Design of a linearly increasing inrush current limit circuit for DC-DC boost regulators

This paper presents a CMOS circuit, designed for smoothing out the inrush current of DC-DC boost regulator. A current-on-capacitor based clamped reference is designed along with common source amplifier and high speed comparator. The linearly varying reference is clamped using a MOSFET connected in d...

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Published inAPCCAS 2010-2010 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems pp. 863 - 866
Main Authors Ahmed, Khondker Zakir, Islam, Muhammad Shahidul, Khelat Bari, Syed Mustafa, Mazumder, Mohammad Riazur Rahman, Harun-ur Rashid, A.B.M
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.12.2010
Subjects
Attenuation
Capacitors
Current limit circuit
Inductive Boost regulator
Inductors
Inrush current
MOSFET circuits
Regulators
Shape
Soft start circuit
Start-up circuit
Surges
WLED driver
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Summary:This paper presents a CMOS circuit, designed for smoothing out the inrush current of DC-DC boost regulator. A current-on-capacitor based clamped reference is designed along with common source amplifier and high speed comparator. The linearly varying reference is clamped using a MOSFET connected in diode configuration, ensuring a smooth transition from ramp mode to normal mode, which is a unique feature of this proposed circuit. The input inductor current is sensed using a small resistance connected at the source of the NMOS power transistor producing a sense voltage. The sense voltage is then compared with the linearly increasing reference. The circuit produces smoothed out inductor current envelop compared to conventional discrete step start up current shapes. The smoothed out inductor current increases the reliability and performance of the boost regulator. The circuit is simulated in HSPICE with 0.5µm CMOS process technology model.
ISBN:142447454X
9781424474547
DOI:10.1109/APCCAS.2010.5774913