CN101788598A - Voltage peak detection circuit and operating method thereof - Google Patents

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CN101788598A
CN101788598A CN200910228740A CN200910228740A CN101788598A CN 101788598 A CN101788598 A CN 101788598A CN 200910228740 A CN200910228740 A CN 200910228740A CN 200910228740 A CN200910228740 A CN 200910228740A CN 101788598 A CN101788598 A CN 101788598A
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林鹏程
吕英杰
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The invention relates to a voltage peak detection circuit, comprising a differential amplifying unit, a common-source amplifying unit and a source following unit; and the operating method thereof includes signal acquisition, signal comparison, signal amplification, signal source following output, peak voltage following and recording. The invention has the advantages that: (1) peak of high speed voltage signal can be detected; (2) voltage detuning of circuit is reduced; (3) circuit structure is simple, no extra compensation is required, and practicability is strong.

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A kind of voltage peak detection circuit and method of work thereof
(1) technical field:
The present invention relates to a kind of voltage detecting circuit and method of work thereof, the especially a kind of voltage peak detection circuit and method of work thereof that can detect high speed voltage signal peak value.
(2) background technology:
In the voltage peak detection system, need the floating voltage signal, catch the peak value of voltage signal, and it is preserved, offer subsequent process circuit.The detection speed of voltage peak detection circuit has directly determined the top speed of the signal of handling, want to catch the peak value of high speed signal, just need voltage peak detection circuit at a high speed, general circuit can produce than mistake when detecting high speed signal, need significantly improve power consumption usually and come raising speed.
(3) summary of the invention:
The objective of the invention is to design a kind of voltage peak detection circuit and method of work thereof, it can overcome the deficiencies in the prior art, on the basis that does not increase power consumption and circuit complexity, has improved the detection speed of voltage peak.
Technical scheme of the present invention: a kind of voltage peak detection circuit comprises that input signal Vsig terminal, supply voltage vdd terminal, voltage peak detect output Vpeak terminal, is characterized in that it comprises that difference amplifying unit, common source amplifying unit and source are with the unit; Wherein, the input end of said difference amplifying unit connects input signal Vsig terminal, voltage peak detects output Vpeak terminal, supply voltage vdd terminal and ground, and its output terminal connects the input end of common source amplifying unit; The input end of said common source amplifying unit connects supply voltage vdd terminal and ground, and its output terminal connects the input end of source with the unit; Said source connects supply voltage vdd terminal and ground with the input end of unit, and its output terminal connects voltage peak and detects output Vpeak terminal.
Above-mentioned said difference amplifying unit manages M1, PMOS pipe M2, NMOS pipe M3, NMOS pipe M4 by PMOS and current sink I1 constitutes; Wherein, the grid of said PMOS pipe M1 is connected with the drain electrode of the grid of PMOS pipe M2, PMOS pipe M2 and the drain electrode of NMOS pipe M4, its source electrode is connected supply voltage vdd terminal jointly with the source electrode of PMOS pipe M2, and its drain electrode is connected with the drain electrode of NMOS pipe M3 and the input end of common source amplifying unit; The grid of said NMOS pipe M3 is connected with input signal Vsig terminal, and the source electrode that its source electrode and NMOS manage M4 is connected the input end of current sink I1 jointly; The grid of said NMOS pipe M4 detects output Vpeak terminal with voltage peak and is connected, and its drain electrode is connected with the grid of PMOS pipe M1, the drain electrode of PMOS pipe M2; The output head grounding of said current sink I1.
Above-mentioned said common source amplifying unit is made of PMOS pipe M5 and resistance R 1; Wherein, said resistance R 1 one end ground connection, the other end is connected with the drain electrode of PMOS pipe M5; The grid of said PMOS pipe M5 is connected with the drain electrode of PMOS pipe M1 and the drain electrode of NMOS pipe M3, and its source electrode is connected with supply voltage vdd terminal, and its drain electrode also is connected with the input end of source with the unit.
Above-mentioned said source is made of NMOS pipe M6 and capacitor C hold with the unit; Wherein, said capacitor C hold one end ground connection, the other end is connected with the source electrode of NMOS pipe M6, grid and the voltage peak detection output Vpeak terminal of NMOS pipe M4; The grid of said NMOS pipe M6 is connected with the drain electrode of PMOS pipe M5, and its drain electrode is connected with supply voltage VDD.
A kind of voltage peak detection circuit is characterized in that it can be applied to voltage peak detection circuit, especially the high speed signal voltage peak detection circuit.
A kind of method of work of voltage peak detection circuit is characterized in that it is to be made of following steps:
1. input signal terminal Vsig gathers applied signal voltage to be detected, carry out the difference amplification with NMOS pipe M3, the NMOS pipe M4 of voltage peak detection output Vpeak process difference amplifying unit, PMOS pipe M1 and PMOS pipe M2 constitute current mirror load, and the double-end signal after difference is amplified becomes single-ended signal output; Current sink I1 provides bias current for the difference amplifying unit;
2. the common source amplifying unit carries out second level amplification with the output signal of difference amplifying unit, and this level adopts common source structure for amplifying, with the load of resistance R 1 as the common source amplification;
3. the source is carried out with output with the unit with the output signal of common source amplifying unit in the source, improves the peak-value-holding function that output driving force and realization keep rising, and capacitor C hold keeps output voltage V peak;
4. detect output Vpeak when high than voltage peak as input signal Vsig, the output of difference amplifying unit reduces, and causes the output of common source amplifying unit to raise, and Vpeak is drawn high with the unit through the source then, thereby realizes that peak value follows; When input signal Vsig is lower than Vpeak, the output of difference amplifying unit raises, cause the output of common source amplifying unit to reduce, the NMOS pipe M6 grid of source with the unit dragged down, this level does not have electric current to flow through, so Vpeak remains unchanged under the effect of capacitor C hold, so just realized the peak value maintenance, the Vpeak final entry crest voltage of Vsig.
Superiority of the present invention: 1. both realized following fast of signal with the unit, and realized that again the peak value of signal kept, and can detect the peak value of high speed voltage signal by the source; 2. amplify with common source by difference and amplify the secondary amplification, improved the open-loop gain of circuit, reduced the voltage imbalance of circuit; 3. the common source amplifier stage adopts resistance as load, has reduced the output impedance of this level, has raised the frequency of inferior limit, has expanded circuit bandwidth, thereby has improved speed; 4. circuit constitutes simply, need not extra compensation, and is practical.
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Fig. 1 is that (wherein, Fig. 1-a is a common voltage peak detection circuit structural drawing to common voltage peak detection circuit figure of the prior art; Fig. 1-b is the result curve of common voltage peak detection circuit when input 100KHz signal).
(wherein, Fig. 2-a is a circuit structure diagram to Fig. 2 for the circuit diagram of the related a kind of voltage peak detection circuit of the present invention; Fig. 2-b is the result curve of circuit of the present invention when importing the 100KHz signal).
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Embodiment: a kind of voltage peak detection circuit (is seen Fig. 2-a), is comprised that input signal Vsig terminal, supply voltage vdd terminal, voltage peak detect output Vpeak terminal, is characterized in that it comprises that difference amplifying unit, common source amplifying unit and source are with the unit; Wherein, the input end of said difference amplifying unit connects input signal Vsig terminal, voltage peak detects output Vpeak terminal, supply voltage vdd terminal and ground, and its output terminal connects the input end of common source amplifying unit; The input end of said common source amplifying unit connects supply voltage vdd terminal and ground, and its output terminal connects the input end of source with the unit; Said source connects supply voltage vdd terminal and ground with the input end of unit, and its output terminal connects voltage peak and detects output Vpeak terminal.
Above-mentioned said difference amplifying unit (sees that Fig. 2-a) is made of PMOS pipe M1, PMOS pipe M2, NMOS pipe M3, NMOS pipe M4 and current sink I1; Wherein, the grid of said PMOS pipe M1 is connected with the drain electrode of the grid of PMOS pipe M2, PMOS pipe M2 and the drain electrode of NMOS pipe M4, its source electrode is connected supply voltage vdd terminal jointly with the source electrode of PMOS pipe M2, and its drain electrode is connected with the drain electrode of NMOS pipe M3 and the input end of common source amplifying unit; The grid of said NMOS pipe M3 is connected with input signal Vsig terminal, and the source electrode that its source electrode and NMOS manage M4 is connected the input end of current sink I1 jointly; The grid of said NMOS pipe M4 detects output Vpeak terminal with voltage peak and is connected, and its drain electrode is connected with the grid of PMOS pipe M1, the drain electrode of PMOS pipe M2; The output head grounding of said current sink I1.
Above-mentioned said common source amplifying unit (sees that Fig. 2-a) is made of PMOS pipe M5 and resistance R 1; Wherein, said resistance R 1 one end ground connection, the other end is connected with the drain electrode of PMOS pipe M5; The grid of said PMOS pipe M5 is connected with the drain electrode of PMOS pipe M1 and the drain electrode of NMOS pipe M3, and its source electrode is connected with supply voltage vdd terminal, and its drain electrode also is connected with the input end of source with the unit.
Above-mentioned said source (sees that Fig. 2-a) is made of NMOS pipe M6 and capacitor C hold with the unit; Wherein, said capacitor C hold one end ground connection, the other end is connected with the source electrode of NMOS pipe M6, grid and the voltage peak detection output Vpeak terminal of NMOS pipe M4; The grid of said NMOS pipe M6 is connected with the drain electrode of PMOS pipe M5, and its drain electrode is connected with supply voltage VDD.
A kind of voltage peak detection circuit is characterized in that it can be applied to the high speed signal voltage peak detection circuit.
A kind of method of work of voltage peak detection circuit is characterized in that it is to be made of following steps:
1. input signal terminal Vsig gathers applied signal voltage to be detected, carry out the difference amplification with NMOS pipe M3, the NMOS pipe M4 of voltage peak detection output Vpeak process difference amplifying unit, PMOS pipe M1 and PMOS pipe M2 constitute current mirror load, and the double-end signal after difference is amplified becomes single-ended signal output; Current sink I1 provides bias current for the difference amplifying unit;
2. the common source amplifying unit carries out second level amplification with the output signal of difference amplifying unit, and this level adopts common source structure for amplifying, with the load of resistance R 1 as the common source amplification;
3. the source is carried out with output with the unit with the output signal of common source amplifying unit in the source, improves the peak-value-holding function that output driving force and realization keep rising, and capacitor C hold keeps output voltage V peak;
4. detect output Vpeak when high than voltage peak as input signal Vsig, the output of difference amplifying unit reduces, and causes the output of common source amplifying unit to raise, and Vpeak is drawn high with the unit through the source then, thereby realizes that peak value follows; When input signal Vsig is lower than Vpeak, the output of difference amplifying unit raises, cause the output of common source amplifying unit to reduce, the NMOS pipe M6 grid of source with the unit dragged down, this level does not have electric current to flow through, so Vpeak remains unchanged under the effect of capacitor C hold, so just realized the peak value maintenance, the Vpeak final entry crest voltage of Vsig.
Below with reference to accompanying drawings the present invention is described in further details:
By Fig. 1-b " result curve of common voltage peak detection circuit when importing the 100KHz signal " as can be seen, when input signal Vsig raises, voltage peak detects output Vpeak and follows stablely inadequately, distortion is bigger, and the Vsig peak value is 1V, and Vpeak finally remains on 1.05V, and big overshoot is arranged.
And after using circuit of the present invention, result curve is shown in Fig. 2-b, and Vpeak tightly follows Vsig, and distortion is very little, and finally remains on 1.0V, does not have overshoot substantially.
Circuit of the present invention is applicable to any voltage peak detection circuit.

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1. a voltage peak detection circuit comprises that input signal Vsig terminal, supply voltage vdd terminal, voltage peak detect output Vpeak terminal, is characterized in that it comprises that difference amplifying unit, common source amplifying unit and source are with the unit; Wherein, the input end of said difference amplifying unit connects input signal Vsig terminal, voltage peak detects output Vpeak terminal, supply voltage vdd terminal and ground, and its output terminal connects the input end of common source amplifying unit; The input end of said common source amplifying unit connects supply voltage vdd terminal and ground, and its output terminal connects the input end of source with the unit; Said source connects supply voltage vdd terminal and ground with the input end of unit, and its output terminal connects voltage peak and detects output Vpeak terminal.
2. according to a kind of voltage peak detection circuit described in the claim 1, it is characterized in that said difference amplifying unit is managed M1, PMOS pipe M2, NMOS pipe M3, NMOS pipe M4 by PMOS and current sink I1 constitutes; Wherein, the grid of said PMOS pipe M1 is connected with the drain electrode of the grid of PMOS pipe M2, PMOS pipe M2 and the drain electrode of NMOS pipe M4, its source electrode is connected supply voltage vdd terminal jointly with the source electrode of PMOS pipe M2, and its drain electrode is connected with the drain electrode of NMOS pipe M3 and the input end of common source amplifying unit; The grid of said NMOS pipe M3 is connected with input signal Vsig terminal, and the source electrode that its source electrode and NMOS manage M4 is connected the input end of current sink I1 jointly; The grid of said NMOS pipe M4 detects output Vpeak terminal with voltage peak and is connected, and its drain electrode is connected with the grid of PMOS pipe M1, the drain electrode of PMOS pipe M2; The output head grounding of said current sink I1.
3. according to a kind of voltage peak detection circuit described in the claim 1, it is characterized in that said common source amplifying unit is made of PMOS pipe M5 and resistance R 1; Wherein, said resistance R 1 one end ground connection, the other end is connected with the drain electrode of PMOS pipe M5; The grid of said PMOS pipe M5 is connected with the drain electrode of PMOS pipe M1 and the drain electrode of NMOS pipe M3, and its source electrode is connected with supply voltage vdd terminal, and its drain electrode also is connected with the input end of source with the unit.
4. according to a kind of voltage peak detection circuit described in the claim 1, it is characterized in that said source is made of NMOS pipe M6 and capacitor C hold with the unit; Wherein, said capacitor C hold one end ground connection, the other end is connected with the source electrode of NMOS pipe M6, grid and the voltage peak detection output Vpeak terminal of NMOS pipe M4; The grid of said NMOS pipe M6 is connected with the drain electrode of PMOS pipe M5, and its drain electrode is connected with supply voltage VDD.
5. according to a kind of voltage peak detection circuit described in the claim 1, it is characterized in that it can be applied to voltage peak detection circuit, especially the high speed signal voltage peak detection circuit.
6. the method for work of a voltage peak detection circuit is characterized in that it is to be made of following steps:
1. input signal terminal Vsig gathers applied signal voltage to be detected, carry out the difference amplification with NMOS pipe M3, the NMOS pipe M4 of voltage peak detection output Vpeak process difference amplifying unit, PMOS pipe M1 and PMOS pipe M2 constitute current mirror load, and the double-end signal after difference is amplified becomes single-ended signal output; Current sink I1 provides bias current for the difference amplifying unit;
2. the common source amplifying unit carries out second level amplification with the output signal of difference amplifying unit, and this level adopts common source structure for amplifying, with the load of resistance R 1 as the common source amplification;
3. the source is carried out with output with the unit with the output signal of common source amplifying unit in the source, improves the peak-value-holding function that output driving force and realization keep rising, and capacitor C hold keeps output voltage V peak;
4. detect output Vpeak when high than voltage peak as input signal Vsig, the output of difference amplifying unit reduces, and causes the output of common source amplifying unit to raise, and Vpeak is drawn high with the unit through the source then, thereby realizes that peak value follows; When input signal Vsig is lower than Vpeak, the output of difference amplifying unit raises, cause the output of common source amplifying unit to reduce, the NMOS pipe M6 grid of source with the unit dragged down, this level does not have electric current to flow through, so Vpeak remains unchanged under the effect of capacitor C hold, so just realized the peak value maintenance, the Vpeak final entry crest voltage of Vsig.
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