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How to supply vdd for the internal components of SMPS??

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Hello everyone,

I have a question here. Should I use the input voltage of a DC-DC converter (i.e., the output of a battery) as the Vdd supply for all the components in it? Like the error amplifier, comparator......
Or do I have to use an internal voltage regulator??

Please help me out! Thank you in advance!


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rockycheng
 

Could U bring more info abt what U wish to do ?

Vin, Vout, Iout.

Sure U will need to power the circuit from the input source till the circuit enter steady state, then U can use power from the out, but pls tell what you wish to do. This will let more people assist you.
 

Generally that is done through a separate winding on the transformer, that gets rectified and filtered. This is called the bootstrap winding because it can only provide power after the P/S starts up.
Generally, a failrly large cap is used to store enough energy to get the circuit started until the boostrap winding can deliver the power.

The advantage is that the voltage to the circuit is semi-regulated and the efficieny is somewhat higher, since all those parts are powered from a voltage that is lower than the input voltage, so for the same current the power consumption is lower, even factoring in the P/S efficiency.

There are situations where you cannot have this winding (such as in non-isolated converters, where simple off-the-shelf inductors are used). In this case, if the input voltage range is acceptable, you power the parts directly from the input voltage.

There are other situations where you actually have an auxiliary converter (a P/S in itself) used only to provide power to the auxiliary circuitry. This is especially important when the main P/S has to have the ability to shut down.
 

Thank you omore! Yeah I accept that this is a strange question. :) I thought that, say, when the vdd of the error amplifier changes, the DC point and gain will change. So I asked how to make the vdd constant. But now I know the answer. Thanks again.

Added after 18 minutes:

VVV,

Thank you for the information! I'm going to design a DC-DC buck converter. And the supply voltage is not very high. I will simply use the input supply voltage as vdd for all the components. But what you mentioned is quite new to me. :)
 

using internal supply for error amplifer and other compents would be a good approach as battery voltage can vary a lot .
 

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