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1. A bootstrap DC-DC converter, comprising:
a lower gate driver, for generating a lower gate control signal according to a control signal; a lower gate switch, for turning on and off according to the lower gate control signal; a bootstrap voltage maintaining circuit, for generating the control signal, such that the lower gate switch turns on for at least a minimum off time in each duty cycle of the lower gate control signal; an upper gate driver, driven by a bootstrap voltage, for generating an upper gate control signal according to the control signal; an upper gate switch, coupled to the lower gate switch, for turning on and off according to the upper gate control signal; a bootstrap capacitor, comprising a terminal coupled between the upper gate switch and the lower gate switch, and generating the bootstrap voltage; and a switch, for conducting and cutting off connection between a system voltage and another terminal of the bootstrap capacitor according to the lower gate control signal; wherein the switch conducts the connection between the system voltage and the another terminal of the bootstrap capacitor to charge the bootstrap capacitor when the lower gate switch is turned on for at least a minimum off time in each duty cycle of the lower gate control signal, such that an input voltage coupled to the upper gate switch is converted to an output voltage and a switching frequency of the bootstrap DC-DC converter is reduced at a high duty cycle; wherein the bootstrap voltage maintain circuit further comprises:
a first SR flip-flop, for generating a minimum off signal at a negative output terminal;a pulse generator, for generating a pulse setting signal to trigger a set terminal of the first SR flip-flop at a falling edge of a activation signal;a minimum off control circuit, for generating a reset signal to reset a reset terminal of the first SR flip-flop when the lower gate switch turns on with the minimum off time; anda logic circuit, for generating the control signal according to the activation signal and the minimum off signal;wherein the pulse generator further comprises:
a first inverter, for receiving the activation signal to generate a first inverting signal;a first capacitor, coupled between the first inverter and a ground terminal; anda NOR gate, directly connected to the first inverter and the first capacitor, for generating the pulse setting signal according to the activation signal and the first inverting signal. |
