a current through the inductor, a first threshold signal, and a second threshold signal, and an operating point controller configured to detect an operating point of the converter stage to generate the first threshold signal and the second threshold signal based on the detected operating point.

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.

A voltage boosting method, system, and circuit which can be incorporated into a battery or device or can be added as a circuit that interfaces between a battery and a device. Optionally, the voltage boosting system can be added without requiring the battery or the device to be modified. The voltage boosting circuit incorporates a pair of transformers and does not require a step-up transformer, thus enabling the circuit to be constructed in a compact form, optionally within a single integrated circuit package. One or more mechanical or automatic switches can be provided which enable the voltage boosting circuit to be disconnected from the battery and the load until such time as the voltage of the battery or battery bank falls below a predetermined amount, at which time the one or more switches can be activated, thus engaging the voltage boosting circuit.

A simulation current signal generation circuit applied to a power conversion circuit is disclosed. The power conversion circuit has an output terminal and includes an output stage, a PWM circuit and an impedance component. One terminal of impedance component is coupled to the output terminal. The generation circuit includes a first current signal circuit, a second current signal circuit and a switching circuit. The first current signal circuit, coupled to another terminal of impedance component, provides a first current signal. The second current signal circuit, coupled to the output stage, senses a current of a power switch in the output stage to provide a second current signal. The switching circuit, coupled to the first current signal circuit, second current signal circuit and PWM circuit respectively, selectively outputs the first current signal or second current signal according to a PWM signal provided by the PWM circuit.

A low-dropout regulator including a first comparator, an edge trigger, a second comparator, a third comparator, and an output stage circuit is provided. The first comparator generates a first comparison signal according to a first reference signal and an output signal. The edge trigger outputs a trigger signal according to the first comparison signal, a second comparison signal, and a third comparison signal. The second comparator generates the second comparison signal according to the output signal and a second reference signal. The third comparator generates the third comparison signal according to the output signal and a third reference signal. The output stage circuit outputs the output signal according to the first comparison signal, the second comparison signal, and the third comparison signal. The output stage circuit includes a plurality of hysteresis controllers and a plurality of power transistors. Each hysteresis controller controls a conduction state of a corresponding power transistor.

A multi-port USB Power Delivery Type-C (USB-C/PD) power converter for switching clock phase shifts is described herein. The multi-port USB-C/PD power converter includes a first PD port, a second PD port, and a power controller coupled to the first and second PD ports. The power controller includes a first phased clock generator to generate a first phase-shifted clock signal by shifting a clock signal by a first phase with respect to a reference clock signal, and a second phased clock generator to generate a second phase-shifted clock signal to generate a second phased-shifted clock signal by shifting the clock signal by a second phase with respect to the reference clock signal. The first PD port and the second PD port output power in response to a first control signal based on the first phase-shifted clock signal and a second control signal based on the second phase-shifted clock signal, respectively.

This disclosure relates to a multiphase converter design with multi-path phase management circuit and output logic. The phase management circuit and output logic can be employed to implement phase adding and shedding operations based on input and output current information and based on control signals for a power stage of the converter. In some examples, the design employs an estimate of an average output current based on a current at an input of the converter for phase control. In additional examples, the design employs cycle-by-cycle current limit and maximum duty-cycle signals to enable phase quickly during load transient. In further examples, the design employs low input and output-current sensed signals for efficient phase shedding and power saving. The design herein improves an overall accuracy of phase adding and shedding, load transient response performance, an operational efficiency and thermal performance of multiphase converter.

Systems and methods for detecting electrical connection and disconnection on an USB Type-A charging port like power adapters, power banks and car chargers having one or more USB Type-A charging port of an USB device. The system includes: a voltage source; a MOSFET SWITCH gate driver, in USB type-A connected state, that operatively couples MOSFET SWITCH with voltage source and VBUS supply of USB type-A port; charge pump; a current sense differential amplifier; and a control unit configured to: monitor VBUS current, and detect potential disconnected state of connected USB type-A port; and monitor VBUS voltage and compare VBUS voltage with predetermined voltage to sense external condition such that VBUS voltage drops because of load capacitance and load current. The control unit is further configured to, when the duty cycle has reached a minimum VBUS current, detect the USB type-A disconnection with a charge pump state.