Patent ID: 8884595
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G05F

Abstract:
1. A phase compensation circuit for a power supply circuit, the power supply circuit generating a constant output voltage from an input voltage inputted to the power supply circuit through a power supply input terminal, and outputting the output voltage from a power supply output terminal, the power supply circuit including a main transistor and an error amplifier, the main transistor controlling power supply from the power supply input terminal to the power supply output terminal, the error amplifier controlling an operation of the main transistor based on a detection voltage according to the output voltage and a reference voltage according to a target value of the output voltage such that the output voltage coincides with the target value, the error amplifier including at least one amplifier circuit, the phase compensation circuit comprising: a level shift circuit configured to receive the output voltage and shift a dc component of the output voltage toward a ground potential by a predetermined voltage to generate a shift voltage; and a phase compensation capacitor disposed on a route between an output terminal of the level shift circuit and an input terminal of the amplifier circuit of the error amplifier, wherein the level shift circuit includes a Zener diode and a resistor, the Zener diode is disposed in a reverse direction between the power supply output terminal of the power supply circuit and a ground line of the power supply circuit having the ground potential, the resistor is disposed between an anode of the Zener diode and the ground line, and the output terminal of the level shift circuit from which the shift voltage is outputted is defined at the anode of the Zener diode.