A novel high voltage start up circuit for providing an initial bias voltage to an integrated switched mode power supply（SMPS） is presented.An enhanced mode VDMOS transistor,the gate of which is biased by a floating ...A novel high voltage start up circuit for providing an initial bias voltage to an integrated switched mode power supply（SMPS） is presented.An enhanced mode VDMOS transistor,the gate of which is biased by a floating pisland, is used to provide start up current and sustain high voltage.An NMOS transistor having a high source to ground breakdown voltage is included to extend the bias voltage range to the SMPS.Simulation results indicate that the high voltage start up circuit can start and restart as designed.The proposed structure is believed to be more energy saving and cost-effective compared with other solutions.展开更多
文摘A novel high voltage start up circuit for providing an initial bias voltage to an integrated switched mode power supply（SMPS） is presented.An enhanced mode VDMOS transistor,the gate of which is biased by a floating pisland, is used to provide start up current and sustain high voltage.An NMOS transistor having a high source to ground breakdown voltage is included to extend the bias voltage range to the SMPS.Simulation results indicate that the high voltage start up circuit can start and restart as designed.The proposed structure is believed to be more energy saving and cost-effective compared with other solutions.
