CN100372207C - Parallel power supply combined with active dropout current sharing circuit - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a parallel power supplier combined with an active dropout current sharing circuit, which belongs to the active dropout current sharing technology combined with the function of current limitation, and the current sharing technology is applied to a parallel power supplier. The parallel power supplier is characterized in that the present invention is provided with a current sensing amplifier which can generate current feedback signals; the current feedback signals represent the difference between nominal output voltage and partial output voltage. The current sensing amplifier is coupled to an original electric potential generator which offers an original electric potential to define the voltage value which corresponds to maximum allowed output current of the parallel power supplier. When the electric potential of the voltage of the current feedback signals exceeds the original electric potential, the original electric potential generator is switched on and the current feedback signals are coupled to a switch controller so as to adjust output voltage of a power converter, and the imbalance of current among a plurality of parallel power suppliers is properly solved. Meanwhile, the original electric potential generator can sense and generate a current to the current sensing input of the switch controller, so the output current which limits the power converter can not exceed the maximum allowed output current.
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Technical field
The present invention distributes (current sharing) technology about a kind of electric current that is used for parallel power supply, and more particularly the present invention has the active dropout current sharing circuit (active droop current sharing circuit) of current limit function about a kind of parallel power supply that is used for.
Background technology
Switched power supplier act as the firm power feeding unit that is used for transmitting electric power with the demand that satisfies electronic system usually.For example, DC-to-DC converter is typically designed to and converts a direct current voltage potential to one or several different direct voltage current potentials to meet a series of specification requirement.
When actual operation, when providing electric power to consider load capacity simultaneously to an electronic system, two or many DC-to-DC converter can be connected in parallel to form a parallel power system.The parallel connected power supply system can provide the redundant ability (high-level redundancy) of high-order to give the special applications that needs electric power to distribute with high continuity (high continuity) and high-reliability (high reliability).
In theory, the parallel connected power supply default is the mean allocation load current.That is to say that each parallel power supply in a parallel power system is set at provides the approximately equal ratio of of total load current to a common load (common load).Yet in many practical applications; parallel power supply suffers from its indivedual output voltages because change such as factor such as temperature coefficient, aging and output impedance difference through regular meeting, so makes being difficult to that accurate currents match between the parallel power supply becomes comparatively speaking reach.
Though electric current distribution technique (current sharing technique) can help a plurality of power supply changeover device mean allocation load currents, still having contingent situation is when parallel power supply sends paroxysmal variation, and the load current between the power supply changeover device distributes may produce imbalance.By the unequal usefulness and the reliability that can reduce the parallel connected power supply system of distributing of the caused load current of parallel power supply.When power supply changeover device used synchronous rectification, this problem can become particular importance because of the intrinsic feedback characteristics of these circuit.In some cases, the power supply changeover device with output voltage also lower than other transducer can sink electric current from other power supply changeover device, further reduces the efficient of power circuit thus.This sinks electric current (sink current) and normally depends on the voltage difference between the power supply changeover device, with and output impedance.
Lacking under the situation that impressed current distributes, can be set at usually a current-limit mode (current limit mode) under with the power supply changeover device of parallel way setting and operate, it forbids that output current surpasses a particular value.Under this kind situation; have than high output voltage and/or have more low-impedance transducer and provide maximum allowable current (maximum allowed current) through regular meeting; and have than low output voltage and/or transducer with higher resistance and can or not have the mode of output current idle with quite low output current; perhaps worse, sink electric current from the heavy transducer of other load.Therefore what the efficient of the power supply changeover device of current limliting can become is quite low, and the efficient of the power supply changeover device of idle (sinking) is actually zero, and it is because sinking transducer does not transmit power supply, but but at electric consumption.Therefore, effectively electric current distributes the whole efficiency that will improve the parallel connected power supply system gradually.
Several are finished electric current and distribute the technology that is provided with to propose.Wherein a kind of the most frequently used electric current distribution technique utilization with the mode of electronization add output voltage descend (output voltage droop) be the way of the function of output current, make that thus output voltage can be by adjusting with the functional relation of electric current downwards.Come the technology of compensating load electric current distribution to be commonly referred to drop-out current distribution (droopcurrent sharing) with the angle that voltage descends, wherein the output voltage of each parallel power supply depends on its output current.Under this kind situation, each parallel power supply is provided with other electric current distribution pin position (currentsharing pin) and is connected in parallel on the backboard (backplane), makes parallel power supply be shared the information of its load current.When the output current of a parallel power supply increased, its output voltage can slightly descend and force other parallel power supply to bear more load current.If all parallel power supplies all are adjusted to identical voltage and have identical voltage to electric current slope (voltage versus current slope) under known load, they can come load sharing in the mode of high-accuracy.Utilize this electric current distribution system, just can under the condition that does not need an interconnect bus (interconnectionbus), realize an automatic current distribution mechanism.
In most DC power supply, it is comparatively desirable that a fixing direct voltage can be provided.Therefore in a direct current power supply unit, generally need a feedback circuit to keep a fixing direct voltage.In a parallel power system, each parallel power supply uses actual current feedback signal to adjust its output voltage reference value and make all parallel power supplies distribute load current jointly.In this method, most DC power supply can provide an excess current protective function (overcurrent protection function) according to output voltage the output current relation to limit output current in a maximum rating (maximum rated value).
Fig. 1 shows the traditional parallel power supply with initiatively drop-out current distribution (active droop current sharing) and excess current protective function (overcurrent protection function).In Fig. 1, a DC-to-DC converter 100 is connected in parallel on a backboard (not shown) providing one or a plurality of predetermined voltage potential to a common load 101, and shares the total load current of a part with other parallel power supply.Initiatively dropout current sharing circuit 110 comprises a current sensing resistor (currentsensing resistor) Rs, it is between the output and common load 101 of DC-to-DC converter 100, in order to produce a voltage that is directly proportional with output current, make the actual output voltage of DC-to-DC converter 100 be equal to the value that the nominal output voltage of DC-to-DC converter 100 (nominal output voltage) deducts the pressure drop (voltage drop) at current sensing resistor Rs two ends.In addition, an electric current distribution amplifier (current sharing amplifier) 111 is arranged at current sensing resistor Rs and is coupled between the on-off controller 103 of DC-to-DC converter 100.This electric current distribution amplifier 111 amplifies nominal output voltage and the difference via a voltage divider (voltage divider) 112 resulting part output voltages (fractionaloutput voltage), and amplification difference value (the amplified difference value) output of the output current that is provided by parallel power supply will be provided.This amplification difference value can be delivered to on-off controller 103 makes on-off controller 103 can finely tune the duty cycle of the switching transistor circuit (not shown) of DC-to-DC converter 100 (duty cycle), adjust the output voltage of each parallel power supply thus, and the trailing edge (trailing edge) of the switch controlling signal that is sent by the on-off controller 103 that prolongs by each parallel power supply comes selectivity to adjust duty cycle, correcting current imbalance thus.
In addition, an overcurrent sensing circuit 120 is coupled between the output and on-off controller 103 of DC-to-DC converter 100.This overcurrent sensing circuit 120 comprises an error function circuit (erroroperation circuit) 121, produces a current feedback signal in order to more nominal output voltage and actual output voltage and according to output voltage.This current feedback signal can be delivered to the reverse input end of an error amplifier 122.This error amplifier 122 can amplify this current feedback signal and become an error voltage signal, and it represents the difference between current feedback signal and the one first reference signal Vref1.This error voltage signal can be coupled to the variation of on-off controller 103 with the output voltage of compensating direct current-direct current transducer 100.In addition, this error voltage signal act as a current command signal (current command signal), it makes on-off controller 103 can monitor and control the output current of DC-to-DC converter 100 according to this error voltage signal, makes the current sense input (current sense input) of on-off controller 103 can activate the output current that limits DC-to-DC converter 100 immediately and avoids surpassing its maximum rating.If the output current of DC-to-DC converter 100 surpasses its maximum rating, on-off controller 103 can stop to transmit the switch controlling signal of the switching transistor circuit that offers DC-to-DC converter 100, and the switch running of closing DC-to-DC converter 100 is to avoid infringement.
In addition, parallel power supply 100 comprises an overcurrent protection status signal generator (OCPstatus signal generator) 130.This overcurrent protection status signal generator 130 comprises an overcurrent protection comparator (OCP comparator) 131; in order to the nominal output voltage of comparison DC-to-DC converter 100 and the difference between the one second reference signal Vref2, take place so that judge whether the situation of overcurrent.If judging the situation that overcurrent is arranged takes place; overcurrent protection comparator 131 can produce an overcurrent protection status signal (OCP status signal) and transmit this overcurrent protection status signal and give an inter-process circuit (housekeeping circuit; do not show), there is over-current condition to betide in the parallel power supply with warning at other circuit of parallel connected power supply internal system.
Though traditional parallel power supply of Fig. 1 can provide electric current to distribute in several parallel power supplies and provide overcurrent protection ability, known parallel power supply can suffer from some main unfavorable conditions.For example, generally speaking the electric current of traditional parallel power supply distributes accuracy to be restricted.Moreover traditional parallel power supply can add a large amount of driving components in active dropout current sharing circuit and overcurrent detection system, and it can cause a bulky electronic product.Therefore, traditional parallel power supply is will volume excessive and lack flexibility on circuit design.Proposition of the present invention is for the volume-diminished of parallel power supply and bigger elasticity is provided in the circuit structure of parallel power supply.
Summary of the invention
In view of the above problems, the invention provides the parallel power supply that a kind of combination has the active drop-out current sharing circuit of current limit function, the volume of this parallel power supply can dwindle, and bigger elasticity can be provided in the circuit structure of parallel power supply.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, this active drop-out current sharing circuit comprises a current sensor (current sensor), and it is between the output and a common load of a power supply changeover device, in order to produce a sensing output voltage; One current sense amplifier (current sensing amplifier), be coupled to this current sensor, in order to this sensing output voltage is amplified to produce a current feedback signal, one initial current potential generator (threshold level generator), in order to set an initial current potential is to be equal to the maximum of this power supply changeover device to allow the corresponding voltage potential of output current, and, conduct an electric current in when the voltage potential of this current feedback signal during greater than this take-off potential; An and on-off controller, it is coupled to this power supply changeover device and this take-off potential generator, in order to adjust the output voltage of this power supply changeover device according to this current feedback signal, and by the electric current of senses flow through this take-off potential generator, the output current of restriction power supply changeover device must not surpass maximum and allow output current.
Wherein, this current sensor is made up of a current sensing resistor; This take-off potential generator is made up of a Zener diode.
This parallel power supply also comprises an on-off controller, it is coupled to this power supply changeover device and this take-off potential generator, in order to adjusting the output voltage of this power supply changeover device according to this current feedback signal, and limit output current by senses flow through the electric current of this take-off potential generator and avoid surpassing this maximum and allow output current.
This parallel power supply also comprises a diode, is coupled between this take-off potential generator and this on-off controller, and be correct in order to the polarity of guaranteeing the voltage on this take-off potential generator.
Compared with prior art, the advantage of parallel power supply of the present invention is: can reduced volume, and bigger elasticity can be provided in the circuit structure of parallel power supply.
Further feature aforementioned and of the present invention and advantage can obtain best understanding by following description and with reference to appended Reference numeral, wherein:
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Fig. 1 is the circuit diagram of traditional parallel power supply; And
Fig. 2 is for showing the circuit diagram of parallel power supply according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Wherein, description of reference numerals is as follows:
100,200 DC-to-DC converter
101,201 common loads
103,206 on-off controllers
The active dropout current sharing circuit of 110 known technologies
111 electric current distribution amplifiers
112,222 voltage dividers
120 know the overcurrent sensing circuit of technology
121 error function circuits
122 error amplifiers
130 overcurrent protection status signal generators
131,207 overcurrent protection comparators
202 active dropout current sharing circuits of the present invention
203 current sensing resistors
204 current sense amplifiers
205 take-off potential generators
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Fig. 2 shows the parallel power supply in conjunction with the active drop-out current sharing circuit of current limit function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
The parallel power supply of Fig. 2 comprises a DC-to-DC converter 200, its setting provide a predetermined voltage potential to a common load 201 and with other parallel power supply share a part total load current.In addition, the parallel power supply of Fig. 2 comprises an active dropout current sharing circuit (active droop current sharing circuit) 202, and it is coupled between DC-to-DC converter 200 and the common load 201.This active dropout current sharing circuit 202 comprises a current sensing resistor (current sensing resistor) 203, it is connected with common load 201 and produces a voltage that is proportional to output current, and the nominal output voltage that makes the actual output voltage of DC-to-DC converter 200 be equal to DC-to-DC converter 200 deducts the pressure drop on the current sensing resistor 203.In addition, one current sense amplifier (current sensing amplifier) 204 is coupled to this current sensing resistor 203, and has that a non-inverting input (non-inverting input terminal) is coupled to nominal output voltage and a reverse input end (inverting input terminal) is coupled to by voltage divider 222 resulting part output voltages.The sensing voltages (sensed voltage) that current sense amplification 204 is used for being produced on this current sensing resistor 203 are given and are amplified so that produce amplification sensing output voltage (amplified sensed outputvoltage), and it represents the output current by parallel power supply provided.Particularly, the amplification sensing output voltage that is provided by current sense amplifier 204 act as-current feedback signal, it makes on-off controller 206 can reduce the duty cycle of the switching transistor circuit (not shown) of DC-to-DC converter 200 (duty cycle), and reduce the output voltage of parallel power supply thus, so that when surpassing desired load current quota when the output current of parallel power supply, between several parallel power supplies, reach suitable current balance type.
Current sense amplifier 204 further is coupled to an initial current potential generator (threshold levelgenerator) 205, and it is coupled between this current sense amplifier 204 and this on-off controller 206.According to present embodiment, this take-off potential generator 205 is finished by a Zener diode (zener diode) usually.This Zener diode 205 is used for setting an initial current potential, for example, the breakdown voltage of Zener diode (breakdown voltage), in order to as restriction DC-to-DC converter 200 output current surpass the standard (criterion) of maximum rating.For example, the breakdown voltage of Zener diode is set at 10V, and it is corresponding to the voltage potential of the maximum rating of output current.When normal operation, Zener diode is for ending.Yet, if the voltage potential of current feedback signal greater than the breakdown voltage of Zener diode, Zener diode can be at collapse district (breakdown region) work and beginning conduction current.This electric current can be delivered to the current sense of on-off controller 206 and import the excess current protective function that (current sense input) comes activator switch controller 206, reaches current limit function thus.
Moreover this parallel power supply comprises an overcurrent protection comparator (OCPcomparator) 207, in order to relatively the output voltage and a reference voltage Vref of DC-to-DC converter 200 take place with the incident that judges whether overcurrent.If judged result is to have the incident of overcurrent to take place; then the overcurrent protection comparator can produce an overcurrent protection status signal (OCP status signal) and this overcurrent protection status signal is sent to inter-process circuit (housekeeping circuit; do not show), there is over-current condition to betide in the parallel power supply with warning at other circuit of parallel connected power supply internal system.
Be noted that a diode D100 be coupled to Zener diode 205 and on-off controller 206 between.This diode D100 is used for guaranteeing that the polarity of the voltage on the Zener diode 205 is for correct.In addition, initiatively dropout current sharing circuit 202 comprises a capacitor C 200, is used for stablizing the initiatively control loop of dropout current sharing circuit 202.
Even the present invention is described in detail by the foregoing description, still can do various modifications by those skilled in the art, but the scope of neither disengaging such as the desire protection of claims institute.
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1. parallel power supply, it comprises:
One power supply changeover device is used for converting an input voltage to have with the different voltage potentials of this input voltage a output voltage;
One current sensor is coupled to an output of this power supply changeover device, is used for this output voltage of sensing to be proportional to a sensing output voltage of an output current of this power supply changeover device with generation;
One current sense amplifier is coupled to this current sensor, is used for amplifying this sensing output voltage to produce a current feedback signal;
One initial current potential generator, be coupled to this current sense amplifier, be used for producing an initial current potential, it is equal to a maximum of this power supply changeover device allows the corresponding voltage potential of output current, and when the voltage potential of current feedback signal conduction current during greater than this take-off potential; And
One on-off controller, it is coupled to this power supply changeover device and this take-off potential generator, in order to adjusting the output voltage of this power supply changeover device according to this current feedback signal, and limit output current by senses flow through the electric current of this take-off potential generator and avoid surpassing this maximum and allow output current.
2. parallel power supply as claimed in claim 1, wherein, this current sensor is made up of a current sensing resistor.
3. parallel power supply as claimed in claim 1, wherein, this take-off potential generator is made up of a Zener diode.
4. parallel power supply as claimed in claim 1 also comprises diode, is coupled between this take-off potential generator and this on-off controller, and be correct in order to the polarity of guaranteeing the voltage on this take-off potential generator.
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