605 results about "Switched capacitor" patented technology

The invention discloses a frequency division control radio frequency power supply solid-state impedance matcher and a method thereof, and aims to solve the problems that a traditional mechanical impedance matcher is slow in response, low in adjustment precision and difficult to adapt to a dynamic load. According to the system, an all-solid-state impedance matcher is adopted, impedance dynamic adjustment is achieved through a matching network composed of an adjustable inductance module and a switched capacitor module, closed-loop control is constructed in combination with a radio frequency signal detection module and a digital signal processor, and a frequency division control strategy is adopted, and the high-frequency band realizes high-precision matching through a control strategy of coarse adjustment of the adjustable inductance module and fine adjustment of the switched capacitor module. The device has the advantages of high response speed, wide frequency band coverage and the like, and is particularly suitable for industrial plasma application scenes with remarkable dynamic impedance characteristics.

A system and method are used to maintain a variance in feedback factors of an amplifier between the first and second phases either below a threshold value or within a specified range. The system includes the amplifier and first through third capacitances. The amplifier is coupled between an input node and an output node that operates during first and second phases of operation. The first capacitance is coupled across the amplifier and between the input node and the output node during the first and second phases of operation. The second capacitance is coupled to the input node during the first phase of operation. The third capacitance is coupled to one of the input and output nodes during one or both of the first and second phases of operation.

An apparatus as discussed herein can be configured to include a first analog-to-digital converter operative to convert a first analog voltage into a first digital signal; a digital-to-analog converter operative to convert the first digital signal into a second analog voltage; a switched capacitor circuit coupled to the digital-to-analog converter, the switched capacitor circuit is operative to store a sample of the second analog voltage; and a second analog-to-digital converter operative to convert an analog error voltage into a second digital signal, the analog error voltage based on a difference between the sample of the second analog voltage received from the switched capacitor circuit and a sample of the first analog voltage.

The invention discloses a low-power-consumption small-area on-chip temperature sensor based on an MOS tube and a method thereof. Comprising a temperature sensing circuit and an analog-to-digital conversion circuit which are connected with each other, the temperature sensing circuit is used for generating a voltage signal related to the temperature and outputting the voltage signal to the analog-to-digital conversion circuit to achieve digital quantization of the temperature, and the output end of a CTAT branch is connected to the input end of a switched capacitor amplifier through a buffer. The output end of the switched capacitor amplifier is connected to the non-inverting input end of the comparator, the output end of the PTAT branch is connected to the inverting input end of the comparator, the output end of the comparator is connected with the input end of the successive approximation logic unit, and the output end of the successive approximation logic unit is connected to the switched capacitor amplifier. According to the temperature sensing circuit structure, the problem of power supply sensitivity existing when voltage is generated is effectively solved, reference signals do not need to be additionally generated in the quantization process, and the problem of error accumulation is avoided.

The invention discloses an ultra-wideband circulator based on a periodic modulation topology circuit, and belongs to the technical field of microwave and radio frequency nonreciprocal circuits. The working bandwidth range of the circulator is widened, and non-reciprocal transmission is achieved through non-magnetic materials. A time sequence control unit is respectively connected with a Floquet topology circuit layer, a clock signal driving module, a reset signal driving module and a start signal driving module; the Floquet topology circuit layer is respectively connected with a first coupling port, a second coupling port and a third coupling port; the other ends of the first coupling port, the second coupling port, the third coupling port, the clock signal driving module, the reset signal driving module and the starting signal driving module are respectively grounded; the Floquet topology circuit layer adopts a six-layer parallel network structure, and each layer of network structure comprises a coupling capacitor and three N-type MOSFET (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) switches. The advantages of the switched capacitor structure are utilized, and the signal processing capacity which is high in integration level, small in size and capable of breaking through delay-bandwidth limitation is achieved.

A power amplifier includes a main switched capacitor power amplifier (SCPA), a peak SCPA, and a shunt inductor. The main SCPA is electrically coupled to a load. The peak SCPA is in parallel with the main SCPA and electrically coupled to the load. The shunt inductor is electrically coupled between the peak SCPA and the load.

The invention relates to a clock delay circuit for reducing interleaving distortion of a time interleaving pipeline ADC, and belongs to the field of analog-to-digital converters. Comprising a four-channel time-interleaved sampling switched capacitor array, an allowance amplifier module and four groups of delay control circuits, the four-channel time-interleaved sampling switched capacitor array comprises four sampling switched capacitor arrays which are connected in parallel; the four sampling switch capacitor arrays connected in parallel are all communicated with the allowance amplifier module; each group of delay control circuits is correspondingly connected with one sampling switch capacitor array; the delay control circuit comprises a clock generation circuit and a programmable current source array; the programmable current source array is connected with the clock generation circuit; the output end of the clock generation circuit is connected with the corresponding sampling switch capacitor array; according to the invention, the effect of reducing interleaving distortion in the four-channel time-interleaving pipeline analog-to-digital converter is realized, and the performance of the whole analog-to-digital converter is further improved.

A switch control method is applied to a hybrid voltage converter including a switched capacitor unit and a freewheeling unit. The method including obtaining the output current of the hybrid voltage converter, when the output current is greater than a first current threshold, controlling the switches in the hybrid voltage converter to operate in parallel conduction mode, when the output current is less than the first current threshold, controlling the switches in the hybrid voltage converter to operate in sequential conduction mode. When the switches operate in parallel conduction mode, N switches in the switched capacitor unit are controlled to turn on and off with the same duty cycle and a phase shift of 360 / N degrees. When the switches operate in sequential conduction mode, each switch in the switched capacitor unit is controlled to conduct individually with the same duty cycle in sequence.

The invention discloses a gallium nitride hybrid switched capacitor voltage converter with a high step-down ratio, which belongs to the technical field of switching power supplies and comprises an input filtering module, a switched capacitor module group, a half-bridge module group and an output filtering module which are connected in sequence, the switched capacitor module group comprises a plurality of switched capacitor modules which are connected in parallel, the half-bridge module group comprises a plurality of half-bridge modules which are connected in parallel, and the switched capacitor modules and the half-bridge modules are in one-to-one correspondence and work in corresponding preset switching periods; the output filtering module comprises a plurality of output filtering inductors, and the output filtering inductors are correspondingly connected with the half-bridge modules. Through innovation of the topological structure, the buck ratio higher than that of a traditional Buck converter under the same duty ratio is achieved, input current and output voltage ripples are further improved through a multi-phase interleaving parallel control mode, wide bandgap devices are reasonably selected for the innovatively-designed topological structure, and therefore the output current and output voltage ripples are improved. And the circuit is more suitable for kilowatt-level switching power supply equipment.

Switched capacitor power converter circuitry configured to receive an input voltage and to output an output voltage, the switched capacitor power converter circuitry comprising: a switch network; a flying capacitor coupled to the switch network; and an output capacitor coupled to an output node of the switch network, wherein the switched capacitor power converter circuitry is operable in: a first mode in which the switch network operates at a fixed duty cycle; and a second mode in which the switch network operates at a variable duty cycle based on a predetermined flying capacitor charging threshold and a predetermined flying capacitor discharging threshold.

A fully differential switched capacitor amplifier receives a differential analog signal from a differential input terminal, amplifies the differential analog signal, and outputs an amplified signal from a differential output terminal. The fully differential switched capacitor amplifier includes: a sampling capacitor that respectively samples the differential analog signal input from the differential input terminal; a differential input switch connected to a path for inputting the differential analog signal between the differential input terminal and the sampling capacitor; a fully differential amplifier that amplifies the differential analog signal input to the sampling capacitor; and a differential input resistor connected between the differential input switch and the sampling capacitor.

The invention relates to the technical field of radio frequency integrated circuits, and discloses a low-noise voltage-controlled oscillator circuit which comprises a source electrode following low-noise bias circuit with digital calibration, a source electrode following low-noise bias circuit with digital calibration, a source electrode following low-noise bias circuit with digital calibration and a source electrode following low-noise bias circuit with digital calibration, the cross-coupled amplifier array is composed of a plurality of units, and the source electrode of the cross-coupled amplifier array suppresses low-frequency noise through a resistance-capacitance feedback network and receives a digital amplitude calibration signal so as to dynamically adjust the number of working units and stabilize the output amplitude; the amplitude self-calibration loop consists of digital logic and a peak detector; the switched capacitor unit array is provided with stable direct-current bias; and a wide linear variable capacitor array driven by the stepped bias voltage. Through deep fusion of digital and analog technologies, the phase noise is remarkably reduced, the linear tuning range is widened, the amplitude stability is ensured, the power consumption is reduced, and the method is particularly suitable for a high-performance radio frequency communication chip of the Internet of Things.

The invention discloses a load transient detection circuit of a COT Buck, a corresponding COT Buck and a switching power supply. The load transient detection circuit comprises an input end, three resistors connected in series, two comparators and a switched capacitor sampling hold circuit, wherein the input end is grounded after passing through the three resistors in sequence. A node between the input end and the first resistor and a node between the second resistor and the third resistor are connected to the input ends of the first comparator and the second comparator through a switched capacitor sampling hold circuit structure. Valley voltage information and peak voltage information of inductive current are obtained through the switched capacitor sampling hold circuit, whether a load is transiently changed or not is judged by comparing inductive current ripples with a valley value and a peak value, and it is guaranteed that the switching power supply has appropriate transient detection trigger threshold voltage under any load. According to an output signal of the load transient detection circuit, the COT Buck can increase the turn-on or turn-off time so as to enhance the transient response speed.

The invention provides a novel high-gain DC-DC converter based on a photovoltaic panel and a DC bus, and relates to the technical field of power electronics and control thereof. Comprising an input stage of a conventional SEPIC converter; the boosting unit is composed of an impedance network and a switched capacitor network, the impedance network comprises external inductors connected in series and capacitors and diodes connected in series with the external inductors, and the impedance characteristic of the input side is adjusted through the combination of the capacitors, the diodes and the inductors; the switched capacitor network comprises a capacitor and a diode which are connected in series, and charge transfer and voltage multiplication are achieved through charging and discharging of the capacitor and unilateral conductivity of the diode. The load unit realizes voltage conversion and stable output through the synergistic effect of an impedance network and a switched capacitor network in the boost unit.

A three-phase wireless electric energy transmission device disclosed by the present invention comprises a three-phase inverter, a three-phase switch capacitor, a coil magnetic field coupling structure and a rectifier, the coil magnetic field coupling structure comprises a primary coil and a secondary coil which are arranged in mirror symmetry, the primary coil is provided with two layers, each layer comprises a three-phase coil, each phase coil occupies a 120-degree angle range of the circumference, and the rectifier is connected with the primary coil and the secondary coil. The two layers of coils form a staggered angle, each phase of switched capacitor of the three-phase switched capacitor comprises a first capacitor branch and a second capacitor branch which are arranged in parallel, the first capacitor branch is provided with a first capacitor, and the second capacitor branch comprises a second capacitor and a switch module which are arranged in series; the switch module adjusts the equivalent capacitance value of the second capacitor branch through the duty ratio and adjusts the transmission power of the three-phase wireless power transmission device. The invention further discloses a load power adjusting method of the three-phase wireless power transmission device, the transmission efficiency can be kept unchanged within the adjusting range, and soft switching can be achieved within the adjusting range.

This application relates to sensing of signals with a common-mode variation. Embodiments describe a switching driver circuit with a modulator configured to control modulation of an output node between different switching voltages and a current sensor configured to sense a voltage drop across a sense resistor connected in series with the output node. The current sensor performs sensing during a first time window that occurs at regular intervals and the modulator avoids any transition in switching voltage at the first output node during the first time window. Embodiments also describe a sensing circuit for sensing a differential voltage with a common-mode variation which has a first sensing portion implemented to provide a floating voltage domain and a second sensing portion implemented to provide a static voltage domain. At least one switched capacitor provides a boundary between the voltage domains and is switched to transfer charge between the voltage domains.

A radio frequency module is provided that includes a module laminate having main surfaces that oppose each other; at least one power amplifier circuit on a first main surface; and at least one integrated circuit on the second main surface. The integrated circuit includes at least one switch included in a switched-capacitor circuit and at least one switch included in a supply modulator. The switched-capacitor circuit generates a plurality of discrete voltages based on an input voltage and outputs the generated plurality of discrete voltages to the supply modulator. The supply modulator selectively outputs at least one voltage of the generated plurality of discrete voltages to a power amplifier. The power amplifier circuit includes a first amplifying transistor of the power amplifier.

The invention relates to the technical field of integrated circuits, and provides a multi-nuclear inductance-capacitance type voltage-controlled oscillator, which comprises at least two oscillation units which are symmetrically distributed and a digital control unit, wherein each oscillation unit comprises a switched capacitor array, and the oscillation units are in annular synchronous connection through a synchronous resistor; and the digital control unit is used for generating control signals for respectively controlling the oscillation units so as to control the switches of the switched capacitor arrays in the corresponding oscillation units through the control signals. According to the oscillator, the effect of improving the precision of the oscillator can be achieved by improving the precision of the switched capacitor array.

According to an embodiment, a biopotential measurement system includes an analog front-end and digital circuits. The analog front-end circuit includes a sensing electrode, a forward amplifier, and a feedback amplifier with an integration capacitor. A feature is the attenuation circuit between the forward and feedback amplifiers, which provides an attenuation factor determining the integration capacitor's value for achieving the desired high-pass corner frequency. With configurable attenuation factors, the system can process different biopotential signals. Multiple analog front-end circuits can be used to process different signals simultaneously. The digital circuit includes a processor for signal processing, dynamic adjustment of attenuation factors, and anomaly detection. Additional components like switched capacitors, pseudo-resistors, and multiplexers can enhance the system's functionality. The design allows flexible, multi-parameter physiological monitoring with adjustable frequency responses and gain settings.

The invention discloses a compensation method of a liquid flow reactive compensation capacitor, which relates to the technical field of reactive compensation, and comprises the following steps of: acquiring power grid data, calculating a required compensation capacity, and determining a to-be-switched capacitor target group; dividing the capacitor target group into a plurality of subgroups according to capacity or voltage grades, wherein each subgroup comprises a plurality of capacitor units; based on a digital twinborn model, performing time-sharing switching sequence planning on the subgroups to obtain an optimized switching safety sequence; gradually establishing terminal voltage for each subgroup in the switching safety sequence, and enabling the terminal voltage to be smoothly merged into a bus; according to the switching safety sequence, each subgroup and the internal capacitor unit thereof are sequentially switched, and the bus voltage and the switching current are monitored in real time at the same time until the reactive compensation access of the whole target group is completed, so that the problems of large switching transient impact and complex control logic of the liquid flow reactive compensation capacitor are solved.

The present invention discloses a hybrid switching converter with a single inductor and multiple outputs and a control method thereof, configured to convert an input voltage to a first and a second output voltages. The hybrid switching converter includes: a sub-switching converter, which converts the input voltage to an intermediate voltage; a first and a second output switches, which conduct the intermediate voltage during a first and a second inductance periods, respectively, to generate the first and second output voltages. The sub-switching converter comprises: a switched capacitor voltage divider circuit, which controls multiple switches through pulse-width modulation (PWM) signals to generate two divided voltage levels in each inductance cycle for supplying an inductor therein; and a control circuit, which generates PWM signals to control the multiple switches and the output switches in a time-division manner, and regulates the output voltages to target values according to output voltage feedback signals.

An apparatus includes a first switch and a second switch connected in series between an input voltage bus and ground, a bootstrap capacitor connected between a bootstrap voltage bus, and a common node of the first switch and the second switch, and a bias power control circuit configured to function as a switched capacitor bootstrap circuit when the apparatus is configured to operate in a high impedance PFM mode, and configured to function as an active bootstrap circuit when the apparatus is configured to operate in another operating mode.

According to the ultra-wideband passive phase shifter based on the switched capacitor dual-mode network and the control method, high-precision phase control is achieved in the 2-20 GHz full frequency band through a dynamic mode switching mechanism, the errors of 5.625-degree phase stepping, 11.25-degree phase stepping and 22.5-degree phase stepping are kept within + / -0.5 degrees, and compared with a traditional bridging T-type phase shifter (the phase error is + / -4 degrees and only the 8-16 GHz frequency band is supported), the bandwidth and precision are remarkably improved; the pure passive architecture completely eliminates static power consumption, and the bottleneck that an active scheme depends on an external power supply is solved; the single-stage circuit structure realizes small phase stepping, avoids loss accumulation and size expansion caused by multi-stage cascading, and provides a high-performance core component for ultra-wideband systems such as phased array radar and satellite communication.

The invention discloses a gain amplification circuit and a gain amplifier, and relates to the field of signal processing, the gain amplification circuit is characterized in that a sampling capacitor module in an integrator accesses a differential input signal, the sampling capacitor module is connected with an integrating capacitor module, the integrating capacitor module further accesses a differential output signal, and the sampling capacitor module is used for sampling the differential input signal; the integrating capacitor module is used for carrying out integration and amplification based on the differential input signal and the differential output signal obtained through sampling; the differential input end of the comparator is connected with the differential output end of the integrator, and the comparator is used for generating a differential output signal; the differential input end of the feedback network is connected with the differential output end of the comparator, and the differential output end of the feedback network is connected with the differential feedback end of the integrator. The gain amplification circuit multiplexes part of circuits in the integrator and is realized in a switched capacitor mode, so that quiescent current does not need to be independently provided for the gain amplification circuit, meanwhile, voltage sampling and amplification can be completed, and the overall circuit power consumption is reduced.

The invention discloses a pixel unit circuit for a dynamic vision sensor. The pixel unit circuit comprises a photodiode, an IV conversion circuit, a switched capacitor amplifier, a comparison circuit and a pixel readout logic circuit, the switched capacitor amplifier comprises a first capacitor, a second capacitor, an operational amplifier and a reset switch tube, the first capacitor is connected between the output end of the IV conversion circuit and the inverted input end of the operational amplifier, the in-phase input end of the operational amplifier is connected with a reference power supply, and the output end of the operational amplifier serves as the output end of the switched capacitor amplifier; the operational amplifier is connected with the comparison circuit, the second capacitor is connected between the inverted input end and the output end of the operational amplifier, the drain electrode and the source electrode of the reset switch tube are connected with the inverted input end and the output end of the operational amplifier respectively, and the substrate of the reset switch tube is connected with the output end of the switched capacitor amplifier; the comparison circuit is used for outputting event signals; and the pixel read-out logic circuit is used for reading out the event signal and is connected with the grid electrode of the reset switch tube.

An apparatus such as a power converter includes: a first circuit path including first windings coupled in series, each of the first windings magnetically coupled to each other; a second circuit path including second windings coupled in series, each of the second windings magnetically coupled to each other; and switch circuitry operative to selectively switch between electrically connecting a flying capacitor in series with the first circuit path and electrically connecting the flying capacitor in series with the second circuit path. A controller controls the switch circuitry in the power converter to convert an input voltage into an output voltage.

The invention discloses a gallium nitride soft switching high-voltage Buck voltage converter, belongs to the technical field of switching power supplies, and solves the problems of large device switching loss, high thermal stress, large voltage peak and high-frequency oscillation caused by a switching capacitor link in a traditional high-voltage Buck switched capacitor voltage converter by introducing an auxiliary soft switching link. The efficiency and the reliability of the system are improved; furthermore, by introducing a double-phase interleaving parallel structure, the current output capability of the power supply is improved, and the application in a higher power scene can be realized; meanwhile, by adopting the gallium nitride transistor, compared with the traditional scheme, the switching frequency is improved, the size of a passive element is reduced, the integration level of a PCB is improved, the parasitic parameters of the system are reduced, the dead time and the duty ratio loss are reduced, and the system efficiency and the power density are further improved.

A single-phase voltage-doubler interleaved parallel power correction circuit, the correction circuit comprising an AC power supply U g , inductance L1, inductance L2, diode D1-D8, switch S1-S2, capacitor C1, capacitor C2, capacitor C3, load R L ; switch capacitor C3, capacitor C1, diode D7, diode D8 are connected to constitute a switch capacitor circuit, forming a voltage doubling structure. The present application combines the advantages of single-phase interleaved parallel technology and voltage-doubler rectifier circuit, through multiple power converter units interleaved parallel operation, and adopts voltage-doubler rectifier circuit to realize voltage multiplication. Compared with the traditional rectifier, this technology can effectively reduce the voltage stress of power devices, input current THD and the size of EMI filter through multiple power converter units interleaved parallel operation, thereby improving the overall performance and reliability of the system. At the same time, the voltage-doubler rectifier circuit can also be designed and adjusted according to the needs to adapt to different input and output voltage requirements.

A method includes connecting an output of a switched capacitor converter to a battery, the switched capacitor converter comprising a first switch, a second switch, a third switch and an upper circuit connected in series, and a flying capacitor connected between a common node of the first switch and the second switch, and a common node of the third switch and the upper circuit, in a first short circuit testing step, determining whether the third switch is shorted by comparing a voltage on the common node of the third switch and the upper circuit with a first predetermined voltage reference, and in a second short circuit testing step, determining whether the first switch and the second switch are shorted by comparing a voltage on the common node of the first switch and the second switch with a second predetermined voltage reference and a third predetermined voltage reference, respectively.

The present invention provides a resonant switched capacitor voltage converter (RSCC), which is coupled to and operates synchronously with another RSCC. The RSCC includes: plural switches, a resonant inductor, a resonant capacitor, and a control circuit. The control circuit controls the switches, so that the resonant capacitor and the resonant inductor are connected in series to each other, to perform resonant operation in a switching period, thus converting an input voltage to an output voltage. The control circuit generates a zero current signal and a first synchronization signal when a resonant inductor current flowing through the resonant inductor is zero. The control circuit turns off at least one corresponding switch according to the zero current signal. The control circuit turns on at least one corresponding switch according to the zero-current signal and a second synchronization signal, so that the RSCC operates in synchronization with at least another RSCC.