Background technology
The function of LED drive power is to provide the constant output current of LED, if but export LED open circuit or other situations that output voltage is uprised occur, LED drive power must be made corresponding measure and be no more than the withstand voltage of output capacitance by output voltage, otherwise output capacitance will be destroyed.In traditional LED drive power scheme, the Transformer Winding that generally employing one is independent detects output voltage, and then by electric resistance partial pressure, direct-detection output voltage is carried out in the pin position being input to chip independent, thus judges whether driving power overvoltage occurs.
Traditional overvoltage protection scheme adds volume and the cost of the whole driving power of LED; in order to be detected pressure point, need increase Transformer Winding, two divider resistances; and chip also wants many one to detect pin position, is not suitable for the development trend of existing market LED small size, low cost.
Fig. 1 is the circuit theory diagrams of overvoltage protection part in LED drive power in prior art.Given by Fig. 1 is a kind of typical apply figure of voltage-dropping type Buck circuit.Generally include: rectifier bridge 101, input filter capacitor 102, output capacitance 103, transformer primary side winding 104, winding 110 assisted by transformer, rectifier diode 105, power supply electric capacity 109, LED load 113, switching power tube 107, current sampling resistor 108, divider resistance 111, divider resistance 112, control chip 120.When switching power tube 107 conducting, transformer primary side 104 electric current rises, electric current flows through sampling resistor 108 and produces voltage signal, when this voltage signal reaches the current reference voltage in chip 110, switching power tube 107 turns off, electric current inside former limit winding 104 is by rectifying tube 105 afterflow, and when the electric current that chip 120 detects in rectifying tube 105 is zero, switching tube 107 is opened.When switching power tube 107 turns off, the voltage difference on former limit winding 104 is the output voltage of LED, and now on auxiliary winding 110, the voltage of induction is also the proportional relation of output voltage, and proportionality coefficient is the turn ratio of winding.If now LED open circuit, output voltage uprises, if FB voltage is higher than the internal reference of chip, chip 120 decision-making system enters overvoltage condition, realizes defencive function.
The another kind of technical scheme used in prior art eliminates transformer in Fig. 1 to assist winding, judges output voltage whether overvoltage by detecting electric current time of afterflow in described rectifier diode.General by arrange in the chips one regular time constant, when the electric current time of afterflow in rectifier diode exceedes this set time constant, then think that chip does not have overvoltage, if the electric current time of afterflow in rectifier diode is shorter than this set time constant, then think that overvoltage appears in chip.But because the electric current time of afterflow in described rectifier diode and former limit peak current are proportional relations, so the system changed for peak current, this application is not suitable for.
Summary of the invention
In order to overcome the defect existed in prior art, the invention provides the overvoltage crowbar in the LED drive power that a kind of volume is little, cost is low and LED drive power
In order to realize foregoing invention object, the invention provides the overvoltage crowbar in a kind of LED drive power, it is characterized in that, this overvoltage crowbar comprises: a sample holding unit, one current source, one charging capacitor, one comparator unit, one overvoltage logical block, one logic control element and a demagnetization time detecting unit, this sample holding unit detects the voltage of the current sampling resistor of this LED drive power and passes through this current source, charging capacitor and comparator unit generate one and demagnetize fiducial time, this demagnetization time detecting unit inspection one demagnetizes the time, this overvoltage logical block compares this demagnetization time and this demagnetization fiducial time, when this demagnetization time is less than or equal to this demagnetization fiducial time, this overvoltage logical block exports an overvoltage signal, this control logic unit judges output overvoltage, turn off the power switch pipe of this LED drive power.
Further, the input of this sample holding unit connects the current sampling resistor of this LED drive power, its output is connected with the electrode input end of comparator unit, the negative input of this comparator unit connects this charging capacitor and this current source, the output of this comparator unit connects the input of this overvoltage logical block, and the output of this demagnetization time detecting unit is connected with another input of this overvoltage logical block, the output of this overvoltage logical block connects this control logic unit.
Further, the input signal of this demagnetization time detecting unit is from the auxiliary winding of this power switch pipe or this LED drive power.
Further, this control logic unit is connected with the grid of one source pole control valve by a driver element, and the source class of this source electrode control valve connects this current sampling resistor, and drain electrode connects the source class of this power switch pipe.
Further, this control logic unit is connected with the grid of this power switch pipe by a driver element, and the drain and gate of this power switch pipe connects a coupling capacitance.
Further, this sample holding unit comprises a sampling switch and a sampling capacitance, and the on off state of this sampling switch is determined by a chip controls signal Gate_ON.
Further, this demagnetization time detecting unit comprises: a high pass filter, a comparator and a logic circuit unit, the input of this high pass filter is the input of this demagnetization time detecting unit, the output of this high pass filter connects the electrode input end of this comparator, the negative input of this comparator connects a reference voltage, and the output of this comparator connects input logic circuit.
The present invention provides a kind of LED drive power simultaneously; comprise rectifier bridge, rectifier diode, power switch pipe, current sampling resistor and LED load; it is characterized in that, this LED drive power also comprises a control chip, and this control chip is made up of overvoltage crowbar as described above.
Compared with prior art; overvoltage crowbar provided by the present invention and LED drive power do not need independent Transformer Winding to detect output voltage; also do not need to detect pin position, therefore, it is possible to reduce costs, and made LED drive power volume is less.
Embodiment
Specific embodiments of the invention are described in detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention is low cost LED drive power overvoltage protection problem, the output voltage overvoltage protection in the driving power of particularly peak current change.
High in order to solve cost in prior art, apply limited problem, the invention provides a kind of novel output voltage detecting circuit.Circuit of the present invention eliminates auxiliary winding 110 of the prior art, divider resistance 111 and divider resistance 112, and the FB pin eliminating chip 120.And in the application of peak current change, output voltage whether overvoltage can be detected, thus reaches low cost, the target that reliability is strong.
The time of afterflow of fly-wheel diode described in Fig. 1 can use following formulae express
Wherein Rcs is the resistance of current sampling resistor, and Lm is the sensibility reciprocal of inductance, and Vref is the value of chip internal current detecting benchmark, and Vout is the size of output voltage, and Tons is the time of afterflow of described fly-wheel diode.As can be seen from above-mentioned formula, output voltage is higher, and the time of afterflow of described fly-wheel diode 105 is also shorter.
The general principle of circuit of the present invention is the output over-voltage protection that the value of modulating demagnetization fiducial time by the voltage detected on current sampling resistor realizes under different peak current.The demagnetization time is after switching power tube turns off, the time of fly-wheel diode afterflow.The demagnetization of chip internal can represent with following formula fiducial time:
Wherein Cref is built-in chip type electric capacity, and Vref is the value of voltage on sampling resistor, and Iref is the value of chip internal current source, and K is a fixed proportion coefficient of chip internal setting.
When
Time, then think that output voltage is higher, control chip enters overvoltage protection state.
Then the over-voltage protection point Vovp of system output voltage Vout finally can become
Can see that over-voltage protection point Vovp is only relevant with the preset parameter of system from above formula, not change with the change of chip current detection reference voltage Vref.
In order to technical scheme provided by the present invention is described better, three kinds of execution modes below will be provided to describe how to realize technical scheme of the present invention in detail.
first embodiment
As shown in Figure 2, be illustrated as the voltage-dropping type Buck topology of source drive conventional in LED drive power, generally include: rectifier bridge 201, input capacitance 202, output capacitance 203, rectifier diode 205, inductance 204, supplying resistance 206, power supply electric capacity 209, switching power tube 207, current sampling resistor 208, source electrode control valve 222, exports LED load 221 and control chip 210.The overvoltage crowbar of control chip 210 of the present invention comprises: sample holding unit 213, current source 212, charging capacitor 211; comparator unit 214; overvoltage protection logical block 215, control logic unit 216, demagnetization time detecting unit 218 and driver element 217.
When described switching power tube 207 is opened, described inductance 204 electric current starts to rise linearly over time, and the voltage CS now on described current sampling resistor 208 also rises with electric current and linearly rises.When CS voltage rise to described chip internal current turn off benchmark time, power tube turn off.The input of described sample holding unit 213 connects CS voltage, exports the input of comparator 214 described in termination.One end of described charging current source 212 connects internal supply voltage, one end of charging capacitor 211 described in another termination and another input of described comparator 214; The other end ground connection of described charging capacitor 211.The sampling pulse signal of described sample holding unit is chip controls signal Gate_ON, and when Gate_ON is ' 1 ', representation switch power tube 207 conducting, when Gate_ON is ' 0 ', representation switch power tube 207 turns off.When Gate_ON becomes ' 0 ' from ' 1 '; sampling hold circuit is connected to comparator input the CS voltage sampled; now the voltage of described charging capacitor 211 starts linear rising; when the voltage on described charging capacitor 211 is greater than comparator other end voltage; comparator exports demagnetization reference time signal; described demagnetization reference time signal is input to an input of described overvoltage protection logical block 215, the output of the time detecting unit 218 that demagnetizes described in another input termination of described overvoltage protection logical block 215.If the actual demagnetization time is less than described demagnetization reference time signal, then described overvoltage protection logic 215 output over-voltage protection signal is to control logic unit 216, and turn off described source electrode control valve 222, switching power tube 207 also turns off, and chip enters guard mode.
Fig. 3 is the oscillogram of circuit key node in first embodiment of the invention.When Gate_ON signal is high level, represent that described in Fig. 2, source electrode controller 222 is in conducting state.Now CS voltage linear rises, and when Gete_ON becomes low level, source electrode controller 222 turns off, and the value of Vref is updated to the maximum of CS under current state.Now described current source 212 starts to charge to described charging capacitor 211, and when the voltage of described charging capacitor 211 arrives Vref, Tovp signal is by high step-down.If the Tons signal that now described demagnetization time detecting exports is high, then think that the actual demagnetization time is greater than described demagnetization fiducial time, chip is not judged as OVP; Otherwise chip exports OVP signal, turns off described source electrode control valve 222, and enters guard mode.
second embodiment
As shown in Figure 4, be illustrated as the voltage-dropping type Buck topology of raster data model conventional in LED drive power, generally include: rectifier bridge 301, input capacitance 302, output capacitance 303, rectifier diode 305, inductance 304, supplying resistance 306, power supply electric capacity 309, switching power tube 307, current sampling resistor 308, exports LED load 321 and control chip 310.The overvoltage crowbar of control chip 310 of the present invention comprises: sample holding unit 313, current source 312, charging capacitor 311; comparator unit 314; overvoltage protection logical block 315, control logic unit 316, demagnetization time detecting unit 318 and driver element 317.
Operation principle and first embodiment of the second embodiment are basically identical, difference is that the second embodiment is the voltage-dropping type Buck topology of raster data model, the grid end of switching power tube 307 described in the input termination of described demagnetization time detecting unit 318, detects the actual demagnetization time by the Cgd capacitively coupled signal of external capacitive or switching power tube parasitism.Other operation principle is consistent with the first embodiment, is not repeated here.
3rd embodiment
As shown in Figure 5, the reverse exciting topological structure of the source drive of two winding schemes in LED drive power is illustrated as.Generally include: rectifier bridge 401, input capacitance 402, transformer 405, transformer primary side winding 403, transformer secondary winding 404, chip power supply resistance 407, chip power supply electric capacity 406, export fly-wheel diode 408, output capacitance 409, LED load 310, switching power tube 411, source electrode controller 412, current sampling resistor 413 and control chip 420.The overvoltage crowbar of control chip 420 of the present invention comprises: sample holding unit 423, current source 422, charging capacitor 421; comparator unit 424; overvoltage protection logical block 425, control logic unit 426, demagnetization time detecting unit 428 and driver element 427.
Operation principle and first embodiment of the 3rd embodiment are basically identical, and difference is that the 3rd embodiment is the reverse exciting topological structure of source drive.The source of switching power tube 411 described in the input termination of described demagnetization time detecting unit 428.When Gate_ON signal is high, described source electrode controller 412 is open-minded, the electric current of described former limit winding 403 linearly rises, when CS voltage arrives chip internal fiducial value, source electrode controller 412 turns off, and described switching power tube 411 also turns off, and the energy of former limit winding 403 transfers to vice-side winding 404 by the coupling of described transformer 405 magnetic core, described rectifier diode 408 is open-minded, lights described LED load 410.The operation principle of its overvoltage protection part is consistent with the first embodiment, and just applied topology is different, is not repeated here.
Fig. 6 is the embodiment of time detecting module of demagnetizing in the present invention, input Input connects the input of high pass filter 501, the output of described high pass filter 501 connects an input of comparator 502, another input reference voltage of comparator 502, the output of comparator connects the input of logical circuit 503.At the end of the demagnetization time, can see high frequency waveforms at input Input, by the input of described high pass filter 501 to comparator 502, comparator 502, described demagnetization time detecting module exports useful signal.
Just preferred embodiment of the present invention described in this specification, above embodiment is only in order to illustrate technical scheme of the present invention but not limitation of the present invention.All those skilled in the art, all should be within the scope of the present invention under this invention's idea by the available technical scheme of logical analysis, reasoning, or a limited experiment.