WO2006114363A2 - Endstufe mit zenerspannungs-symmetrierung - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
- H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
- H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
- H03K17/12—Modifications for increasing the maximum permissible switched current
- H03K17/122—Modifications for increasing the maximum permissible switched current in field-effect transistor switches
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
- H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
- H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
- H03K17/08—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage
- H03K17/082—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage by feedback from the output to the control circuit
- H03K17/0822—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage by feedback from the output to the control circuit in field-effect transistor switches
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- the invention relates to an output stage or a switching output stage for switching inductive loads with at least two parallel-connected individual output stages according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
- Modern vehicles are equipped with a large number of relays, valves and other components that represent ohmic-inductive loads in terms of their electrical properties.
- the transistors are designed differently sized depending on the power to be switched.
- the transistors are connected in voltage feedback (as diodes), wherein in the negative feedback path, a device is connected, which determines the Zener voltage of the transistors.
- the transistors act as zener diodes, which derive the turn-off.
- Integrated power stage modules currently contain up to 18 individual output stages, which are designed to switch different switching currents.
- the object of the present invention is to reduce the load on individual transistors of the parallel-connected individual output stages or individual switching output stages during a turn-off operation and to effect the most uniform possible current distribution to all the transistors of the individual output stages and to achieve such that the Sum of shutdown energy substantially equal to the sum of Einzelabschaltergien.
- the output stage or switching output stage according to the invention for switching inductive loads with at least two parallel-connected individual output stages has the advantage that any individual output stages, can be connected in parallel, even from different power classes, without the limitation of a reduced cut-off energy is acceptable.
- This advantage is achieved by symmetrizing the output stage zener voltage.
- the zener voltage must be higher under load and / or temperature, i. have a positive load and / or temperature coefficient. In such a case, the Zener voltage increases so high that it reaches the level of the Zener voltage of the parallel-connected output stage and thus this single output stage will also take over cut-off energy.
- the already existing Zener diode or even an existing Zenerkaskade can be exploited and they are integrated into the final stage surface of the chip. Since the zener diodes used in output stages with the required zener voltages usually have a positive temperature effect anyway, the zener voltage automatically increases as the transistor becomes hotter. This can according to the invention by appropriate spatial
- An essential aspect of the invention is the present in the negative feedback path of the switching transistors components, for.
- the thermal coupling of the Zener diodes to the switching transistors is therefore It is possible to quickly match the zener voltages of the individual transistor stages and thus distribute the shutdown energy equally to all the transistors of the switching output stage, without overloading individual transistors.
- the components arranged in the negative-feedback path or components which are present anyway are preferably Zener diodes or thermal resistors.
- components with a very high temperature coefficient in particular an exponential temperature coefficient are selected.
- the Zener voltages match each other very quickly.
- the invention can be extended to a parallel connection of a plurality of individual output stages, in which case one transistor after the other or one output stage after the other takes over due to the rising by heating Zener voltage cut-off.
- FIG. 2 shows an output stage or switching output stage with parallel connection of two output stages according to an embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 4 shows a section of a semiconductor chip with an output stage or switching output stage according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 shows, by way of example, an output stage circuit diagram with parallel connection of two individual output stages, which is realized in particular as an IC.
- Each of the output stages comprises a switching transistor and an associated diode arrangement.
- the parallel circuit 10 of the two individual output stages 10a, 10b comprises the parallel-connected transistors Ia and Ib.
- a diode array 2a, 3a and 2b, 3b is provided, which is located between the control terminal (gate) and a power terminal (drain) of the transistor Ia or Ib.
- the diode arrangement 2a, 3a or 2b, 3b respectively comprises a reverse-connected zener diode 2a, 2b and a diode 3a or 3b connected in the direction of flow.
- the transistors Ia, Ib are driven by a control unit, not shown, by means of a control signal S in order to switch the ohmic-inductive load 4.
- the supply of the signal S via the resistors 6a and 6b.
- the current I flowing through the load 4 is distributed as a function of resistance to the transistors Ia, Ib of the individual output stages 10a or 10b.
- the ohmic-inductive load 4 is switched off, the stored magnetic energy of the load has to be reduced.
- high voltages occur, whereby the zener diodes 2a, 2b break through in the reverse direction.
- the transistors Ia, Ib go into the Zener mode, ie they themselves act as Zener diodes and conduct the current to ground GND, wherein the entire electrical power in the transistors Ia, Ib is converted into heat.
- the zener diodes 2 a, 2 b of a parallel circuit 10 of two (switching) end stages are usually designed identically. Due to diffusion differences, material differences, temperature drifts, etc., the Zener voltages, ie the voltages at which the relevant Zener diode 2a, 2b breaks through, can deviate considerably from one another. In the turn-off then breaks that Zener diode 2a or 2b with the lowest Zener voltage first. This leads to a considerable load of the associated transistor Ia or Ib, which must at least temporarily absorb the entire electrical power until the next transistor goes into the Zener mode. The first transistor Ia or Ib can be damaged or destroyed.
- FIG. 2 shows a parallel circuit 10 of two (switching) output stages, which is of essentially identical design as in the example of FIG. 1.
- the Zener diodes 2a and 2b are thermally coupled to the associated switching transistors Ia and Ib, for example MOSFETs here.
- the Zener diodes 2a, 2b are arranged close to the associated transistor Ia, Ib or part of a corresponding transistor stage or a chip.
- the thermal coupling is indicated in Figure 2 by dashed areas 13a and 13b.
- the switching transistor used in the final stage is used as Zenerelemet. In several parallel-connected power amplifiers goes while the
- Amplifier with the lower Zener voltage e.g. the output stage with the switching transistor Ia, and the diodes 2 a and 3 a first in the zener mode over.
- the other transistor Ib is then still in the blocking state, so that the transistor Ia has to absorb the entire power loss or shutdown energy in the short term.
- the Zener diode 2a Due to the thermal coupling of Zener diode 2a and switching transistor Ia, the Zener diode 2a heats up very rapidly, with its Zener voltage increasing. As a result, the Zener voltage of the first transistor stage 1a, 2a, 3a increases.
- the Zener voltage of the second transistor stage Ib, 2b, 3b is reached, this assumes a part of the cut-off energy. Since the equalization of the Zener voltages of the transistor stages happens relatively quickly, the first breaking through transistor stage is not overloaded and there is a balancing of the Zener voltage instead.
- FIG. 3 shows the current and voltage profile at transistors Ia and Ib with different zener voltage (drain-gate voltage) during a turn-off operation
- the associated region is designated A.
- the reference numeral 9 denotes the current waveform I and the reference numerals 6 and 7, the voltage waveforms at the two parallel-connected transistors Ia and Ib with different Zener voltage. Examples of different Zener voltages at the same temperature of the two Zener diodes 2a and 2b are registered as U z2a and U z2b .
- the inductive load 4 is turned off at the time t 0 , whereby the
- the associated output stage then derives the current I to ground GND.
- the transistor Ia and thus also the Zener diode 2a is heated, as a result of which its zener voltage U z2a rises.
- the increase in the rising temperature is due to the
- U z2a - is indicated by a dashed line 8. If the zener voltage reaches U z2a - the value U z2a and the next parallel connected output stage can also take over cut-off energy .
- Zener voltage under load and / or temperature is higher, that has a positive load and / or temperature coefficient.
- a positive Zener voltage characteristic can be achieved with parallel connection of several power amplifiers.
- Fig. 4 shows a plan view of a planar semiconductor chip 11, e.g. of silicon, with a transistor structure, which is shown here schematically as a region 12 and corresponds, for example, to the switching transistor Ia of the final stage 10a.
- the associated Zener diode 2a which is present in any case, can be arranged within this region or close to the region 12 and, in particular, integrated into the final stage surface and is thus thermally coupled as well as possible to the switching transistor transistor.
- the zener diode 2a has a low zener voltage U z , the associated transistor Ia will heat up relatively quickly during a turn-off operation, since it leads a large part of the electrical power to be reduced as a turn-off current and converts it into heat. In this case, the zener diode 2 a heats to the same extent, whereby the Zener voltage U z increases. As soon as the zener voltage U z2a is at the same level as the zener voltage U z2b , the other switching transistor Ib (not shown) also takes over part of the electrical energy to be degraded. The entire electrical power or electrical energy that has to be managed when switching off an ohmic-inductive load can thus be distributed uniformly to a plurality of parallel-connected transistors Ia, Ib or a plurality of output stages connected in parallel 10a, 10b.
- a thermal resistance with a positive temperature coefficient or another suitable component with a positive temperature coefficient can be used.
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| US11/919,623 US8283963B2 (en) | 2005-04-28 | 2006-03-31 | Output stage having zener voltage balancing |
| JP2008508186A JP2008539625A (ja) | 2005-04-28 | 2006-03-31 | ツェナー電圧対称化を有する出力段 |
| EP06725476A EP1878113A2 (de) | 2005-04-28 | 2006-03-31 | Endstufe mit zenerspannungs-symmetrierung |
| US11/973,359 US8051734B2 (en) | 2005-04-05 | 2007-10-04 | Gear shift device for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle |
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| DE102005019709A DE102005019709A1 (de) | 2005-04-28 | 2005-04-28 | Endstufe mit Zenerspannungs-Symmetrierung |
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| PCT/EP2006/061220 Continuation-In-Part WO2006106076A2 (de) | 2005-04-05 | 2006-03-31 | Schalteinrichtung eines automatisierten getriebes eines kraftfahrzeugs |
| US11/973,359 Continuation-In-Part US8051734B2 (en) | 2005-04-05 | 2007-10-04 | Gear shift device for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle |
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| EP1878113A2 (de) | 2008-01-16 |
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