Embodiment
The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of Drive and Control Circuit of synchronous rectifier in parallel, employing connects load current signal by input, the technical scheme of M control signal of output with N synchronous rectifier in parallel of control brought in M output, can adjust the number of the synchronous rectifier of conducting according to the variation self adaptation of load, make the conducting of synchronous rectification tube portion, thereby realize both having satisfied application need, can be reduced in the drive loss under the little load scene again, improve light-load efficiency.The embodiment of the invention also provides corresponding Switching Power Supply.Below describe respectively.
Please refer to Fig. 3, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of Drive and Control Circuit of synchronous rectifier in parallel, be used to drive and control N synchronous rectifier Q1 in parallel, Q2......Qn, N is a positive integer, this Drive and Control Circuit has M the output that is used to obtain the input of load current signal and is used for output drive signal, M is for greater than 1 but be not more than the positive integer of N, M output is connected with the driving stage of N synchronous rectifier in parallel, wherein, the driving stage of each synchronous rectifier is connected with an output of Drive and Control Circuit, and each output of Drive and Control Circuit is connected with the driving stage of at least one synchronous rectifier, the number of effective drive signal that Drive and Control Circuit is exported according to size adjustment M output of load current signal is with the number of the synchronous rectifier conducting of M parallel connection of control.
The Drive and Control Circuit of the embodiment of the invention, its input connects load current signal, it is a kind of adaptive Drive and Control Circuit, and, M output control N synchronous rectifier with M drive signal of output by being provided, can adjust the number of the synchronous rectifier of conducting according to the variation self adaptation of load, make to go on foot the conducting of rectifying tube part, thereby realize both having satisfied application need, can be reduced in the drive loss under the little load scene again, improve light-load efficiency.
Wherein, synchronous rectifier can be MOSFET, and its driving stage is the grid of MOSFET.
M output with Drive and Control Circuit in the embodiment of the invention is connected with the driving stage of N synchronous rectifier, reaches the purpose that adopts M drive signal to control N synchronous rectifier, and its connected mode can have multiple, illustrates below:
At N is 2 o'clock, and can get M is 2.Promptly adopt two drive signals to control two synchronous rectifiers respectively, thereby can realize the all-pass of two synchronous rectifiers, complete disconnected, perhaps one of them conducting.
At N is 3 o'clock, and can get M is 2.With synchronous rectifier of one of them drive signal control, and control two other synchronous rectifier, can realize the all-pass of three synchronous rectifiers with another drive signal, complete disconnected, one of them conducting or wherein two conductings.Certainly, getting M is 3, with synchronous rectifier of a control signal control, also can realize above-mentioned effect.
At N is 4 or greater than 4 o'clock, and M optionally value is more, and connected mode also can have more.
As seen, for each N value, M can have one or more values, the M minimum can be N for 2 maximums, thereby multiple connected mode can be arranged, as long as satisfy: the driving stage of each synchronous rectifier is connected with an output of Drive and Control Circuit, and each output of Drive and Control Circuit is connected with the driving stage of at least one synchronous rectifier and gets final product.Present embodiment is not done qualification for concrete connected mode.
In the embodiment of the invention, the size of load in the load current signal reflection application scenarios that the input of Drive and Control Circuit obtains.Thereby, Drive and Control Circuit can be exported the number of the output of effective drive signal according to the size decision of load current signal, wherein effectively drive signal is meant the signal that can make the synchronous rectifier conducting, thereby can control the number of the synchronous rectifier of conducting, accomplish both to satisfy application need, again can balance conduction loss and drive loss, reach optimum efficiency.For example, when load current signal increased, illustrating needed more MOSFET conducting just can satisfy the demand, and can increase the number of the output of the effective drive signal of output this moment; When load current signal reduced, illustrating needed less MOSFET conducting to satisfy the demand, and can reduce the number of the output of the effective drive signal of output this moment.Thereby can be when different loads, the MOSFET of the different numbers of conducting makes drive loss and conduction loss reach balance, accomplish both to satisfy application need, can be reduced in the drive loss under the little load scene again, improve light-load efficiency, thereby increase work efficiency, and guarantee that the output response is normal.
Please refer to Fig. 4, in the another embodiment of the present invention, Drive and Control Circuit can comprise: the drive circuit 200 that is connected with N synchronous rectifier in parallel, and the control circuit 100 that is connected with drive circuit 200.
Control circuit 100, comprise the input that is used to obtain load current signal, also comprise M the signal output part that is used to export control signal, this control circuit 100 is used for the number according to the signal output part of the effective control signal of size decision output of load current signal.Can export the number of the signal output part of effective control signal according to the linear increase and decrease of the size of load current signal, for example suppose that the maximum load current signal is A, then can when whenever reducing A/M, load current signal reduce the signal output part of an effective control signal of output; When the every increase of load current signal A/M, increase the signal output part of an effective control signal of output.
Drive circuit 200 comprises M the output that is used for output drive signal, also comprises M the signal input part that M signal output part with control circuit connects one to one, and this drive circuit 200 is used for control signal is amplified to produce drive signal.Wherein, effectively control signal can generate corresponding effectively drive signal through drive circuit 200.
Control circuit 100 can be a digitial controller, and the control signal of its output can be that (Pulse Width Modulation, PWM) signal, pwm signal are specially periodic square-wave signal in pulse width modulation.Digitial controller comprises analog to digital converter, signal processing and the pulse width modulator that connects successively, and it obtains load current signal by analog to digital converter, sets the pwm signal of duty ratio by signal processing and pulse width modulator output.Need to prove that the control circuit in the present embodiment is not limited to use digitial controller, also can use analog controller etc.Drive circuit 200 can amplify the pwm signal of control circuit 100 outputs, makes voltage of signals increase to the degree of enough driving synchronous rectifiers.
In the present embodiment, the M of a digitial controller signal output part can all be the pwm signal output.Digitial controller can determine this M all or part of output pwm signal of signal output part according to the size of load current signal, thus all or part of conducting of control synchronous flow rectifying tube.
In concrete the application, at full load, digitial controller is by M signal output part output M pwm signal PWM1, PWM2......PWMm, with N synchronous rectifier all-pass of control.When load current signal reduces, can reduce the number of the signal output part of output pwm signal, for example, only export L pwm signal, L is the positive integer less than M, two outer M subtract L pwm signal output and then export zero, thereby realize the synchronous rectifier conducting of L pwm signal correspondence, and another part synchronous rectifier turn-offs; Certainly, when load current signal increases, also can increase the number of the signal output part of output pwm signal, the synchronous rectifier of conducting is increased.Thereby realize adaptive synchronous rectifier switch control.
Please refer to Fig. 5, on the basis of a last embodiment, among another embodiment of the present invention:
The M of a digitial controller output can comprise that M deducts K pwm signal output and K high-low level logical signal output, and K is the positive integer less than M.High-low level logical signal output is used to export high-low level logical signal Sx.(General Purpose IO Ports GPIO) produces this high-low level logical signal Sx, can be common acyclic logical signal, for example can be a lasting high level signal by the universal I interface of digitial controller.Because high-low level logical signal Sx effective control signal not necessarily, therefore need with high-low level logical signal and pwm signal by with Men Xiangyu after pwm signal of generation as effective control signal.Please refer to Fig. 6, the high-low level logical signal of any high-low level logical signal output output can with the pwm signal of a pwm signal output output by with Men Xiangyu after produce a pwm signal in addition.Digitial controller can be exported the number of the signal output part of effective control signal according to the size decision of load current signal.
In concrete the application: when the number P that exports the signal output part of effective control signal at needs subtracts K less than M, can utilize M to subtract K pwm signal and directly export P pwm signal; When the number P that exports the signal output part of effective control signal at needs subtracts K greater than M, can utilize M to subtract K pwm signal output directly exports M and subtracts K pwm signal, other effective control signal subtracts (M subtracts K) individual high-low level logical signal output output high-low level logical signal by P, this P subtract (M subtracts K) individual high-low level logical signal respectively with pwm signal by with Men Xiangyu after produce other P and subtract (M subtracts K) individual pwm signal, thereby finally produce P effectively pwm signal as control signal.
Particularly at full load, can directly export M and subtract K effectively pwm signal, and K effective high-low level logical signal S1, S2......Sk, this K high-low level logical signal respectively with M subtract in K the pwm signal one or more pwm signals by with Men Xiangyu after produce K pwm signal, thereby finally export M pwm signal PWM1, PWM2......PWMm, with N synchronous rectifier all-pass of control.
When load current signal reduces, can reduce the number of signal output part of the effective Sx signal of output, by several Sx signals being changed to zero, can realize part conducting in N the synchronous rectifier, be that the synchronous rectifier of zero Sx signal correspondence then turn-offs; Certainly, when load current signal increases, also can increase the number of the signal output part of the effective Sx signal of output, the synchronous rectifier of conducting is increased.Thereby realize adaptive synchronous rectifier switch control.
Because the easier realization of digitial controller output high-low level logical signal Sx specific output pwm signal, thereby in the present embodiment digitial controller by with K high-low level logical signal Sx of output and pwm signal with after produce the scheme of K pwm signal again, with respect to the easier realization of the scheme of last embodiment, can alleviate the load of digitial controller, reduce the complexity of digitial controller.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of Switching Power Supply, comprising: N synchronous rectifier in parallel and the Drive and Control Circuit that is used to drive and control N synchronous rectifier in parallel, and N is a positive integer;
This Drive and Control Circuit has M the output that is used to obtain the input of load current signal and is used for output drive signal, M is for greater than 1 but be not more than the positive integer of N, M output is connected with the driving stage of N synchronous rectifier in parallel, wherein, the driving stage of each synchronous rectifier is connected with an output of Drive and Control Circuit, and each output of Drive and Control Circuit is connected with the driving stage of at least one synchronous rectifier, the number of effective drive signal that Drive and Control Circuit is exported according to size adjustment M output of load current signal is with all or part of conducting of synchronous rectifier of N parallel connection of control.
Wherein, Drive and Control Circuit can be exported the number of the output of effective drive signal according to the size decision of load current signal, thus the number of the synchronous rectifier of control conducting.
Further, when load current signal increased, Drive and Control Circuit can increase the number of the output of the effective drive signal of output; When load current signal reduced, Drive and Control Circuit can reduce the number of the output of the effective drive signal of output.
Further, Drive and Control Circuit can comprise: the drive circuit that is connected with N synchronous rectifier in parallel, and the control circuit that is connected with drive circuit;
Control circuit comprises the input that is used to obtain load current signal, also comprises M the signal output part that is used to export control signal, and this control circuit is used for the number according to the signal output part of the effective control signal of size decision output of load current signal;
Drive circuit comprises M the output that is used for output drive signal, also comprises M the signal input part that is connected with M signal output part of control circuit, and this drive circuit is used for control signal is amplified to produce drive signal.
The Switching Power Supply that the embodiment of the invention provides can be adjusted the number of the synchronous rectifier of conducting according to the variation self adaptation of load, realizes the part conducting of synchronous rectifier, thereby raises the efficiency.
More than the Drive and Control Circuit and the Switching Power Supply of the synchronous rectifier in parallel that the embodiment of the invention provided is described in detail, having used specific case herein sets forth principle of the present invention and execution mode, the explanation of above embodiment just is used for helping to understand method of the present invention and core concept thereof, should not be construed as limitation of the present invention.