JP2009142001A - Synchronous rectification driving circuit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a synchronous rectification driving circuit that prevents a field effect transistor on the rectification side and a field effect transistor on the return side from being turned on at the same by driving their gates with gate withstand voltages and besides, quickening their turn off, by making use of the secondary winding voltage higher in voltage, and can quicken their turn off even if there are gate resistors for prevention of oscillation. <P>SOLUTION: A synchronous rectifier circuit, which has the field effect transistor on the rectification side and the field effect transistor on the return side connected to the secondary coil of a transformer, has a first gate voltage driving circuit and a second gate voltage driving circuit, and the first gate voltage driving circuit and the second gate voltage driving circuit lower the gate voltages through diodes without gate resistors at turn off of the field effect transistor on the rectification side and the field effect transistor on the return side by alternately conducting the field effect transistor on the rectifier side and the field effect transistor on the return side, thus it is so constituted as to quicken the turn off. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a synchronous rectification drive circuit, and more particularly to a synchronous rectification drive circuit used in a switching power supply or the like.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of a conventional synchronous rectifier circuit. In the figure, the transformer winding voltage is used as a trigger for the MOSFET gate voltage.

7 shows a synchronous rectifier circuit in which a transformer 4 to which a DC voltage 1 is applied, a switching element 3 for turning on / off a current flowing through the primary winding of the transformer 4, and an on / off control signal applied to the switching element 3 are illustrated. And a secondary side circuit for rectifying and smoothing a switching signal induced in the secondary winding.

There are two types of operations: forward operation 19 and flywheel operation 20.

In the synchronous rectifier circuit configured as described above, first, the forward operation 19 is as follows.
When the switching element 3 on the primary side is turned on, a voltage is applied to the AB pin of the transformer 4 and thus a current flows. The energy of the AB pin of the transformer 4 is induced in the secondary winding of the transformer 4. When the energy of the AB pin of the transformer 4 is induced in the secondary winding of the transformer 4, a voltage corresponding to the winding ratio of the transformer 4 is generated at the positive terminal C of the secondary coil. At the moment when a voltage corresponding to the winding ratio of the transformer 4 is generated at the positive terminal C of the secondary coil, the voltage at the positive terminal C becomes Hi, whereby a rectification side field effect transistor (hereinafter referred to as synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5). The gate voltage becomes equal to or higher than the threshold value. When the gate voltage of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 reaches a threshold value or more, the source and drain of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 are conducted, and a current flows toward the secondary inductor 8.

Next, the flywheel operation 20 is as follows.
When the switching element 3 on the primary side is turned off, the voltage of the transformer 4 is inverted. Then, when the voltage of the transformer 4 is inverted, the voltage of the positive terminal C of the transformer 4 drops. As the voltage at the positive terminal C of the transformer 4 drops, the gate voltage of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 becomes lower than the threshold value. When the gate voltage of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 falls below the threshold value, the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 is turned OFF. When the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 is turned OFF, the negative terminal D of the transformer 4 is inverted to Hi. When the negative terminal D of the transformer 4 is inverted to Hi, the voltage of the gate of the reflux-side field effect transistor (hereinafter referred to as synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7) becomes equal to or higher than the threshold value. When the voltage of the gate of the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 reaches a threshold value or more, the source and drain of the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 conducts, and a current flows toward the secondary inductor 8.

Therefore, the output voltage 10 is supplied by repeating the forward operation 19 and the flywheel operation 20. Further, by performing the forward operation 19 and the flywheel operation 20, the operation equivalent to the normal diode rectification can be performed, and the loss of the rectifying element can be reduced.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of a conventional synchronous rectifier circuit.
As shown in FIG. 8, in the synchronous rectifier circuit, the active clamp circuit as the primary side switching circuit connected to the primary side coil of the transformer 807 and the rectifier connected to the secondary side coil of the transformer 807. And a circuit.

  The primary side active clamp circuit includes a main switch 803, an auxiliary switch 805, and a clamp capacitor 806. A DC voltage 801 is connected to the primary side coil of the transformer 807. A main switch 803 is connected between the negative terminal of the primary coil of the transformer 807 and the DC voltage 801. A series connection body of the auxiliary switch 805 and the clamp capacitor 28 is connected in parallel to the primary side coil of the transformer 807. A gate signal generation circuit 802 is connected to the gate electrode of the main switch 803. A gate signal generation circuit 804 is connected to the gate electrode of the auxiliary switch 805. A gate signal is alternately applied to the gate electrode of the main switch 803 and the gate electrode of the auxiliary switch 805 by the gate signal generation circuit 802 and the gate signal generation circuit 804 and turned on alternately.

  The rectification circuit on the secondary side includes a rectification side FET 808, a return side FET 809, a smoothing coil 810, a smoothing capacitor 811, a load 812, a DC bias cut capacitor 813, a gate voltage clamping FET 814, and a gate voltage. A clamp power supply 815, a DC bias cut capacitor 818, and a gate voltage clamp FET 817 are provided.

The drain electrode of the rectifying side FET 808 is connected to the negative terminal of the secondary side coil of the transformer 807. The drain electrode of the return side FET 809 is connected to the positive terminal of the secondary side coil of the transformer 807 and the DC bias cut capacitor 818. The gate electrode of the reflux side FET 809 is connected to the negative terminal of the secondary side coil of the transformer 807 via a DC bias cut capacitor 813 and a gate voltage clamping FET 814. A DC bias cut capacitor 813 is connected to the drain electrode of the gate voltage clamping FET 814. The gate electrode of the reflux side FET 809 is connected to the source electrode of the gate voltage clamping FET 814. A gate voltage clamp power source 815 is connected to the gate electrode of the gate voltage clamp FET 817. A DC bias cut capacitor 818 is connected between the drain electrode of the gate voltage clamping FET 817 and the positive terminal of the transformer 807. The smoothing coil 810 is connected between the drain electrode of the reflux side FET 809 and the load 812. The smoothing capacitor 811 is connected in parallel with the load 812. The smoothing coil 810 and the smoothing capacitor 811 constitute a smoothing circuit. The gate voltage clamping FET 814 and the gate voltage clamping power source 815 constitute a gate voltage clamping circuit.

Thereby, the turn-off of the rectifying side FET 808 can be accelerated as in the case of the reflux side FET 809.

In the synchronous rectifier circuit having such a configuration, when the main switch 803 and the auxiliary switch 805 of the primary active clamp circuit are alternately turned on, the secondary coil of the transformer 807 is proportional to the transformer turns ratio. Generated rectangular wave voltage. The generated rectangular wave voltage is rectified by the rectification side FET 808 and the return side FET 809. After the generated rectangular wave voltage is rectified, it is further smoothed and output by a smoothing coil 810 and a smoothing capacitor 811 constituting a smoothing circuit.

The reflux side FET 809 uses the negative terminal voltage of the transformer 807 as the gate voltage. When a DC bias cut capacitor 813 is connected to the negative terminal voltage of the transformer 807, one terminal voltage of the DC bias cut capacitor 813 has a voltage waveform that swings between positive and negative. By swinging to the negative side, the turn-off of the reflux side FET 809 can be accelerated.

Furthermore, by inserting a gate voltage clamp circuit between the DC bias cut capacitor 813 and the gate electrode of the return side FET 809, the positive terminal voltage can be kept low. As a result, the time during which the terminal voltage swings negative can be shortened, and the turn-off of the reflux side FET 809 can be accelerated.

With the above configuration, the surge voltage and voltage loss of the rectifying side FET 808 and the reflux side FET 809 can be prevented by speeding up the turn-off of the rectifying side FET 808 and the reflux side FET 809.

Japanese Patent No. 3022535

However, the synchronous rectifier circuit as shown in FIG. 7 has the following problems.
Since the DC / DC converter has a high voltage and a large current of 9V / 17A 150W, the secondary coil voltage of the transformer is high, and when the gates of the rectification side field effect transistor and the reflux side field effect transistor are driven directly, There is a problem of over.

Further, the synchronous rectification circuit shown in the conventional example of FIG. 7 has a problem that the rectification side field effect transistor is turned off late because the gate capacitance Ciss of the rectification side field effect transistor is discharged via the gate resistance.
Similarly, since the gate capacitance Ciss of the return-side field effect transistor is discharged via the gate resistance, there is a problem that the return-side field effect transistor is slowly turned off.

  And since the product currently desired is low-profile (height 9 mm or less), there is a problem that it is too small to add another winding to the transformer.

Next, the synchronous rectifier circuit as shown in FIG. 8 has the following problems.
Since only the DC bias cut capacitor is connected between the rectifying side FET and the return side FET and the transformer winding, and there is no gate resistance connected in series with the gate, parasitic resonance (oscillation) of the rectifying side FET and the free side FET May occur.
When oscillation of the rectifying side FET and the return side FET occurs, a countermeasure is taken by inserting a gate resistance into the rectifying side FET and the return side FET, but the gate voltage of the rectifying side FET and the return side FET is discharged through the gate resistance. Therefore, there is a problem that the turn-off is delayed.

Also, a separate power source must be provided for the gate clamp power source.

  The present invention eliminates the disadvantages of the conventional device as described above, and drives the gate below the gate breakdown voltage of the rectifying field effect transistor and the reflux side field effect transistor using a high secondary winding voltage. In addition, when the turn-off of the rectification side field effect transistor and the return side field effect transistor is accelerated, the rectification side field effect transistor and the return side field effect transistor are prevented from being turned on at the same time, and there is a gate resistance for preventing oscillation. Is intended to realize a synchronous rectification drive circuit capable of speeding up turn-off.

In order to achieve the above object, according to claim 1 of the present invention, a rectifying side field effect transistor and a reflux side field effect transistor connected to a secondary coil of a transformer are provided, and the rectifying side electric field is provided. The effect transistor has a gate electrode connected to a positive terminal of the secondary coil of the transformer, a drain electrode connected to a negative terminal of the secondary coil of the transformer, and the drain side field effect transistor has a drain electrode of the In a synchronous rectification circuit in which a gate electrode is connected to a positive electrode terminal of a secondary coil of a transformer and a gate electrode is connected to a negative electrode terminal of the secondary coil of the transformer, A first gate voltage driving circuit connected between the negative terminal of the secondary coil and the gate voltage of the rectifying field effect transistor; And a second gate voltage driving circuit connected between the positive terminal of the secondary coil of the transformer, and the first and second gate voltage driving circuits are field effect transistors to be driven A Zener diode for setting the gate electrode of the first gate electrode, a first diode for lowering the gate voltage of the field-effect transistor to be driven, and a gate voltage clamp circuit connected between the first diode and the Zener diode The gate voltage clamp circuit includes a second diode that lowers the gate charge of the regulator in the gate voltage clamp circuit when the field effect transistor to be driven is turned off, and the gate when the transistor to be driven is turned on. Having a capacitor to turn on the regulator in the voltage clamp circuit And symptoms, the first gate voltage drive circuit and the second gate voltage drive circuit is characterized in that to conduct the rectification side field effect transistor and the reflux side field effect transistors alternately.

3. The synchronous rectification drive circuit according to claim 1, wherein the gate voltage clamp circuit includes a regulator for constantly controlling a voltage of a switching signal induced in the secondary coil, and a field effect transistor to be driven. A second resistor connected between the gate electrode of the regulator and a negative electrode terminal or a positive electrode terminal of the secondary coil, and a second diode connected in parallel with the second diode. And a capacitor to be connected.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the synchronous rectification driving circuit according to the first aspect, the first diode is connected between a gate electrode of a field effect transistor to be driven and a negative terminal or a positive terminal of the secondary coil. It is characterized by being.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the synchronous rectification drive circuit according to the second or third aspect, the regulator is connected in parallel with the first diode.

The synchronous rectification drive circuit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the gate resistance is between a gate electrode of a field-effect transistor to be driven and a source electrode of the regulator, and the first diode and the It is connected in series with the source electrode of the regulator.

The synchronous rectification drive circuit according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the Zener diode is connected between a gate electrode of the regulator and a source electrode of a field effect transistor to be driven. And

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the synchronous rectification drive circuit according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the drain voltage of the regulator is supplied from a DC power source.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the synchronous rectification drive circuit according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the drain voltage of the regulator is supplied from a DC power source through a voltage adjustment circuit.

  The effects obtained by the typical inventions among those disclosed in the present application will be described as follows.

That is, according to the present invention, in the synchronous rectification drive circuit, even when the secondary coil voltage of the transformer is high, the rectification side field effect transistor and the return side electric field can be safely controlled by controlling the transformer so that the desired gate voltage is obtained. Since the effect transistor can be operated, the secondary coil voltage can be used as the driving trigger voltage without exceeding the gate breakdown voltage of the rectifying field effect transistor and the reflux field effect transistor. For this reason, the synchronous rectifier circuit can be driven using the winding voltage even in the case of a small, low-profile transformer that does not have a space for winding another winding for trigger.

Further, when the rectifying side field effect transistor is turned off, the gate voltage is lowered not via the gate resistance but via the diode, so that the rectifying side field effect transistor can be turned off faster.
Further, since the gate voltage is lowered by using the diode instead of the gate resistance when the return-side field effect transistor is turned off, the return-side field effect transistor can be turned off faster.

  Next, the gate can be driven without any problem by varying the voltage to be stepped down at the time of surge voltage and rectangular wave voltage so that the gate voltage is constant.

Even when the input voltage range is wide, the secondary coil voltage can be used as a driving trigger voltage.

Further, by using a high-speed MOSFET having a low withstand voltage and a small capacity for the regulator, the turn-on of the rectifying side field effect transistor and the reflux side field effect transistor can be accelerated, and the loss can be reduced.

That is, the turn-on of the rectifying field effect transistor and the reflux field effect transistor can be accelerated without increasing the loss of the regulator section.

Furthermore, by reducing the surge voltage applied to the drain electrodes of the rectifying side field effect transistor and the reflux side field effect transistor, a low withstand voltage and low loss element is added to the rectifying side field effect transistor, the reflux side field effect transistor and the regulator. Can be used.

  Hereinafter, the synchronous rectification drive circuit of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a synchronous rectification drive circuit according to the present invention. In the figure, the same components as those in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a voltage smoothed by a primary capacitor 2 is driven by a switching element 3 and an active clamp MOSFET 23 via a transformer 4, and a rectification side field effect transistor (hereinafter referred to as a synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5). ) And a reflux-side field effect transistor (hereinafter referred to as synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7), and rectified and smoothed by a secondary inductor 8 and a secondary capacitor 9 to supply an output voltage 10 It is configured to do.

In FIG. 1, the synchronous rectification drive circuit includes a primary side control unit, a secondary side rectification smoothing unit, a first gate voltage drive circuit 6a, and a second gate voltage drive circuit 6b.
In the primary side control unit, the transformer 4 has at least a primary side main winding 21 and a secondary side output winding 22 and senses the output voltage 10 rectified and smoothed on the secondary side. The switching element 3 is turned on / off.

The secondary side rectifying / smoothing unit performs synchronous rectification by the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7, and the gate trigger signal uses the secondary side output winding 22 of the transformer 4. Between the gate of the synchronous rectification MOSFET (flywheel) 7 and the negative terminal D of the secondary output winding 22, there is a first gate voltage drive circuit 6a for adjusting the gate drive voltage, and the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 The second gate voltage drive circuit 6b for adjusting the gate drive voltage is provided between the first gate and the positive terminal C of the secondary output winding 22.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first gate voltage drive circuit 6 a includes a gate charge when the first gate voltage clamp circuit 6 c, the voltage setting Zener diode 16, and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 are turned off. It has the structure which has the diode 12 (henceforth the diode 12) which is the 1st diode for eliminating.
Similarly, as shown in FIG. 2, the first gate voltage drive circuit 6 b includes a gate charge when the second gate voltage clamp circuit 6 d, the voltage setting Zener diode 15, and the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 are turned off. It has the structure which has the diode 11 (henceforth the diode 11) which is the 1st diode for eliminating.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first gate voltage clamp circuit 6c includes a gate resistor 18 and a regulator 14 that clamps the voltage.
Similarly, as shown in FIG. 2, the second gate voltage clamp circuit 6d has a configuration including a gate resistor 17 and a regulator 13 for clamping the voltage.

Next, the operation of the synchronous rectification drive circuit according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 3 is an example of operation waveforms of the forward operation 19 and the flywheel operation 20 operated by the switching element 3.

The forward operation 19 operates as follows.
The primary side control unit performs the forward operation 19 on the secondary side while the switching element 3 is on. At this time, a voltage proportional to the winding ratio of the transformer 4 is generated at the positive terminal C of the secondary winding of the transformer 4. In the case of FIG. 2, since the power supply voltage is 48Vdc and the winding ratio of the transformer 4 is 8: 4, a rectangular wave of 48V / 8Ts × 4Ts = 24V is generated.
According to the operation waveform of FIG. 3, the voltages of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 are reduced, but it can be seen that the peak voltage is higher because of the surge voltage. Since the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 used for the synchronous rectification need to have low on-resistance (Ron), 60 V (Vds) / 50 A (Id) / 16 mΩ (Ron) Is adopted.

The synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 have a gate breakdown voltage of 20 Vmax, so that the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 are directly driven by the secondary winding voltage. I can't.

When a voltage is generated at the positive terminal C of the secondary winding of the transformer 4, a current flows through the Zener diode 15 and is clamped at a Zener voltage of 7.5V (7.5V in the case of FIG. 2).
With this voltage, in order to keep the gate voltage of the regulator 13 constant at 7.5V, the voltage of the positive terminal C of the secondary winding (about 24V) that has entered the drain of the regulator 13 is cut by the regulator 13, A voltage of about 5.5 V is output to the source of the regulator 13. (Gate voltage 7.5V-Vgs2V = 5.5V)
Since this voltage is sufficiently lower than the gate breakdown voltage of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5, the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 can be safely driven. By driving the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 safely, the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 is turned on.
When the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 is turned ON, the current of the forward operation 19 in FIG. 2 flows to the secondary side circuit and supplies the output voltage 10.
At this time, the voltage of the secondary winding negative electrode terminal D of the transformer 4 becomes 0 V because the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 is turned on and is connected to the GND of the secondary side circuit.

Next, since the voltage of the secondary winding negative terminal D of the transformer 4 is 0V, the Zener diode 16 and the drain and source of the regulator 14 are also 0V.
That is, the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 is turned off.
When the switching element 3 is inverted to OFF, the voltage of the secondary winding positive terminal C of the transformer 4 drops. When the voltage at the positive terminal C of the secondary winding of the transformer 4 becomes lower than the gate voltage of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5, the diode 11 becomes conductive, and the gate voltage is rapidly lowered to the OFF voltage.
When the gate of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 is lowered to the OFF voltage, the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 is turned OFF.

Next, the flywheel operation 20 operates as follows.
When the switching element 3 of the primary side control unit is inverted to OFF, the voltage of the secondary winding negative terminal D of the transformer 4 is increased.
When the voltage of the secondary winding negative terminal D of the transformer 4 is generated, a current flows through the Zener diode 16 and is clamped to the Zener voltage (7.5 V in the case of FIG. 2).
In order to make the gate voltage of the regulator 14 constant at 7.5 V with this voltage, the voltage of the secondary winding negative terminal D that has entered the drain of the regulator 14 is cut by the regulator 14, so that 5. A voltage of about 5V is output. (Gate voltage 7.5V-Vgs2V = 5.5V)
Since the voltage output from the regulator 14 is sufficiently lower than the gate breakdown voltage of the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7, the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 can be driven safely. By driving the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 safely, the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 is turned on.
When the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 is turned on, the operation shifts to the flywheel operation 20, the current of the flywheel operation 20 flows to the secondary circuit, and the output voltage 10 is supplied.

Again, when the switching element 3 of the primary side control unit is inverted to ON, the voltage of the secondary winding negative terminal D of the transformer 4 decreases and the voltage of the positive terminal C increases, so that the operation is a flywheel operation. Transition from 20 to forward operation 19.
The forward operation 19 and the flywheel operation 20 are repeated.
Therefore, the output voltage 10 is supplied by repeating the forward operation 19 and the flywheel operation 20.

That is, when the secondary side coil voltage of the transformer 4 is high, the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 can be operated safely by level shifting to a desired gate voltage. By operating the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 safely, the secondary coil voltage can be reduced without exceeding the gate breakdown voltage of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7. It can be a driving trigger voltage.

Further, when the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 is turned off, the gate voltage is lowered not via the gate resistor 17 but via the diode 11, so that the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 can be turned off faster.
Similarly, when the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 is turned off, the gate voltage is lowered not via the gate resistor 18 but via the diode 12, so that the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 can be turned off faster. .

Next, the gate can be driven without any problem by varying the voltage to be stepped down at the time of surge voltage and rectangular wave voltage so that the gate voltage is constant. For this reason, the synchronous rectifier circuit can be driven using the winding voltage even in the case of a small, low-profile transformer that does not have a space for winding another winding for trigger.
Even when the input voltage range is wide, the secondary coil voltage can be used as a driving trigger voltage.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the synchronous rectification drive circuit of the present invention. In the figure, the same components as those in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the second embodiment, the first and second additional circuits 6e and 6f that are not included in the synchronous rectification drive circuit of the first embodiment are added.

In FIG. 4, a first additional circuit 6e in the synchronous rectification drive circuit is a second diode that lowers the gate charge of the regulator 14 in the first gate voltage clamp circuit 6g when the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 is turned off. The configuration includes a diode 25 (hereinafter referred to as a diode 25) and a capacitor 27 for instantaneously turning on the regulator 14 in the first gate voltage clamp circuit 6g when the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 is turned on. ing.

Similarly, the second additional circuit 6f in the synchronous rectification drive circuit is a second diode for lowering the gate charge of the regulator 13 in the second gate voltage clamp circuit 6h when the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 is turned off. It has a configuration including a certain diode 24 (hereinafter referred to as a diode 24) and a capacitor 26 for instantaneously turning on the regulator 13 in the second gate voltage clamp circuit 6h when the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 is turned on. Yes.

The first gate voltage clamp circuit 6g includes a regulator 14 that constantly controls the voltage of the switching signal induced in the secondary coil, a gate resistor 18 that drives the gate of the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7, The second diode 25 is connected between the gate electrode of the regulator 14 and the negative electrode terminal D of the secondary coil, and the capacitor 27 is connected in parallel with the second diode 25. Yes.

Similarly, the second gate voltage clamp circuit 6 h includes a regulator 13 that constantly controls the voltage of the switching signal induced in the secondary coil, and a gate resistance for driving the gate of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5. 17, a second diode 24 connected between the gate electrode of the regulator 13 and the positive terminal C of the secondary coil, and a capacitor 26 connected in parallel with the second diode 24. It has become.

A diode 25 connected between the gate electrode of the regulator 14 and the negative terminal D of the secondary coil, a capacitor 27 connected in parallel to the diode 25, a gate electrode of the regulator 13, and a positive electrode of the secondary coil By adding a diode 24 connected to the terminal C and a capacitor 26 connected in parallel to the diode 24, the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 are simultaneously turned on. Can be prevented.

By preventing the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 from being simultaneously turned on, the turn-on of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 can be accelerated.

Further, by speeding up the turn-on of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7, the drain electrodes of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 generated in the secondary winding The applied surge voltage can be reduced.

Since the surge voltage applied to the drain electrodes of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 can be reduced, the loss of the synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET 5 and the synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET 7 is also reduced. be able to.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the synchronous rectification drive circuit of the present invention. In the figure, the same components as those in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in the third embodiment, the first and second additional circuits 6e and 6f are added similarly to the synchronous rectification drive circuit of the second embodiment. Further, the drain voltages of the regulators 13 and 14 are supplied from a DC power supply different from that of the second embodiment, for example, the output voltage Vo.

  In the synchronous rectification drive circuit of FIG. 5, the drain voltage of the regulators 13 and 14 is supplied from a DC power source, for example, the output voltage Vo, for the purpose of using a MOSFET with a low breakdown voltage for the regulators 13 and 14 for speeding up. Yes.

In other words, by using a high-speed MOSFET with a low withstand voltage and a small capacity for the regulator, the turn-on becomes faster and the loss can be reduced.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the synchronous rectification drive circuit of the present invention. In the figure, the same components as those in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the fourth embodiment, the first and second additional circuits 6e and 6f are added similarly to the synchronous rectification drive circuits of the second and third embodiments. Further, the drain voltages of the regulators 13 and 14 are supplied from a DC power source via a voltage adjustment circuit 28 different from that of the second embodiment.

In the synchronous rectification drive circuit of FIG. 6, the drain voltage of the regulators 13 and 14 is supplied from the DC power supply via the voltage adjustment circuit 28 in order to use a low withstand voltage MOSFET for the regulators 13 and 14 for speeding up. is doing.

  In the synchronous drive rectifier circuit of the third embodiment, a voltage is directly supplied from the DC power source to the drain voltages of the regulators 13 and 14, whereas in the synchronous drive rectifier circuit of the present embodiment, the drain voltage of the regulators 13 and 14 is supplied. The voltage suitable for the drain voltages of the regulators 13 and 14 can be supplied from the DC power source via the voltage adjustment circuit 28 that can adjust the voltage to be adjusted to a more suitable voltage.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a synchronous rectification drive circuit according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the synchronous rectification drive circuit of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a time chart of FIG. 1 of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the synchronous rectification drive circuit of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the synchronous rectification drive circuit of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the synchronous rectification drive circuit of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional synchronous rectifier circuit. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional synchronous rectifier circuit.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 DC voltage 2 Primary side capacitor 3 Switching element 4 Transformer 5 Synchronous rectification (forward) MOSFET
6a 1st gate voltage drive circuit 6b 2nd gate voltage drive circuit 6c 1st gate voltage clamp circuit 6d 2nd gate voltage clamp circuit 6e 1st addition circuit 6f 2nd addition circuit 6g 1st gate voltage Clamp circuit 6h Second gate voltage clamp circuit 7 Synchronous rectification (flywheel) MOSFET
8 Secondary-side inductor 9 Secondary-side capacitor 10 Output voltage 11, 12 Diode 13, 14 Regulator 15, 16 Zener diode 17, 18 Gate resistance 19 Forward operation 20 Flywheel operation 21 Primary-side main winding 22 Secondary-side main Winding 23 Active clamp MOSFET
24, 25 Diode 26, 27 Capacitor 28 Voltage adjustment circuit 801 DC voltage 802 Gate signal generation circuit 803 Main switch 804 Gate signal generation circuit 805 Auxiliary switch 806 Capacitor 807 Transformer 808 Rectification side FET
809 Return FET
810 Smoothing coil 811 Smoothing capacitor 812 Load 813 DC bias cut capacitor 814 Gate voltage clamping FET
815 Gate voltage clamp power supply 816 DC bias cut capacitor 817 Gate voltage clamp FET

Claims (8)

A rectifying side field effect transistor and a reflux side field effect transistor connected to a secondary side coil of the transformer, wherein the rectifying side field effect transistor has a gate electrode connected to a positive terminal of the secondary side coil of the transformer The drain electrode is connected to the negative terminal of the secondary coil of the transformer, the reflux field effect transistor has a drain electrode connected to the positive terminal of the secondary coil of the transformer, and a gate electrode of the transformer. In the synchronous rectifier circuit connected to the negative terminal of the secondary coil,
A first gate voltage driving circuit connected between the gate electrode of the reflux-side field effect transistor and the negative terminal of the secondary coil of the transformer;
A second gate voltage drive circuit connected between the gate electrode of the rectifying field effect transistor and the positive terminal of the secondary coil of the transformer;
The first and second gate voltage driving circuits are:
A Zener diode that sets the gate electrode of the field-effect transistor to be driven;
A first diode for lowering the gate voltage of the field effect transistor to be driven;
A gate voltage clamp circuit connected between the first diode and the zener diode;
This gate voltage clamp circuit
A second diode that lowers the gate charge of the regulator in the gate voltage clamp circuit when the field effect transistor to be driven is off;
It has a capacitor that turns on the regulator in the gate voltage clamp circuit when the transistor to be driven is turned on,
The synchronous rectification drive circuit, wherein the first gate voltage drive circuit and the second gate voltage drive circuit alternately conduct the rectification side field effect transistor and the return side field effect transistor. The gate voltage clamp circuit is
A regulator that constantly controls the voltage of the switching signal induced in the secondary coil;
A gate resistance for driving the gate of the field-effect transistor to be driven;
A second diode connected between the gate electrode of the regulator and a negative terminal or a positive terminal of the secondary coil;
2. The synchronous rectification drive circuit according to claim 1, further comprising a capacitor connected in parallel with the second diode. 2. The synchronous rectification driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the first diode is connected between a gate electrode of a field effect transistor to be driven and a negative terminal or a positive terminal of the secondary coil. . 4. The synchronous rectification drive circuit according to claim 2, wherein the regulator is connected in parallel with the first diode.   The gate resistor is connected in series between a gate electrode of a field-effect transistor to be driven and a source electrode of the regulator, and between the first diode and a source electrode of the regulator. The synchronous rectification drive circuit according to claim 1.   6. The synchronous rectification driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the Zener diode is connected between a gate electrode of the regulator and a source electrode of a field effect transistor to be driven. 7. The synchronous rectification drive circuit according to claim 1, wherein a drain voltage of the regulator is supplied from a DC power source. The synchronous rectification drive circuit according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the drain voltage of the regulator is supplied from a DC power supply through a voltage adjustment circuit.

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