JP2006013169A - Semiconductor device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor device which can be prevented from increasing in number of components to be mounted and requiring wider mounting area while a microcomputer is used. <P>SOLUTION: An HB driver 17 drives an external switching element constituting an inverter circuit. The HB driver 17 has high dielectric strength and is constituted on one chip together with the microcomputer 7. The microcomputer 7 controls the HB driver 17. A digital filter 7 which removes noise generated by the HB driver is provided in a signal path from the HB driver 17 to the microcomputer 7, and the filter circuit 33 of an analog filter removing noise due to a rectangular wave signal which is generated by the microcomputer 7 is provided in a signal path from the microcomputer 7 to the HB driver. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a semiconductor device in which a high voltage circuit and a digital circuit are mixedly mounted on one chip.

  Conventionally, as an electronic ballast used in a lamp load lighting circuit, as shown in FIG. 9, an AC power source AC such as a commercial power source is used as an input power source, and a PFC circuit (power factor correction circuit) comprising a step-up chopper circuit. 1 and an inverter circuit 2, and a configuration in which a high-frequency alternating voltage generated by the inverter circuit 2 is applied to a lamp load is known. The input voltage of the PFC circuit 1 is a pulsating voltage obtained by full-wave rectification of the AC power supply AC by a rectifier circuit 3 such as a diode bridge, and the input filter circuit 4 for blocking the high frequency generated in the PFC circuit 1 is provided before the rectifier circuit 3. Therefore, high-frequency current distortion in the input current from the AC power supply AC is suppressed. Also, by providing the PFC circuit 1, the envelope of the input current from the AC power supply AC is substantially proportional to the voltage of the AC power supply AC, and a high power factor can be obtained.

  The PFC circuit 1 has a configuration in which a series circuit of an inductor L1 and a switching element Q1 is connected between the DC output terminals of the rectifier circuit 3, and a diode D1 is connected in series to a smoothing capacitor C1 connected between the output terminals of the PFC circuit 1. Have A series circuit of the diode D1 and the smoothing capacitor C1 is connected between both ends of the switching element Q1. Switching element Q1 is turned on / off at a frequency sufficiently higher than the frequency of AC power supply AC (for example, several kHz to several hundred kHz), and energy stored in inductor L1 during the on period of switching element Q1 is used as the off period of switching element Q1. To the smoothing capacitor C1 and the inverter circuit 2.

  On the other hand, the inverter circuit 2 is a half bridge type in which a series circuit of two switching elements Q2 and Q3 is connected between both ends of the smoothing capacitor C1, and the switching elements Q2 and Q3 are turned on and off at a high frequency similarly to the PFC circuit 1. The Although the operation of this type of inverter circuit 2 is well known and will not be described in detail, a load Ld is connected in parallel between both ends of the switching element Q3, and the switching element Q2 and Q3 are alternately turned on and off to alternately turn on and off the load Ld with a high frequency alternating voltage. Is applied.

  When the load Ld is a lamp load such as a fluorescent lamp, the high frequency alternating voltage output from the inverter circuit 2 is applied to the load Ld via the load resonance circuit 5, and the output of the inverter circuit 2 is configured. The voltage applied to the load Ld is changed by changing the frequency (drive frequency) and changing the impedance of the load resonance circuit 5. In other words, in a hot cathode lamp load such as a fluorescent lamp, the filament is energized and preheated before lighting, and then a starting voltage is applied to start discharge, and power is supplied to maintain the lighting state after starting. It is necessary to apply a voltage corresponding to each state of preheating, starting, and lighting to the load Ld. Therefore, a technique is employed in which the output frequency of the inverter circuit 2 is changed and the voltage applied to the load Ld is changed. Further, dimming lighting is possible by changing the drive frequency of the inverter circuit 2 in the lighting state of the load Ld.

  In the illustrated example, MOSFETs are used as the switching elements Q1 to Q3 provided in the PFC circuit 1 and the inverter circuit 2. The switching elements Q1 to Q3 are controlled by the control circuit 6. The control circuit 6 includes a PFC control circuit 6a that controls on / off of the switching element Q1 provided in the PFC circuit 1, and an inverter control circuit 6b that controls on / off of the switching elements Q2 and Q3 provided in the inverter circuit 2.

  The PFC control circuit 6 a includes an input voltage detection terminal HVin for monitoring the voltage at the DC output terminal of the rectifier circuit 3 and a PFC feedback terminal PFCFB for monitoring the output of the PFC circuit 1. The PFC control circuit 6a includes a PFC drive output terminal PFCout that outputs a drive signal for turning on and off the switching element Q1. In the PFC control circuit 6a, the PFC circuit 1 and the inverter circuit 2 are activated by the rise of the output voltage of the rectifier circuit 3 monitored by the input voltage detection terminal HVin. In addition, current is drawn from the AC power supply AC according to the change in the instantaneous value of the output voltage of the rectifier circuit 3 monitored at the input voltage detection terminal HVin, and the voltage across the smoothing capacitor C1 monitored at the PFC feedback terminal PFCFB is obtained. The on period and the off period of the drive signal, which is a rectangular wave signal output from the drive output terminal PFCout, are determined so as to maintain the desired value.

  On the other hand, the inverter control circuit 6b includes drive output terminals Hout, Hgnd, and Lout that give drive signals to the switching elements Q2 and Q3, and outputs a drive signal so that the switching elements Q2 and Q3 are alternately turned on and off. The inverter control circuit 6b is connected to a peripheral component such as a resistor for determining the drive frequency of the inverter circuit 2, receives a signal from an external sensor, changes the drive frequency, Is provided with a frequency setting terminal SF for changing the driving frequency in accordance with the dimming signal applied from, and an abnormality detection terminal DEF for detecting various abnormalities. The dimming signal is converted into a signal suitable for the control circuit 6 through the dimming signal conversion circuit 7 and then input to the frequency setting terminal SF. The dimming signal conversion circuit 7 is a voltage-current conversion circuit, for example, and converts a dimming signal indicating a dimming level by a voltage value into a signal having a current value corresponding to the dimming level. In addition, information that can be used to detect an abnormality such as a lamp voltage or a lamp current is input to the abnormality detection terminal DEF, and when the inverter control circuit 6b determines that an abnormality has occurred, the operation of the inverter circuit 2 is stopped.

  The PFC control circuit 6a and the inverter control circuit 6b have a common ground terminal GND serving as a reference potential, and the ground terminal GND is connected to the negative electrode of the smoothing capacitor C1.

  In order to reduce the number of components of the control circuit 6 described above and reduce the mounting area, an integrated circuit has recently been adopted for the control circuit 6. As an integrated circuit of this type, for example, there is IR2167 manufactured by IR. In this integrated circuit, a PFC control circuit 6a (including a drive circuit for the switching element Q1) and an inverter control circuit 6b (drive circuits for the switching elements Q2 and Q3) are provided. Including).

  This type of integrated circuit has various configurations, but generally has the configuration shown in FIG. The input voltage detection terminal HVin is connected to the high voltage detection / control voltage generation unit 11, and the high voltage detection / control voltage generation unit 11 generates the internal power supply of the control circuit 6 from the output voltage of the rectifier circuit 3. Further, the high voltage detection / control voltage generation unit 11 generates an activation signal at the rise of the output voltage of the rectifier circuit 3 and starts the operation of the control circuit 6. Also, a PFC control unit that starts an operation with a start signal from the high voltage detection / control voltage generation unit 11 and monitors the input from the PFC feedback terminal PFCFB and generates a control signal so as to stabilize the output of the PFC circuit 1 12, a PFC oscillation unit 13 that generates a rectangular wave signal having a predetermined frequency and determines an on period and an off period of the rectangular wave signal based on a control signal generated by the PFC control unit 12, and an output from the PFC oscillation unit 13 And a PFC driver 14 for converting the rectangular wave signal to a level for driving the switching element Q1. The output of the PFC driver 14 is given to the switching element Q1 through the drive output terminal PFCout. Here, since the output voltage of the rectifier circuit 3 is applied to the high voltage detection / control voltage generation unit 11, the high voltage detection / control voltage generation unit 11 must have a high breakdown voltage, and the PFC driver 14 includes the control circuit 6 to drive the switching element Q1. Since a larger current flows than this part, it is necessary to increase the current capacity. .

  On the other hand, for control of the inverter circuit 2, the control circuit 6 includes an oscillation frequency setting unit 15 that determines a driving frequency based on an input from the frequency setting terminal SF, and a rectangular wave having a frequency determined by the oscillation frequency setting unit 15. An inverter oscillating unit 16 that outputs a signal, and an HB driver that converts a rectangular wave signal output from the inverter oscillating unit 16 into a level for driving the switching elements Q2 and Q3 of the inverter circuit 2 (in the “driver” in the claims) (Corresponding) 17 is provided. The oscillation frequency setting unit 15 outputs a current corresponding to the drive frequency, and the inverter oscillation unit 16 is a current control oscillator, and outputs a rectangular wave signal having a frequency corresponding to the input current. The output of the HB driver 17 is given to the switching elements Q2, Q3 through the drive output terminals Hout, Hgnd, Lout. Since a high voltage (for example, 140 V or more) is applied to the series circuit of the switching elements Q2 and Q3 by the smoothing capacitor C1, a high breakdown voltage is required for the HB driver 17. The oscillation frequency setting unit 15 has an external resistor for setting the drive frequency, receives an external signal from a sensor or the like that detects the state of the load Ld, and converts the dimming signal to the dimming signal conversion circuit 7. It also has a function to receive the signal converted by.

  Further, the control circuit 6 is provided with a lighting control unit 18 for instructing the driving frequency to the oscillation frequency setting unit 15 according to the operating state of the load Ld. The lighting control unit 18 switches the mode corresponding to preheating, starting, and lighting. A target value of the driving frequency is given by giving a signal to the frequency setting unit 15. Also, an abnormality detection unit 20 that detects various abnormalities (no load, end of life of the load Ld, etc.) based on information input to the abnormality detection terminal DEF, and a start signal from the high voltage detection / control voltage generation unit 11 A PFC control unit 12, an HB driver 17, and a start / stop control unit 19 that instructs the lighting control unit 18 to start. The start / stop control unit 19 also has a function of instructing a stop when an abnormality is detected by the abnormality detection unit 20 and starting from preheating when the abnormality detection unit 20 detects the cancellation of the abnormality. .

  The integrated circuit constituting the control circuit 6 may incorporate a dimming signal conversion circuit 7 composed of a voltage-current conversion circuit configured using an operational amplifier. Alternatively, a terminal for instructing start and stop is provided in the control circuit 6 so that start and stop can be instructed by an external signal.

By the way, although the control circuit 6 described above is mainly configured by an analog circuit, recently, a control signal standard using a digital signal such as the DALI standard has been proposed in order to link a lighting fixture with a digital network device. It is considered that this type of digital signal is processed in an internal circuit such as an electronic ballast (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Therefore, it is necessary to mount a microcomputer (hereinafter abbreviated as a microcomputer) for processing digital signals in electronic ballasts and the like, and to control the PFC circuit 1 and the inverter circuit 2 by the output of the microcomputer. . As a microcomputer provided for processing a DALI signal, there is ST7DALI of ST company.
JP 2000-340370 A

  However, if a microcomputer is used so that digital signals can be handled, in addition to the integrated circuit that constitutes the control circuit 6, a microcomputer and a power supply circuit for the microcomputer are required, which increases the number of components and the mounting area. Problem arises.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above reasons, and an object thereof is to provide a semiconductor device capable of preventing an increase in the number of components to be mounted and an increase in mounting area while using a microcomputer.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a high breakdown voltage driver for driving an externally attached switching element and a microcomputer for controlling the driver are formed on one chip, and a driver is provided in a signal path from the driver to the microcomputer. A digital filter for removing generated noise is provided, and an analog filter for removing noise caused by a rectangular wave signal generated by the microcomputer is provided in a signal path from the microcomputer to the driver.

  According to this configuration, the high breakdown voltage driver and the microcomputer that controls the driver are configured on one chip, thereby preventing an increase in the number of components to be mounted and an increase in mounting area. Moreover, since a high voltage circuit and a digital circuit are mixedly mounted, and the signals are mutually exchanged, noise is removed by providing an analog filter and a digital filter to each other. Unnecessary interference does not occur between them, and it is possible to mount them with a relatively small chip.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a power supply path for supplying power to the analog circuit including the driver and the digital circuit including the microcomputer is provided separately.

  According to this configuration, the power supply voltage can be optimized by providing the power supply path separately for the analog circuit and the digital circuit, and the analog circuit can increase the dynamic range by providing a high power supply voltage. In a digital circuit, it is possible to reduce the size of components by using a low power supply voltage.

  According to a third aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the driver and the microcomputer are spaced apart from each other on a chip.

  According to this configuration, unnecessary interference is less likely to occur between the driver and the microcomputer, and malfunction due to noise can be suppressed.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, a package is provided in which the chip is accommodated, and the terminals connected to the driver and the terminals connected to the microcomputer are arranged on different sides of the package. It is characterized by.

  According to this configuration, unnecessary interference is less likely to occur between the driver and the microcomputer, and malfunction due to noise can be suppressed.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the switching element is a switching element constituting an inverter circuit used for lighting a lamp load, and a DC voltage that is an input power source of the inverter circuit is applied to the chip. A circuit is mounted that monitors and resets the microcomputer when the DC voltage rises.

  According to this configuration, by monitoring the power supply voltage of the inverter circuit, the microcomputer can be reset at a timing other than the power supply reset in association with various operations of the inverter circuit.

  According to the configuration of the present invention, it is possible to prevent an increase in the number of components to be mounted and to prevent an increase in the mounting area by configuring a high breakdown voltage driver and a microcomputer for controlling the driver on one chip. There is an advantage that you can. Moreover, since a high voltage circuit and a digital circuit are mixedly mounted, and the signals are mutually exchanged, noise is removed by providing an analog filter and a digital filter to each other. There is an advantage that unnecessary interference does not occur between them, and it is possible to mount them with a relatively small chip.

(Embodiment 1)
In the present embodiment, a semiconductor device used for controlling an electronic ballast that turns on a lamp load, which is a discharge lamp having a hot cathode such as a fluorescent lamp, is illustrated. 2 is different from that shown in FIG. 9 in the configuration of the control circuit 6, but is the same in other configurations, and thus common parts with the conventional configuration shown in FIG. 9. Are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, the AC power supply AC is 100 to 250 V, and the rectifying circuit 3 outputs a pulsating voltage having a peak value of 140 V or more.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the control circuit 6 used in the present embodiment is provided with a microcomputer 7 in the control circuit 6, and the range surrounded by a broken line portion in FIG. 1 is realized by the microcomputer 7. That is, in the conventional configuration shown in FIG. 10, the lighting control unit 18, the start / stop control unit 19, and the abnormality detection unit 20 are configured by the microcomputer 7, and further realized by the microcomputer 7 instead of the dimming signal conversion circuit 7. A dimming signal control unit 21 is provided. The operation of the microcomputer 7 is defined by the application program 22, and the microcomputer 7 is provided with a ROM / RAM 23 for storing the system program and the application program 22 and using them in a work area or the like. The application program 22 can be rewritten from the outside of the microcomputer 7 using the service port PS. The illustrated microcomputer 7 has six ports I / O1 to I / O6. Each port I / O1 to I / O6 has high voltage monitoring, HB driver monitoring / control, PFC monitoring / control, frequency setting, abnormality Allocated to detection reading and dimming signal reading.

  The port I / O1 assigned to “high voltage monitoring” receives a start signal output from the high voltage detection / control voltage generation unit 11, and the start / stop control unit 19 includes the PFC control unit 12 and the lighting control unit. The operation is started after 18 is reset to the initial state. The start / stop control unit 19 has a port I / O2 assigned to “HB driver monitoring / control” and a port I / O3 assigned to “PFC monitoring / control”. The start / stop control unit 19 can give a start / stop instruction to the HB driver 17 through the port I / O2, and instruct the PFC control unit 12 to start / stop through the port I / O3. Further, in the present embodiment, when the presence or absence of the load Ld is detected in the HB driver 17 and the start / stop control unit 19 is notified through the port I / O2 that the load Ld is mounted, the start / stop control unit 19 instructs the lighting control unit 18 to start. Furthermore, when the PFC control unit 12 detects an abnormality based on the information received from the PFC feedback terminal PFCFB, the start / stop control unit 19 can receive an abnormality notification from the PFC control unit 12 through the port I / O 3. .

  When the lighting control unit 18 receives a start instruction from the start / stop control unit 19, the lighting control unit 18 instructs the oscillation frequency setting unit 15 through the port I / O 4 assigned to “frequency setting”. Here, the oscillation frequency setting unit 15 is an analog circuit that determines a driving frequency according to the input current value, and the lighting control unit 18 is a digital circuit using the microcomputer 7 and is therefore assigned as an interface between them. The port I / O4 performs D / A conversion. A dimming signal is input from the dimming signal control unit 21 to the lighting control unit 18. A dimming signal is input to the dimming signal control unit 12 from the dimming terminal Dim. The dimming terminal Dim is provided with a port I / O 6 assigned to “read dimming signal” in order to perform A / D conversion.

  Further, the input from the abnormality detection terminal DEF is input to the port I / O 5 assigned to “read abnormality detection”, and the input from the port I / O 5 is input to the abnormality detection unit 20. In step 1, it is determined whether or not an abnormality has occurred. When an abnormality is detected by the abnormality detection unit 20, the start / stop control unit 19 is notified, and the operations of the PFC control unit 12, the HB driver 17, and the lighting control unit 18 are stopped.

  Next, the operation of the microcomputer 7 will be described with reference to FIG. When the power is turned on, a start signal from the high voltage detection / control voltage generation unit 11 is input to the port I / O1, and the start / stop control unit 19 resets the microcomputer 7 to an initial state (S1). Next, the presence / absence of the load Ld is detected by the abnormality detection unit 20 having the port I / O 5 (S2). When the load Ld is mounted, the start / stop control unit 19 instructs the lighting control unit 18 to start. . When the activation is instructed, the lighting control unit 18 is set to the preheating mode (preceding preheating mode) (S3). The output of the lighting control unit 18 is D / A converted by the port I / O 4, and a voltage corresponding to the frequency at the time of preheating is applied to the oscillation frequency setting unit 15, and through the inverter oscillation unit 16 and the HB driver 17 as in the conventional configuration. Switching elements Q2, Q3 are turned on / off. During preheating, the ports I / O1 to I / O3 are used to check whether the output of the high voltage detection / control voltage generation unit 11 has changed due to a decrease in power supply voltage, whether there is an abnormality in the HB driver 17, and whether there is an abnormality in the PFC control unit 12. Monitor (S4), and if there is no abnormality, preheating is completed in a predetermined time (S5). When the preheating is completed, the lighting control unit 18 outputs a voltage corresponding to the start from the port I / O 4 in the same manner as the preheating, and instructs the oscillation frequency setting unit 15 to start (S6). Even during start-up, through ports I / O1 to I / O3, changes in the output of the high voltage detection / control voltage generator 11 due to a drop in the power supply voltage, whether there is an abnormality in the HB driver 17, and whether there is an abnormality in the PFC controller 12 Monitoring is performed (S7), and if there is no abnormality, the start is completed in a predetermined time (S8).

  After completion of the start-up, the dimming signal control unit 21 reads the dimming signal through the port I / O6, and oscillates a voltage corresponding to the dimming level indicated by the dimming signal from the lighting control unit 18 through the port I / O4. This is given to the frequency setting unit 15 (S9). That is, the inverter circuit 2 can be driven with the drive frequency corresponding to the dimming level, and the load Ld can be lit. When the dimming level by the dimming signal is 100%, the rated lighting is performed, and when the dimming level is other than 100%, the dimming is performed. Even during preheating or during start-up, the output of the high voltage detection / control voltage generator 11 due to a decrease in the power supply voltage, the presence or absence of an abnormality in the HB driver 17, through the ports I / O1 to I / O3, PFC, The controller 12 is monitored for the presence or absence of an abnormality (S10). Further, during lighting, it is detected whether or not the load Ld is at the end of its life through the port I / O 5 (S11).

  When an abnormality is detected in any of steps S4, S7, and S10, an interrupt is performed to perform power supply / circuit abnormality processing (S13), and the microcomputer 7 is reset (S1). This process is performed by the start / stop control unit 19. Further, when the end of life of the load Ld is detected in step S11, an abnormality detection process is performed (S12). The abnormality detection process is to stop the operation until the load Ld is replaced, for example. The process returns from the abnormality detection process to step S2, and the operation from the preheating is performed when the normal load Ld is detected.

  In the above example, it is assumed that the dimming signal is an analog signal (for example, a DC voltage signal obtained by smoothing a PWM signal), and the port I / O 6 has an A / D conversion function. When a serial digital signal such as a DALI signal is used for the dimming signal, it is not necessary to perform A / D conversion at the port I / O 6, and the dimming level instruction by the digital signal is given from the dimming signal control unit 21. Just do it. When digital signals are handled at the port I / O 6, it is possible to make the port I / O 6 bi-directional so that abnormal information input to the start / stop control unit 19 can be taken out through the port I / O 6. It is.

  In the present embodiment, the setting value of the drive frequency of the inverter circuit 2 can be changed according to the load Ld as a target by changing the application program 22 of the microcomputer 7, so that the hardware is not changed. It becomes possible to cope with loads Ld having different specifications. If an interface corresponding to the infrared remote controller is provided, the infrared remote controller can be controlled only by connecting the infrared light receiving element to the service port SP. Alternatively, in order to correct a decrease in light amount with time of the load Ld, control that increases the dimming level according to the cumulative lighting time and keeps the light output of the load Ld almost constant is possible only by changing the application program 22. become. As described above, various functions can be added only by changing the application program 22, and it becomes easy to cope with higher functions.

  By the way, as described above, the control circuit 6 is provided with the high voltage detection / control voltage generation unit 11 and the HB driver 17 that are required to have a high breakdown voltage, the PFC driver 14 through which a large current flows, and a microcomputer. A digital circuit constituted by the above and an analog circuit other than the microcomputer are provided. Therefore, if these circuits are to be made into one chip, there is a possibility that high-frequency noise generated in a high voltage circuit such as the HB driver 17 is mixed into a digital signal handled by the microcomputer 7 and malfunction occurs. In addition, the digital signal handled by the microcomputer 7 becomes noise for analog circuits such as the oscillation frequency setting unit 15 and the PFC control unit 12, and the drive frequency of the inverter circuit 2 becomes unstable, causing the light output of the load Ld to flicker. Or the harmonic distortion of the input current of the PFC circuit 1 may be increased, or the voltage across the smoothing capacitor C1 may become unstable, causing the light output of the load Ld to flicker.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, filter circuits 31 to 33 are provided at appropriate positions to increase the spatial distance in the chip between the circuit requiring high breakdown voltage and the microcomputer 7 and to suppress interference between the analog signal and the digital signal. .

  Specifically, a digital circuit such as the microcomputer 7 and the ROM / RAM 23, an HB driver 17 that requires high withstand voltage, and an analog circuit such as the PFC control unit 12 and the oscillation frequency setting unit 15 configured by an operational amplifier or the like are provided. The chip is spatially separated in the chip, and in particular, the digital circuit including the microcomputer 7 and the HB driver 17 are arranged at the farthest positions in the chip. Since the chip is generally rectangular in plan view, the distance between the microcomputer 7 and the HB driver 17 is increased by arranging the microcomputer 7 and the HB driver 17 near both ends of the diagonal line of the chip. That is, the microcomputer 7 and the HB driver 17 are arranged apart from each other on the chip. Also in the internal wiring, the distance between the wiring of the digital circuit and the wiring of the HB driver 17 or the distance between each wiring and each circuit is made as large as possible. Furthermore, as for each terminal of the control circuit 6, as shown in FIG. 4, a terminal group T1 that becomes an I / O port of the microcomputer 7 and a terminal group T2 that becomes an output terminal of the HB driver 17 are the chips of the control circuit 6. Is disposed in the vicinity of both ends of a diagonal line in a package (in this case, a flat package for surface mounting is assumed). With such an arrangement, interference between the high voltage circuit and the digital circuit can be reduced even between the external wirings. The ground lines are completed by the digital circuit, the analog circuit, and the HB driver 17, respectively, and the number of connections to the ground lines of other circuits is a minimum of about one point. In addition, the package of the control circuit 6 is provided with ground terminals corresponding to the digital circuit, the analog circuit, and the HB driver 17 (digital circuit ground DGND, analog circuit ground AGND, and HB driver). Grand RGND). Note that a terminal CK in FIG. 4 is a clock input terminal.

  In the control circuit 6, as shown in FIG. 1, there are a path from the digital circuit to the analog circuit (PFC control unit 12, oscillation frequency setting unit 15) and a path from the digital circuit to the HB driver 17, respectively. Filter circuits 31 to 33 which are low-pass filters (analog filters) are inserted so that high frequency components of the digital signal are not mixed into the analog circuit or the HB driver 17. Conversely, the signal from the analog circuit and HB driver 17 to the port of the microcomputer 7 which is a digital circuit is subjected to filter processing such as averaging by a digital filter. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to suppress the mixing of noise between the analog circuit, the digital circuit, and a circuit that requires a high breakdown voltage.

  As described above, since the control circuit 6 in which the microcomputer 7 and the high breakdown voltage HB driver 17 are provided on one chip (one-chip) is used, the analog circuit, the HB driver 17 and the microcomputer 7 are provided separately. Compared to the above, the number of terminals is reduced, and the power source can be shared, so that the number of components to be mounted can be reduced, and as a result, the mounting area can be reduced.

(Embodiment 2)
As shown in FIG. 5, the present embodiment is obtained by modifying a part of the configuration of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Specifically, instead of the frequency setting unit 15 provided as an analog circuit in the first embodiment, the microcomputer 7 includes a lighting control / frequency setting unit 18 ′ that combines the functions of the lighting control unit 18 and the frequency setting unit 15. Further, the inverter oscillating unit 16 provided as an analog circuit is also realized by the microcomputer 7. Accordingly, the inverter oscillating unit 16 includes a timer that counts the clock signal, and the number of clock signals counted by the timer is designated by the lighting control / frequency setting unit 18 ′, so that the inverter oscillating unit 16 outputs a rectangular wave signal having a desired frequency. Is output. Since the inverter oscillating unit 16 is provided in the microcomputer 7, a rectangular wave signal is given to the HB driver 17 through the port I / O 7. The HB driver 17 is provided with a filter circuit 34 that removes a high frequency component from the digital signal from the microcomputer 7. In this configuration, since the minimum value of the change width of the drive frequency of the inverter circuit 2 is determined by the resolution of the timer that counts the clock signal, it is desirable that the timer has a higher resolution.

  In the present embodiment, an output adjustment unit 24 that receives an input from the frequency setting terminal SF and instructs the port I / O4 of the lighting control / frequency setting unit 18 'to adjust the frequency is provided. In the lighting state of the load Ld, a signal reflecting the light output of the load Ld is input to the frequency setting terminal SF. In the lighting control / frequency setting unit 18 ′, the drive frequency corresponding to the dimming level given from the dimming signal control unit 21 is set as a target value, and the optical output of the load Ld input from the output adjustment unit 24 through the port I / O4. When is greater than the target value, the drive frequency is increased to reduce the light output. Conversely, when the light output is smaller than the target value, the drive frequency is decreased to increase the light output. By performing such feedback control, the light output of the load Ld is kept substantially constant.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the operation of the microcomputer 7 of the present embodiment is substantially the same as the operation of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 3, and only steps S3, S6, and S9 are different due to the difference in the configuration described above. To do. In other words, in steps S3 and S6, the frequency is instructed from the port I / O4 to the frequency setting unit 15 in the first embodiment, whereas in this embodiment, a rectangular wave signal having a desired frequency is output from the port I / O7. It is different in the point to do. In step S9, in addition to outputting a rectangular wave signal from the port I / O 7, information reflecting the optical output of the load Ld (described as “feedback designated value” in FIG. 6) is read from the output adjustment unit 24. The point is different. Other operations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  Compared with the configuration of the first embodiment, the configuration of the present embodiment outputs a square wave signal that determines the drive frequency of the inverter circuit 2 from the microcomputer 7, so that the analog circuit is reduced. Since the number of elements that can be controlled by 22 increases, the versatility of the control circuit 6 is enhanced. Other configurations and operations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

(Embodiment 3)
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the high voltage detection / control power generation unit 11 outputs two types of high and low DC voltages Vcc and Vdd, and the higher DC voltage Vcc is output to an analog such as the PFC control unit 12. The control unit X, the PFC driver 14, and the HB driver 17 (that is, an analog circuit) are supplied, and the lower DC voltage Vdd is supplied to the digital control unit Y (that is, the digital circuit) configured by the microcomputer 7. is there. A smoothing capacitor C1 is used as the power source of the high voltage detection / control power source generation unit 11, and the DC voltages Vcc and Vdd are set to 15V and 5V, for example. That is, the driving capability of the switching elements Q1 to Q3 is improved by applying a high voltage to the PFC driver 14 and the HB driver 17, and the high voltage is applied to the analog control unit X configured using an operational amplifier or the like. The N ratio can be improved. Further, by applying a low voltage to the digital control unit Y, it is possible to reduce the size of the constituent elements and increase the integration density. A buffer is provided between a circuit to which the high voltage Vcc is applied and a circuit to which the low voltage Vdd is applied in order to absorb a difference in signal amplitude due to a difference in power supply voltage.

  In this embodiment, since the power supply is divided into two systems, the power supply voltage can be optimized according to whether it is an analog circuit or a digital circuit, and by separating the power supply system, interference due to noise between circuits is suppressed. can do. Other configurations and operations are the same as those in the first and second embodiments.

(Embodiment 4)
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, an example in which an external component Z is provided in the control circuit 6 and a DC power supply Vdd is supplied to the external component Z is shown. As such an external component Z, for example, there is a memory that temporarily stores data or uses it in a calculation process. In the microcomputer 7, a program (system program and application program) is generally stored in a ROM or a nonvolatile memory (flash ROM, EEPROM, etc.), and a working memory used for temporary data storage or calculation is RAM (DRAM, SRAM, flash RAM). Etc.). By incorporating such a memory in the control circuit 6, as described above, it is possible to realize the control circuit 6 in which the high voltage circuit and the microcomputer 7 are integrated into one chip. Is relatively small. Therefore, it may be necessary to connect an integrated circuit for memory or interface as an external component Z in order to achieve high functionality.

  If the external component Z can be connected in preparation for such a case, higher functionality can be achieved. However, if a power supply is separately provided when used for the external component Z, the mounting area increases. Therefore, in this embodiment, the high-voltage detection / detection in which the power supply Vdd to the external component Z is provided in the control circuit 6 is used. It is supplied from the control power generator 11. In short, a terminal for taking out the power supplied to the digital control unit Y to the outside of the control circuit 6 is provided and supplied to the external component Z from this terminal. By adopting this configuration, it is possible to suppress an increase in the number of components and suppress an increase in the mounting area even in the case of higher functionality. Other configurations and operations are the same as those in the third embodiment.

It is a block diagram which shows Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a circuit diagram which shows the discharge lamp lighting device using the same as the above. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing same as the above. It is a top view same as the above. It is a block diagram which shows Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing same as the above. It is a block diagram which shows Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a circuit diagram which shows the conventional discharge lamp lighting device. It is a block diagram which shows a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

2 Inverter circuit 6 Control circuit 7 Microcomputer 11 High voltage detection / control power generation unit 14 PFC driver 17 HB driver 31-34 Filter circuit C1 Smoothing capacitor Q1-Q3 Switching element T1 Terminal group (I / O port of microcomputer)
T2 terminal group (HB driver output terminal)
X Analog control unit Y Digital control unit

Claims (5)

  A high-voltage driver that drives an external switching element and a microcomputer that controls the driver are configured on a single chip, and a digital filter that removes noise generated by the driver in the signal path from the driver to the microcomputer And a signal path from the microcomputer to the driver is provided with an analog filter for removing noise caused by a rectangular wave signal generated in the microcomputer.   2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein power supply paths for supplying power to the analog circuit including the driver and the digital circuit including the microcomputer are provided separately.   2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the driver and the microcomputer are spaced apart from each other on a chip.   2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, further comprising a package containing the chip, wherein a terminal connected to the driver and a terminal connected to the microcomputer are arranged on different sides of the package.   The switching element is a switching element that constitutes an inverter circuit used for lighting a lamp load. The chip has a circuit that monitors a DC voltage that is an input power source of the inverter circuit and resets the microcomputer when the DC voltage rises. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the semiconductor device is mounted.

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