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SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

A new high-voltage level-shifting circuit for half-bridge power Ics

Moufu Kong and Xingbi Chen

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 Corresponding author: Kong Moufu, kongmoufu@163.com

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Abstract: In order to reduce the chip area and improve the reliability of HVICs, a new high-voltage level-shifting circuit with an integrated low-voltage power supply, two PMOS active resistors and a current mirror is proposed. The integrated low-voltage power supply not only provides energy for the level-shifting circuit and the logic circuit, but also provides voltage signals for the gates and sources of the PMOS active resistors to ensure that they are normally-on. The normally-on PMOS transistors do not, therefore, need to be fabricated in the depletion process. The current mirror ensures that the level-shifting circuit has a constant current, which can reduce the process error of the high-voltage devices of the circuit. Moreover, an improved RS trigger is also proposed to improve the reliability of the circuit. The proposed level-shifting circuit is analyzed and confirmed by simulation with MEDICI, and the simulation results show that the function is achieved well.

Key words: HVIC, level-shifting, active resistor, current mirror



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Fig. 1.  Circuit schematic of the conventional half-bridge HVIC.

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Fig. 2.  Circuit schematic of the proposed new half-bridge HVPIC.

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Fig. 3.  The structure of the n-LDMOS M1 and PMOS MP1.

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Fig. 4.  (a) Circuit schematic of the proposed RS trigger, and (b) its simulation result.

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Fig. 5.  The structure of the integrated low-voltage power supply.

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Fig. 6.  The structure of the high-side and low-side LDMOS transistors of Refs. [6, 11].

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Fig. 7.  The simulation results of the low-voltage power supply. (a) A variable 0-10 V low-voltage $V_{\rm ST}$ is gained while $V_{\rm DT}$ ranges from 0 to 350 V without $C_{\rm S}$ and D, and (b) $V_{\rm ST}$ $\approx$ 8 V with $C_{\rm S}$ $=$ 0.01 pF/$\mu $m.

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Fig. 8.  The circuit schematic of the voltage regulator.

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Fig. 9.  The common centre symmetry layout of the current mirror.

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Fig. 10.  The simulation results of the proposed level-shifting from MEDICI. (a) The drain output voltage $V_{\rm D1}$ of M1 with $V_{\rm SP}'$ $=$ 320 V. (b) The drain output voltage $V_{\rm D1}'$ of M1 with $V_{\rm SP}'$ $=$ 10 V.

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Table 1.   The truth table of the basic RS trigger.

Table 2.   The truth table of the proposed RS trigger.
[1]
Yin Y, Zane R. Dual low voltage IC based high and low side gate drive. Nineteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2004, 2:1033 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1295949/
[2]
Park S, Jahns T M. A self-boost charge pump topology for a gate drive high-side power supply. IEEE Trans Power Electron, 2005, 20(2):300 doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2004.843013
[3]
Chen Xingbi. A semiconductor device. Chinese Patent, ZL 200910000724.5, 2009 http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0068645.html
[4]
Kim J J, Kim M H, Kim S L, et al. The new high voltage level up shifter for HVIC. IEEE 33rd Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2002, 2:626 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1022523/
[5]
Terashima T, Shimizu K, Hine S. A new level-shifting technique by divided RESURF structure. IEEE International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and IC's, 1997:57 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/601431/
[6]
Chen X B. Lateral low-side and high-side high-voltage devices. US Patent, No. 6998681, 2006
[7]
Chen X B. Surface voltage sustaining structure for semiconductor devices. US Patent, No. 5726469, 1998
[8]
Chen X B, Zhang B, Li Z J. Theory of optimum design of reverse-biased p-n junctions using resistive field plates and variation lateral doping. Solid-State Electron, 1992, 35(9):1365 doi: 10.1016/0038-1101(92)90173-A
[9]
Chen X B, Fan X F. Optimum VLD makes SPIC better and cheaper. 6th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology, 2001, 1:104 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/981433/
[10]
Marari B, Bertotti F, Vignola G A. Smart power IC's technologies and applications. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York:Springer Verlag, 1995:361
[11]
Chen X B. Method of producing a low-voltage power supply in a power integrated circuit. US Patent, No. 7701006, 2010
[12]
Kong M F, Chen X B. High voltage low side and high side power devices based on VLD technique. IEEE 11th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT), 2012:1 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6466709/
[13]
Gupta V, Rincón-Mora G A. A low dropout, CMOS regulator with high PSR over wideband frequencies. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2005, 5:4245 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1465568/?arnumber=1465568&contentType=Conference%20Publications
[14]
Li Q Y, Jiang J G, Wang J K, et al. A CMOS low-noise, low-dropout regulator. Power and Energy Engineering Conference, 2010:1 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5448515/?arnumber=5448515&sortType%3Dasc_p_Sequence%26filter%3DAND(p_IS_Number:5448125)%26rowsPerPage%3D100

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      • State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China

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      the 2011 PhD Programs Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China 20110185110003

      Project supported by the 2011 PhD Programs Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (No. 20110185110003)

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      • Received Date: 2013-03-26
      • Revised Date: 2013-05-15
      • Published Date: 2013-10-01

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