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20080198631 | POWER CONVERTER HAVING FLUX BIAS REGULATION METHOD - Provided is a flux regulation method for use in a power converter, wherein the method is carried out by a flux bias controller. The flux bias controller includes a current detector which is configured to detect the primary current of the transformer of the power converter in a predetermined switching cycle, a DC bias processor which is configured to obtain the duty ratio control signal according to the sampled primary current outputted from the current detector for a switching cycle later than the predetermined switching cycle, and a PWM controller which is configured to generate driving signals to control the on/off operations of the switching circuit of the power converter according to the duty ratio control signal, thereby suppressing the DC bias of the transformer by regulating the duty ratio of the switch circuit. | 08-21-2008 |
20080198632 | Switching power supply unit - A switching power supply unit is provided, in which input terminals of an AC voltage can be made common to output terminals of an AC voltage. A first switching circuit is provided between a winding of a transformer and a main battery. A second switching circuit is provided between another winding of the transformer and input/output terminals. A third switching circuit is provided between the second switching circuit and the input/output terminals. Each of the first to third switching circuits includes a bidirectional switch (configured of a pair of one switching element and one diode connected in parallel to each other). A circuit for outputting an AC output voltage can be common to a circuit for inputting an AC input voltage to charge the main battery. | 08-21-2008 |
20080205088 | Multi-input DC/DC converters with zero-current switching - A modular-based, zero-current-switched (ZCS), isolated full-bridge boost converter with multiple inputs is disclosed. Each converter module is used to match the connected input source and control the amount of power drawn from the source. The power from various sources are combined together and delivered to the load through a multiphase transformer. The input inductor of each boost-derived converter module keeps the input current constant and acts as a current source to drive the multiphase transformer through a phase-shifted-controlled full bridge converter. By connecting an auxiliary circuit across the full-bridge input in each module, the transformer leakage inductance and output capacitance of the switching devices are used to create resonant paths for facilitating zero-current-switching of all switching devices. | 08-28-2008 |
20080205089 | DC/DC CONVERTER - Power converter system topologies comprise a DC/DC converter. The DC/DC converter includes a transformer coupling a high side to a low side. The high side may include an inverter bridge in the form of an inverter module and an inductor. The low side may include a rectifier in the form of a rectifier module and a pair of inductors. The transformer may take the form of a planar transformer. | 08-28-2008 |
20080212340 | Method For Operating A Power Converter In A Soft-Switching Range - For converting a first DC voltage to a second DC voltage, a first bridge circuit comprised in a power converter is controlled to convert the first DC voltage to a first AC voltage. The first AC voltage is transformed to a second and possibly further AC voltage. The second and each possibly further AC voltage is converted to a DC voltage by respective bridge circuits. To increase efficiency of the power converter switches of the power converter are controlled to operate in soft switching. Thereto a duty cycle of each AC voltage is controlled. In an embodiment, a half-cycle voltage-time integral of each AC voltage is controlled to be substantially equal. | 09-04-2008 |
20080219030 | ISOLATED DC/DC AND DC/AC CONVERTERS AND CONTROLLING METHODS THEREOF HAVING RELATIVELY BETTER EFFECTIVENESS - The configurations of an isolated DC/DC converter and an isolated DC/AC converter and the controlling methods thereof are provided. The proposed isolated DC/DC converter includes a DC/AC switching device, a transformer, a rectifier, and a duty ratio and frequency modulating apparatus coupled to the rectifier and the DC/AC switching device for generating a driving signal to adjust a duty ratio and a frequency of the switching device so as to regulate an output DC voltage of the converter. | 09-11-2008 |
20080232138 | Switching drive circuit for soft switching - A switching drive circuit for soft switching is disclosed. It includes an input circuit to receive an input signal. A first delay circuit generates a first delay time in response to the enable of the input signal. A second delay circuit generates a second delay time in response to the disable of the input signal. A switching signal generator generates switching signals. The pulse width of the high-side switching signal is generated in proportional to the pulse width of the input signal. The high-side switching signal is enabled after the first delay time once the input signal is enabled. The low-side switching signal is disabled in response to the enable of the input signal. The low-side switching signal is enabled after the second delay time once the high-side switching signal is disabled. | 09-25-2008 |
20080232139 | Power Converter - The present disclosure is directed towards a method for power conversion. The method may include controlling a first rectifier switch coupled to one end of a secondary winding of a transformer via a first control signal. The method may further include controlling a first low side switch via said first control signal, said first low side switch and a first high side switch coupled in series along a first path of a full bridge circuit, a first node located between said first high side switch and said first low side switch. The method may also include controlling a second rectifier switch coupled to an opposite end of said secondary winding via a second control signal. The method may additionally include controlling a second low side switch via said second control signal, said second low side switch and a second high side switch coupled in series along a second path of said full bridge circuit, a second node located between said second high side switch and said second low side switch, wherein said primary winding is coupled between said first node and said second node. Of course additional embodiments are also within the scope of the present disclosure. | 09-25-2008 |
20080247194 | RESONANT CONVERTER SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF HAVING RELATIVELY BETTER EFFICIENCY - The configurations of a resonant converter system and a controlling method thereof are provided. The proposed resonant converter system includes a resonant converter and a hybrid control apparatus coupled to the resonant converter for generating a driving signal to adjust a phase angle and a frequency of the resonant converter such that the resonant converter would reach a relatively lower voltage gain and have a relatively lower loss during an abnormal operation. | 10-09-2008 |
20080259645 | Converter for an Ion Propulsion System - A converter includes a converter for an ion propulsion system is provided. The converter includes a bridge circuit with a first and second bridge circuit connection and four switches. The converter also includes a storage inductance and a high voltage transformer with a primary and a secondary winding. The converter further includes a switch control unit, which opens or closes the fourth switch at a control time delayed in relation to the first switch. | 10-23-2008 |
20080259646 | DYNAMIC CONVERTER TOPOLOGY - Methods and apparatus of dynamic topology power converters are provided. One method includes monitoring at least one variable of the power converter and based on the at least one monitored variable, using a converter topology selected between at least a full-bridge converter topology and a half-bridge converter topology to achieve an efficient operation at a then current operational load. | 10-23-2008 |
20080278969 | Device and Method for Equalizing Charges of Series-Connected Energy Stores - A device and method for equalizing the charges of series-connected individual cells of an energy storage device with a DC/DC converter, which draws energy from the energy storage device or from another energy source, charges an intermediate circuit capacitor whose voltage is inverted in a DC/AC converter, converts the alternating voltage via AC bus lines and coupling transformers by way of a rectifier into a pulsating direct current, and charges the cell having the lowest cell voltage with the pulsating direct current. | 11-13-2008 |
20080291699 | Low-Loss Rectifier with Optically Coupled Gate Shunting - A rectifier circuit ( | 11-27-2008 |
20080298087 | Switching sequence control method for a PS-ZVT bridge converter - The switching sequence of a phase-shifted zero-voltage-transition (PS-ZVT) full bridge converter circuit is alternated between two modes by periodically reversing the switching sequence for diagonally opposed switching devices of the bridge. Over a period of operation, each of the switching devices periodically conduct the entire free-wheeling current that occurs during load current reversal transitions so as to balance their average power dissipation and reduce the overall power dissipation of the converter circuit. | 12-04-2008 |
20080310190 | Power Converter Employing Integrated Magnetics with a Current Multiplier Rectifier and Method of Operating the Same - A power converter having input and output nodes and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the power converter includes a switching circuit including first, second and third active phase legs. Each of the first, second and third active legs includes a first switch coupled to one of the input nodes and a second switch coupled to another of the input nodes and has a common switching node therebetween. The power converter further includes a magnetic device including first, second and third primary windings, and first, second and third secondary windings. The first, second and third primary windings are coupled to the common switching node of the first, second and third active phase legs, respectively. The power converter still further includes a rectifier including first, second and third rectifier elements interposed between the first, second and third secondary windings, respectively, and one of the output nodes. | 12-18-2008 |
20080316773 | High Voltage Power Supply for Static Neutralizers - A high voltage power supply for a static neutralizer is disclosed. The high voltage power supply includes a resonant converter and a load with an emitter module having an emitter, reference electrode, and a capacitance value. The resonant converter is disposed to have a resonant frequency and an output coupled to the load. The resonant converter generates an output waveform with an amplitude sufficient for generating to ions by corona discharge when the load receives the output waveform. The load is predominantly capacitive when the resonant converter is operating at the resonant frequency. | 12-25-2008 |
20080316774 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT - A power supply unit that allows a main battery and an auxiliary battery to be charged by a system power supply is disclosed. The first and second bridge circuits of the power supply unit are each formed of four switching elements. The transformer of the power supply unit has a primary winding connected to the first bridge circuit, and a secondary winding connected to the second bridge circuit. The DC/DC converter of the power supply unit allows the auxiliary battery to be connected to the first and second circuits. The controller of the power supply unit controls the switching elements of the first bridge circuit, the switching elements of the second bridge circuit, and the switching element of the DC/DC converter such that power that has been charged to the main battery is output as an AC voltage having voltage and frequency for electric appliances. | 12-25-2008 |
20090003018 | DC TO DC CONVERSION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A direct current to direct current (DC/DC) converter control systems and related methods are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment provides a control circuit configured to modulate the duty cycles of a first switching device and a second switching device, and is further configured to compensate for a voltage drift at a monitoring node by varying the modulation for at least one of the switching devices. | 01-01-2009 |
20090021962 | Systems and Methods for Off-Time Control in a Voltage Converter - Various embodiments of the present invention provide voltage converters and methods for using such. As one example, a voltage converter is disclosed that includes a transformer with a first winding and a second winding. A voltage is applied to the first winding for a period that is followed by an OFF time. The voltage converter further includes an OFF time controller that is operable to adjust the OFF time based at least in part on a load current traversing the second winding. | 01-22-2009 |
20090027923 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - A power supply device includes input terminals, output terminals, a main transformer having a primary winding and secondary windings, a primary circuit connected between the input terminals and the primary winding of the main transformer, a secondary circuit connected between the secondary windings of the main transformer | 01-29-2009 |
20090034298 | Control Method And Apparatus Of Resonant Type DC/DC Converter With Low Power Loss At Light Load And Standby - The present invention discloses a control method and apparatus of resonant converter with low power loss at light load and standby. Based on the frequency response and loading condition of the resonant tank of a resonant converter, adjusts the switching frequency and the switching duty cycle to have a stable output voltage. Perform zero voltage switching and obtain higher converting efficiency by using the energy transfer in the resonant tank of the resonant type converter. Also have higher converting efficiency by combining with synchronize-rectify. Including: a resonant type converter, a controller of resonant type converter, and a regulated voltage mode (frequency modulation hybrid pulse width modulation, FMHYPWM) controller, and if the system specification require, a power factor correction or a double voltage rectifier circuit may be used in the advanced stage of the resonant type converter. The out put rectifier of the resonant type converter may be changed to a synchronized-rectifier. | 02-05-2009 |
20090034299 | Apparatus and method for high efficiency isolated power converter - A DC-DC converter apparatus comprising half or full bridge, two-stage resonant converter, which may include series resonant (inductor, capacitor) devices. An isolated transformer having primary and secondary winding supplies current to full-wave secondary stage-bridge through the use of primary winding resonant devices employing primary stage-bridge. The magnetizing of said devices employs zero-current, zero-voltage resonant-transition switching technology, which reduces switching losses at all switching frequencies to almost zero. The regulation of output voltage at all loads and input voltages achieved by the control of the switching frequency and the phase between signals for primary and secondary stages. The proper intermittent of the frequency and the phase allows achieving the value of efficiency up to 97%. | 02-05-2009 |
20090034300 | Bidirectional DC/AC inverter - A bidirectional DC-AC inverter is disclosed. The DC-AC inverter includes an H bridge circuit, a connecting portion connected to the H bridge circuit, a smoothing filter that connects the connecting portion to the H bridge circuit, and a control section. The H bridge circuit has four switching elements. The four switching elements include two first switching elements first ends of which are connected to each other and two second switching elements second ends of which are connected to each other. The smoothing filter has a capacitor and two coils connected to the capacitor. The control section controls the first switching elements in such a manner that the two coils function as booster coils when an alternating voltage input from a system power supply is converted to a direct current voltage. | 02-05-2009 |
20090046482 | Phase shifted H-Bridge resonant converter with symmetrical currents - An H-bridge, phase shifted resonant converter, with symmetrical switched currents is described. This includes open and short circuit protection, with phase shift operation to zero output. The proposed circuit includes an H-bridge converter, employing the use of a “loosely” coupled inductor in place of the standard series inductor(s) to reduce the peak currents. In addition, the current will be symmetrical in all of the H-bridge switching devices. Furthermore, the impedance of the “loosely” coupled inductor controls the maximum current in the H-bridge in an open, short, or under load conditions. The “loosely” coupled inductor, with the addition of a small AC load, enhances the operation of the converter near zero output. | 02-19-2009 |
20090059622 | BI-DIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A bi-directional DC-DC converter has a transformer for connecting a voltage type full bridge circuit connected to a first power source and a current type switching circuit connected to a second power source. A voltage clamping circuit constructed by switching elements and a clamping capacitor is connected to the current type switching circuit. The converter has a control circuit for cooperatively making switching elements operative so as to control a current flowing in a resonance reactor. | 03-05-2009 |
20090067200 | Device and method for equalizing the charges of individual, series-connected cells of an energy storage device - A device and a method for compensating charges of serially connected individual cells of an energy storage device includes a DC/DC converter which taps power from the energy storage device or an additional energy source, charges a capacitor of an intermediate circuit by way of the tapped power, inverts the voltage thereof in a DC/AC converter, converts the alternating voltage into an intermittent direct current via an AC bus and a double capacitor by way of a rectifier, and charges the cell with the intermittent direct current at the lowest cell voltage. | 03-12-2009 |
20090097279 | Inductance-voltage clamping full-bridge soft-switch circuit - The present invention discloses an improved inductance-voltage clamping full-bridge soft-switch circuit, comprising a full-bridge converter, a transformer, an output rectifying unit, an inductor, a clamping resistor, a capacitor, a first clamping diode and a second clamping diode. The inductor includes a first winding used as an auxiliary inductor and a second winding used for clamping. The present invention greatly reduces the transient current stress on the clamping resistor by connecting a capacitor in parallel with the clamping resistor connected in series, thereby effectively enhancing the reliability of the clamping resistor and improving the reliability of the overall circuit. | 04-16-2009 |
20090097280 | RESONANT CONVERTER SYSTEM HAVING SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - The configurations of a resonant converter system and a controlling method thereof are provided. The proposed resonant converter system includes a resonant converter receiving an input voltage for outputting an output voltage, a rectifying device having a first rectifying switch and a synchronous rectification control circuit coupled to the resonant converter and including a signal generation apparatus generating a weighted turn-off signal to turn off the first rectifying switch at a zero crossing point of a first current flowing through the first rectifying switch. | 04-16-2009 |
20090103333 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING AN ALTERNATING VOLTAGE INTO A RECTIFIED VOLTAGE - A circuit arrangement for converting an alternating voltage (U-IN) into a rectified voltage (U-OUT) comprises a first transistor ( | 04-23-2009 |
20090109710 | Switching power supply unit - A switching power supply unit is provided, in which circuit efficiency can be effectively improved compared with a usual case. Secondary windings of a transformer are configured of two sheet metals. Rectifier diodes in a rectifier circuit are connected between the two sheet metals. Inductance of a line between the rectifier elements and the secondary windings is reduced compared with the usual case where rectifier elements are connected between secondary windings and a wiring area, and consequently surge voltage to the rectifier elements is effectively suppressed. A plurality of diode chips configuring the rectifier diodes are preferably disposed at equal spaces along a winding direction of each of the sheet metals. | 04-30-2009 |
20090129122 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR ARC APPARATUS - This power supply device for an arc apparatus includes: a three phase full wave rectification circuit in which a plurality of semiconductor switching elements are connected in inverse parallel with a plurality of rectification elements, and which rectifies a three phase AC power supply; an AC reactor which is connected to the three phase AC power supply and the three phase full wave rectification circuit; a smoothing capacitor which smoothes the output voltage of the three phase full wave rectification circuit; an inverter circuit which converts the output of the smoothing capacitor to high frequency AC; and a rectification circuit which rectifies the output of the inverter circuit and supplies the result to a load. Moreover, this power supply device for an arc apparatus also includes a control is circuit which performs switching control of the semiconductor switching elements, so that the phases of the input voltage and of the input current of the three phase AC power supply agree with one another. | 05-21-2009 |
20090129123 | INSULATED POWER TRANSFER DEVICE - An insulated transfer device with particular topology, comprising on the primary, a switched-mode voltage step-up circuit, with a step-up inductance (L | 05-21-2009 |
20090129124 | POWER SUPPLY FOR ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR - A high-voltage AC-DC converter is provided that converts alternating current into high-voltage direct current to be provided to a load, e.g. for use as an electrostatic precipitator. The converter includes at least one transformer, wherein the transformer includes at least one primary winding on the AC-side and at least two secondary windings on the DC-side. The converter further includes at least one rectifier rectifying alternating input current, comprising at least one transistor bridge converting the resulting direct current into alternating current, the transformer transforming the resulting alternating current, and comprising at least two high-voltage rectifiers connected to each of the secondary windings, wherein the output voltage of the high-voltage rectifiers is connected in series. | 05-21-2009 |
20090141519 | DC/DC CONVERTER - Provided is a DC/DC converter including a power supply unit that includes a transformer having one primary side and a plurality of secondary sides and outputs a plurality of driving voltages for driving a load; and a constant current converting unit that is connected to one secondary side and a low-voltage stage of another secondary side adjacent to the one secondary side among the plurality of secondary sides of the transformer and boosts a driving voltage output from the one secondary side. | 06-04-2009 |
20090168460 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING H-BRIDGE DC-AC INVERTER - The present invention discloses an apparatus for controlling an H-bridge DC-AC inverter, comprising an H-bridge DC-DC converting circuit capable of converting unstable DC power into stable DC power and a full-bridge DC-AC inverting circuit capable of inverting DC power output from the H-bridge DC-DC converting circuit into AC power. The H-bridge DC-DC converting circuit comprises: a first active switching element and a second active switching element; an inductor capable of storing energy; a first passive switching element and a second passive switching element; and a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The full-bridge DC-AC inverting circuit comprises: a third active switching element, a fourth active switching element, a fifth active switching element and a sixth active switching element; an output inductor; and an output capacitor. | 07-02-2009 |
20090168461 | Switching power supply unit - A switching power supply unit is provided, which may supply stable output while manufacturing cost is held down. In a smoothing circuit, a magnetic flux in a first circular magnetic path, a magnetic flux in a second circular magnetic path, a magnetic flux generated by a current flowing through a choke coil, and a magnetic flux generated by a current flowing through another choke coil are shared by one another in the inside of a common magnetic core. A current flowing through two choke coils and a current flowing through different, two choke coils are balanced, and thus stabilized. Moreover, in the smoothing circuit, since such a balanced state is automatically kept, a characteristic value of an element or the like need not be adjusted. | 07-02-2009 |
20090190375 | CONVERTER CONTROL DEVICE - A converter device which is configured by connecting three converter circuits in parallel is provided between a secondary battery serving as a first power supply and a fuel cell serving as a second power supply. A control unit includes a PID control module which controls the converter device by PID control, for executing desired voltage conversion; a module for modifying the number of drive phases which changes the number of drive phases of the converter device in response to an electric power passing through the converter device; and a gain switching module which switches feedback gains in the PID control when the number of drive phases is changed. | 07-30-2009 |
20090196072 | Phase-shifted dual-bridge DC/DC converter with wide-range ZVS and zero circulating current - Disclosed is a family of new DC/DC converters and a new control method. The converter comprises two bridge inverters, two full-wave rectification circuits and a current-doubler filter. Each inverter is able to generate a symmetrical and isolated AC output voltage. Phase-shift control is employed to control the phase difference between the two bridge inverters. By shifting the phase, the converter changes the two inverters' output voltage overlapping area to regulate its output voltage. The bridge inverters always operate at 50% duty cycle, like an open loop Bus Converter, to achieve wide-range zero voltage switching and eliminate circulating current for normal operation. For low output voltage regulation and soft start, Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) control is used. The converters and the control method improve power conversion efficiency, maximize magnetic component utilization, reduce semiconductor stress and decrease EMI emission. | 08-06-2009 |
20090196073 | Switching power supply unit - A switching power supply unit capable of simplifying its structure by reducing the number of parts for wiring is provided. A rectifier circuit has a diode inserted between a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding to form a series circuit therewith, and a diode inserted between a third secondary winding and a fourth secondary winding to form a series circuit therewith. A smoothing circuit has a first choke coil inserted between an input section connected to a center tap and an output terminal, and a second choke coil inserted between an input part connected to a junction point and an output terminal. A first path and a second path are formed of a wiring member made of a single sheet metal, and a third path and a fourth path are formed of a wiring member made of another sheet metal. | 08-06-2009 |
20090201700 | DC CONVERSION APPARATUS - A DC conversion apparatus comprises a first transformer, a second transformer, a parallel circuit having series circuits connected in parallel, one of the series circuits including a reactor and a primary winding of the first transformer, the other series circuit including a reactor and a primary winding of the second transformer, a conversion circuit converting a DC voltage of a DC power source into an AC voltage and outputting it to the parallel circuit, a first rectifying-smoothing circuit rectifying and smoothing a first voltage generated by a first secondary windings of the first transformer into a first DC output, and a second rectifying-smoothing circuit rectifying and smoothing a second voltage generated by a first secondary windings of the second transformer into a second DC output that is different from the first voltage. The second secondary windings of the first transformer are connected in parallel with the first secondary windings of the second transformer. | 08-13-2009 |
20090207634 | Switching power supply circuit - An exemplary switching power supply circuit includes a transformer, a switching control circuit, a DC-DC converter, and a signal selecting circuit. The transformer converts a DC voltage into a first DC voltage and a second DC voltage. The switching control circuit controls a current flowing on the transformer for generating the first DC voltage and the second DC voltage. The DC-DC converter converts the first DC voltage or the second DC voltage into a third DC voltage. The signal selecting circuit selects the first DC voltage or the second DC voltage for the DC-DC converter to generate the third DC voltage. | 08-20-2009 |
20090213622 | Powering Unit with Full Bridge and Wide Adjusting Range Circuit - There is described a powering unit comprising at least one transformer, at least one full bridge circuit via which a primary winding of the transformer is connected to a direct current voltage input, a secondary winding for triggering an output circuit with an output direct current voltage via a bridge-type rectifier circuit as well as an output choke coil and an output capacitor, and a discharge circuit consisting a diode, for a capacitor and of a resistor for reducing the secondary-side peak voltages. The powering unit has another secondary winding, another bridge-type rectifier circuit and another discharge circuit operable to trigger the output circuit with part of the output direct current voltage via the output choke coil and the output capacitor. Thus, there are fewer losses in the resistors and the performance is enhanced. | 08-27-2009 |
20090231884 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE USING CURRENT SHARING TRANSFORMER - In accordance with the present invention, the switching power supply device using a current sharing transformer includes an inverter switching unit for switching an input voltage; a share inductor for classification connected to the inverter switching unit for distributing a current applied by the inverter switching unit; first and second transformers of which each primary side connected to the share inductor for classification is connected in parallel to each other; and a rectifying unit connected to secondary sides of the first and second transformers. | 09-17-2009 |
20090231885 | INTEGRATED TRANSFORMER AND POWER SUPPLY USING THE SAME - There are provided an integrated transformer in which a power conversion transformer and an inductor for stabilizing output power by the transformer are integrated into one transformer structure, and a power supply using the same. An integrated transformer according to an aspect of the invention includes: a core part including: first and second supports; and first and second outer legs and a center leg provided between the first and second supports, and magnetically connecting the first and second supports to each other, wherein a cross-section of the first and second outer legs and a cross-section of the center leg have a width of the first support and a width of the second support in a longitudinal direction, respectively, and a width of each of the first and second outer legs exceeds 0.5 times a width of the center leg but does not exceed 2 times the width of the center leg. | 09-17-2009 |
20090251927 | Phase Shifted DC-DC Converter with Improved Efficiency at Light Load - A device including a full bridge, a half bridge, a first inductor, and a second inductor. The full bridge has a first pair of transistors being activated when a load applied to the device is above a predetermined level and deactivated when the load applied to the device is below the predetermined level, and a second pair of transistors being continuously activated. The half bridge has a third pair of transistors that are activated when the load applied to the device is below the predetermined level and deactivated when the load applied to the device is above the predetermined level. The first and second inductors are connected between the outputs of the full and half bridges are adapted to cooperate with each other to provide a zero voltage switching of the device at a light load. The first and third pairs of transistors are activated at different times. | 10-08-2009 |
20090257247 | Switching Power Supply Circuit and Surge Absobring Circuit - Provided is a switching power supply device capable of effectively improving power supply efficiency with a small number of parts. The switching power supply device includes: a switching circuits (S | 10-15-2009 |
20090262556 | H-BRIDGE BUCK-BOOST CONVERTER - An H-bridge buck-boost converter includes a first half-bridge portion having at least one first transistor, an inductor portion connected to the first half-bridge portion at a first connection, a second half-bride portion connected to the inductor portion at a second connection, the second half-bridge portion having at least one second transistor, and a control portion configured to provide a first switching signal to a gate of the first transistor of the first half-bridge portion as a function of a voltage at the first connection. | 10-22-2009 |
20090290384 | High power factor isolated buck-type power factor correction converter - A regulated power factor corrected power supply apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an input rectifier circuit for receiving an input AC voltage and outputting a full-wave rectified DC voltage. A single-stage isolated buck-type converter is coupled with the input circuit. The converter circuit comprises an isolated buck-type converter circuit including an isolation transformer. An output rectifier and semiconductor tap switch are coupled to a secondary winding of the isolation transformer. The tap switch couples a larger portion of the secondary winding to an output bulk capacitor during the portions of the input sinewave half-cycle, which are low in amplitude. The tap switch enables the single-stage isolation buck-type converter to operate over a much larger portion of the input sinewave, but also allows the converter to operate at high-efficiency over the majority of the input sinewave. | 11-26-2009 |
20090290385 | Resonant power factor correction converter - An AC-to-DC power converter configured to provide power factor correction and a single isolated low-voltage output. The power converter includes a single-stage resonant power converter including an isolation transformer, a resonant tank, a rectifier, and a bulk storage capacitor coupled to an output of the isolation transformer. In typical applications, at least one non-isolated power converter is coupled to the output of the single-stage isolated power factor correction converter. | 11-26-2009 |
20100002471 | PHASE SHIFT FULL BRIDGE CONVERTER WITH REDUCED CURRENT STRESS - A phase shift full bridge converter with a reduced current stress includes: a switching unit that switches an input voltage; a transformer that includes a first capacitor serially connected to, and having a primary side and a secondary side; an auxiliary circuit unit that includes a first switch, a second switch, and a second capacitor, which are connected in parallel to the secondary side of the transformer; and a rectification unit that is connected to the auxiliary circuit unit, with an output inductor being removed. | 01-07-2010 |
20100014321 | VARIABLE SWITCHING FREQUENCY TYPE POWER SUPPLY - There is provided a variable switching frequency type power supply that can achieve high efficiency by fixing a switching duty cycle to 50% and varying switching frequency. A variable switching frequency type power supply according to an aspect of the invention may include: a switching unit switching input power; a transformation unit converting a voltage level of the power switched by the switching unit into a predetermined voltage level; a rectification unit rectifying the power converted by the transformation unit; and a control unit fixing a switching duty cycle of the switching unit to a predetermined switching duty cycle, and varying switching frequency of the switching unit according to a voltage level of output power. | 01-21-2010 |
20100014322 | SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLY AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION - A switched mode power supply allowing a half bridge converter to be use alone or in combination with another converter to form a full bridge converter. A common controller may be used for either half bridge or full bridge configurations. The modular approach simplifies design for a range of power supplies and reduces costs. | 01-21-2010 |
20100014323 | VOLTAGE CONTROL DEVICE AND VOLTAGE CONTROL METHOD - A voltage control device and a voltage control method capable of improving efficiency of a system as a whole even when fluctuation in voltage of a capacitor, which is a storage battery, is large are provided. A capacitor for supplying electric power to a predetermined load, an inverter connected to the load, an AC-coupling bi-directional DC-DC converter including two voltage source inverters of which direct-current terminals are connected in series so as to have additive polarity and a transformer for AC-coupling alternating-current terminals of the two voltage source inverters and having a predetermined leak inductance, with one of the two voltage source inverters connected in parallel to a capacitor, for outputting direct-current voltage obtained by increasing capacitor voltage of the capacitor to the inverter, and control unit for generating a command value of the direct-current voltage based on efficiency of the AC-coupling bi-directional DC-DC converter having a value corresponding to the capacitor voltage to output, are provided. | 01-21-2010 |
20100033993 | TRANSFORMER HAVING RESONANT INDUCTANCE - Provided is a transformer having resonant inductance, the transformer including a core that includes a first leg formed in one side thereof, a second leg which is formed in the other side thereof so as to be electromagnetically coupled to the first leg, and a third leg which is formed between the first and second legs so as to be electromagnetically coupled to the first and second legs; a primary winding that is wound around one side of the third leg; a secondary winding that is wound around the other side of the third leg so as to induce power through electromagnetic induction with the primary winding; and a resonant inductance winding that is wound around the outside of the core so as not to be magnetically induced by magnetic fluxes generated from the primary and secondary windings. | 02-11-2010 |
20100091522 | Extended E Matrix Integrated Magnetics (MIM) Core - A matrix integrated magnetics (MIM) “Extended E” core in which a plurality of outer legs are disposed on a base and separated along a first outer edge to define windows therebetween. A center leg is disposed on the top region of the base and separated from the outer legs to define a center window. The center leg is suitably positioned along a second outer edge opposite the first or between outer legs positioned along opposing outer edges. A plate is disposed on the outer legs opposite the base. | 04-15-2010 |
20100097826 | RESONANT CONVERTER FOR SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION CONTROL - A resonant converter for improving synchronous rectification control is provided. The resonant converter obtains an input power, and through a switch unit, the period of the input power to be transmitted to a resonant circuit can be modified. The resonant converter further includes two transformers electrically connected to the resonant circuit, two synchronous controllers electrically connected to the primary sides of two transformers respectively, and two synchronous rectifiers electrically connected to the secondary sides of two transformers. The input power modified by the resonant circuit is obtained by the primary sides of two transformers, and two induced power are respectively produced at the secondary sides. Then, through sensing the polarity variation of the voltage, the two synchronous controllers individually provide a synchronous driving signal. Furthermore, the synchronous driving signals respectively drive two synchronous rectifiers to conduct alternatively, so as to rectify the induced power to the output terminal. | 04-22-2010 |
20100103703 | ISOLATED DC-DC CONVERTER - A switching circuit arranged to switch the input of an input power supply is connected to a primary winding of a transformer at a primary side of the transformer. A digital control circuit including a switching controller arranged to output control pulses to the switching circuit and a rectifying/smoothing circuit connected to secondary windings of the transformer are disposed at a secondary side of the transformer. The digital control circuit outputs the control pulses via a pulse transformer, calculates the input power-supply voltage on the basis of the on-duty cycle of the control pulses, the output voltage, and the ratio of the number of turns of the primary winding to the number of turns of the secondary windings of the transformer, and performs converter control in accordance with the calculated input power-supply voltage. | 04-29-2010 |
20100128498 | SWITCH MODE PULSE WIDTH MODULATED DC-DC CONVERTER WITH MULTIPLE POWER TRANSFORMERS - A switch mode pulse width modulated DC-DC power converter comprises at least one first electronic circuit on a input side ( | 05-27-2010 |
20100135045 | Sine Wave Inverter - An inverter circuit having a single conversion stage with substantially zero-current switching. | 06-03-2010 |
20100142228 | Bi-Directional DC-DC Converter and Control Method - A bi-directional DC-DC converter uses a transformer for both step-down and step-up operations. A switching frequency for operating a switching device is set separately for the step-down and step-up operations. When, for example, the switching frequency during the step-up operation is lower than the switching frequency during the step-down operation, the range in which the duty ratio in PWM control can be controlled is widened, compensating for step-up ratio insufficiency. Conversely, step-down ratio insufficiency is compensated for by making the switching frequency during the step-down operation lower than the switching frequency during the step-up operation. | 06-10-2010 |
20100149837 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - An object of the present invention is to provide a switching power supply which can stably determine whether an overcurrent occurs or not on the secondary side. A sample voltage corresponding to a load current value detected by detection resistors R | 06-17-2010 |
20100177536 | DC-DC POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS METHOD FOR IMPROVING DC-DC POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A Direct Current to Direct Current (DC-DC) power supply apparatus includes: a transformer; a transformer primary circuit; a transformer secondary circuit, which includes a rectifier circuit capable of transformation and configured to convert a square wave voltage output by the transformer into a DC output voltage; and a control unit, which controls the transformer secondary circuit to stabilize the DC output voltage into a required value according to the DC output voltage. | 07-15-2010 |
20100220500 | POWER CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER CONVERTER - The invention prevents the voltage change ratio of switching devices of a power converter from exceeding a specified maximum rating, thus avoiding damage in switching devices and an increase in conduction loss. In a power converter having a plurality of switching devices, switching means for switching a control scheme for the switching devices to a phase shift control scheme or a pulse width modulation scheme is provided, whereby the control scheme for the switching devices is switched from the phase shift control scheme to the pulse width modulation scheme in a non-load or light-load state. | 09-02-2010 |
20100220501 | DC/DC CONVERTER AND AC/DC CONVERTER - A DC/DC converter ( | 09-02-2010 |
20100232180 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT, HARD DISK DRIVE AND METHOD OF SWITCHING THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT - Zero volt switching during a light load is performed in such a manner that through an ON/OFF control of switches provided for a full bridge circuit and the synchronous rectifier switches in a rectifier and smoothing circuit, a resonant peak voltage necessary for the zero voltage switching determined by the output current flowing to output terminals, a resonant inductor and a resonant capacitor capacitance is ensured so that an energy accumulated in the rectifier and smoothing circuit is returned to the full bridge circuit so as to act as equivalent as when the output current is increased and to increase the current flowing through the full bridge circuit. | 09-16-2010 |
20100232181 | TRANSFORMER AND SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY UNIT - The transformer includes: a magnetic core having two base-plates and four legs; a first conductive member as a first winding, having four through-holes through which the four legs pass, respectively; and one or more second conductive members as a second winding, each having four through-holes through which the four legs pass, respectively. The first and second windings are wound around the four legs. Closed magnetic paths are formed inside the magnetic core from the four legs to the two base-plates due to currents flowing through the first or the second winding. A couple of magnetic fluxes each generated inside each of a couple of legs arranged along one diagonal line are both directed in a first direction, while another couple of magnetic fluxes each generated inside each of another couple of legs arranged along another diagonal line are both directed in a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 09-16-2010 |
20100246214 | Switching power supply unit - A witching power supply unit, which suppresses switching loss in switching elements and surge voltage onto an output rectifier device and reduces the number of components, is provided. The switching power supply unit include: a switching circuit of full bridge type disposed on the input side; a rectifier circuit disposed on the output side; a transformer disposed between the switching circuit and the rectifier circuit and including a first winding on the input side, a second winding on the output side, a third winding; a surge voltage suppressing circuit connected in parallel with the switching circuit; and a driving circuit. The third winding is connected to the full bridge circuit to form a H-bridge configuration. Magnetic coupling between the first and second windings and magnetic coupling between the first and third windings are both looser than that between the second and third windings. | 09-30-2010 |
20100254163 | RESONANT POWER CONVERTER WITH CURRENT DOUBLER RECTIFIER AND RELATED METHOD - A power converter is provided, which may include_a transformer having primary and secondary windings; a primary side switching bridge arrangement including at least two switches switcheable at a switching frequency to drive the primary winding of said transformer, said primary side switching bridge arrangement including at least one decoupling capacitor; and a secondary side rectifying and filtering stage coupled to the secondary winding of said transformer, wherein said secondary side rectifying and filtering stage includes a current doubler with at least one inductor, wherein said at least one decoupling capacitor and said at least one inductor in said current doubler comprise a resonant tank circuit having a resonant frequency range encompassing said switching frequency, whereby said converter exhibits a gain defined by the position of said switching frequency within said resonant frequency range. | 10-07-2010 |
20100259951 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR AVOIDING HARD SWITCHING IN HALF BRIDGE CONVERTERS - A half bridge switching dc-dc converter an input dc voltage to an output dc voltage. The converter includes a switching circuit for receiving the input dc voltage and generating a periodic square wave voltage oscillating from a high value corresponding to the input dc voltage to a low value corresponding to a reference voltage. The periodic square wave voltage oscillates at a main frequency with a main duty cycle equal to about 50% when the converter operates in a steady state. The converter further includes a conversion circuit for providing the output dc voltage from the square wave voltage based on the main frequency and on the main duty cycle. The converter still further comprises a switching control circuit controlling the switching circuit for temporarily varying the main duty cycle during at least one period of the square wave after a power on of the converter. | 10-14-2010 |
20100265740 | IMPROVED SELF POWERED SUPPLY FOR POWER CONVERTER SWITCH DRIVER - Self-powered supplies with on-board diagnostics are presented for powering a power converter switch driver with power obtained from an associated snubber circuit, including a first converter stage with a full bridge rectifier with a crowbar circuit creating a first DC bus and a second stage with an isolated DC to DC converter, and on-board diagnostics to indicate snubber failures and abnormal conditions of the self-powered supply. | 10-21-2010 |
20100315839 | ENERGY RECOVERY SNUBBER CIRCUIT FOR POWER CONVERTERS - An energy recovery snubber circuit for use in switching power converters. The power converters may include a switch network coupled to a primary winding of an isolation transformer, and rectification circuitry coupled to a secondary winding of the isolation transformer. The energy recovery snubber circuit may include clamping circuitry that is operative to clamp voltage spikes and/or ringing at the rectification circuitry. The clamped voltages may be captured by an energy capture module, such as a capacitor. Further, the energy recovery snubber circuitry may include control circuitry operative to return the energy captured by the energy capture module to the input of the power converter. To maintain electrical isolation between a primary side and a secondary side of the isolation transformer, a second isolation transformer may be provided to return the captured energy back to the input of the power converter. | 12-16-2010 |
20110007525 | BIOPOLAR POWER CONTROL - This invention relates to a circuit for controlling a power converter featuring BJTs, through use of a control winding on the transformer that provides the base drive for the BJTs. This controller can control the control winding current, thus modifying the commutating of the current or stopping the oscillations. It can provide unidirectional shorts to prevent commutation and can also provide an initial power pulse to control the start or operation of the power converter. | 01-13-2011 |
20110019440 | BI-DIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A bi-directional DC-DC converter has a transformer for connecting a voltage type full bridge circuit connected to a first power source and a current type switching circuit connected to a second power source. A voltage clamping circuit constructed by switching elements and a clamping capacitor is connected to the current type switching circuit. The converter has a control circuit for cooperatively making switching elements operative so as to control a current flowing in a resonance reactor. | 01-27-2011 |
20110038180 | RESONANT POWER CONVERTER WITH HALF BRIDGE AND FULL BRIDGE OPERATIONS AND METHOD FOR CONTROL THEREOF - A resonant power converter with half bridge and full bridge operations and a method for control thereof are provided. The resonant power converter includes a full bridge circuit, a control circuit and a PFC circuit. The full bridge circuit switches a power transformer in response to switching signals. The control circuit coupled to receive a feedback signal and an input signal generates switching signals. The feedback signal is correlated to the output of the power converter and the input signal is correlated to the input voltage of the full bridge circuit, where the full bridge circuit is operated as a full bridge switching when the input signal is lower than a threshold, and the full bridge circuit is operated as a half bridge switching when the input signal is higher than the threshold. The PFC circuit generates the input voltage of the full bridge circuit. | 02-17-2011 |
20110038181 | RESONANT CONVERTER HAVING OVER-CURRENT PROTECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - The configurations of a DC/DC resonant converter and a controlling method thereof are provided. The proposed converter includes an over-current protection apparatus including a first switch element having a first and a second terminals, and a first voltage element having a negative terminal coupled to a positive terminal of a DC input voltage source and a positive terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first switch element. | 02-17-2011 |
20110051462 | POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT CIRCUIT - An over-voltage protection circuit of the invention is connected with a DC-DC converter having a structure in which a plurality of switching elements is serially connected to a direct current output voltage terminal of a power factor improvement circuit. An output over-voltage detection resistance of a latch-type output over-voltage detection circuit is connected to a connection point at which the plurality of switching elements is connected. | 03-03-2011 |
20110080756 | MODIFIED ZERO VOLTAGE TRANSITION (ZVT) FULL BRIDGE CONVERTER AND PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) ARRAY USING THE SAME - The present invention, a modified zero voltage transition (ZVT) full bridge converter, is an isolated dc/dc converter which can operate with high efficiency and high reliability in applications requiring a low input voltage and high output voltage. | 04-07-2011 |
20110090715 | ISOLATED SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A transformer includes a first secondary winding, a second secondary winding, and a third secondary winding. The second secondary winding and the third secondary winding are wound to include the same number of turns and to have opposite magnetic polarities. A low-pass filter includes a second inductor defined by a leakage inductance of the second secondary winding connected in series with the second secondary winding, a second inductor defined by a leakage inductance of the third secondary winding connected in series with the third secondary winding, and a second capacitor. An output voltage is output from an output terminal of the low-pass filter. | 04-21-2011 |
20110103097 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING GAIN WITHIN A RESONANT CONVERTER - An approach is provided for controlling a direct current gain of a resonant converter to increase power efficiency within a circuit. A phase shift module is configured to the resonant converter for generating a first control signal to control a primary driver of the resonant converter and a secondary control signal to control a secondary driver of the resonant converter. The first control signal and the second control signal has a phase shift for controlling a DC gain of the resonant converter. | 05-05-2011 |
20110103098 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESETTING A RESONANT CONVERTER - An approach is provided for limiting or eliminating residual energy in a resonant network before restarting a resonant converter including the resonant network. An energy resetting module is configured to the resonant converter for limiting a peak current occurring in a switching circuit of the resonant converter by resetting energy remaining in a resonant circuit of the resonant converter after the resonant converter is turned off. | 05-05-2011 |
20110103099 | SWITCHING CONTROL METHOD OF TRANSFORMER COUPLED BOOSTER - Provided is a switching control method of a transformer coupled booster to suppress an increase in energizing current in a transformer of the transformer coupled booster and downsize the transformer coupled booster. A primary coil current that flows through a primary coil of the transformer, and a secondary coil current that flows through a secondary coil of the transformer are detected. The current difference between the detected primary coil current and the detected secondary coil current is calculated. Based on the calculated current difference, the cycle of ON/OFF periods of four arms provided on the transformer coupled booster is maintained at a constant level. Control is carried out so that the ratio of the first arm's ON period to the OFF period is always equal to the ratio of the third arm's ON period to the OFF period. | 05-05-2011 |
20110128758 | SERIES RESONANT CONVERTER - A series resonant converter circuit that reduces power loss is provided that includes an inverter circuit having at least a pair of first and second switching elements that is connected between DC input terminals, a transformer connected to this inverter circuit, a resonant inductance means that are connected in series to a primary winding wire or a secondary winding wire of the transformer, a primary-side resonant capacitor that is connected in series to the resonant inductance means through the first or second switching element, first and second secondary-side resonant capacitors that are connected to each other in series between the DC input terminals, first and second unidirectional elements that are connected to each other in series between the DC output terminals, and a resonant inductance means that cooperates with resonant capacitance from the primary-side resonant capacitor and the first and second secondary-side resonant capacitors to resonate in series. | 06-02-2011 |
20110128759 | BI-DIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A bi-directional DC-DC converter has a transformer for connecting a voltage type full bridge circuit connected to a first power source and a current type switching circuit connected to a second power source. A voltage clamping circuit constructed by switching elements and a clamping capacitor is connected to the current type switching circuit. The converter has a control circuit for cooperatively making switching elements operative so as to control a current flowing in a resonance reactor. | 06-02-2011 |
20110149606 | AC-TO-DC CONVERTING CIRCUIT APPLICABLE TO POWER-CHARGING MODULE - The AC power generated by AC utility has been successfully transferred from AC-to-DC by means of an AC-to-DC converting circuit. This disclosure provides an AC-to-DC converting circuit applicable to a power-charging module, and the AC-to-DC converting circuit comprises two parts such as a first stage being a low-frequency AC to high-frequency AC converter comprising an input full-bridge rectifier, a full-bridge inverter and an immittance conversion circuit and a second stage being an AC-to-DC converter comprising a single-phase transformer and a full-bridge rectifier, where the inverter in the first stage is switched at high frequencies so as to reduce the size of the transformer in the second stage. Additionally, the immittance conversion circuit is further characterized in voltage to current conversion so as to simplify the control mechanism of the power-charging module, reduce the number of current measuring elements and the cost thereof. | 06-23-2011 |
20110176333 | Power Converter with Isolated and Regulation Stages - In a power converter, the duty cycle of a primary winding circuit causes near continuous flow of power through the primary and secondary winding circuits during normal operation. By providing no regulation during normal operation, a very efficient circuit is obtained with a synchronous rectifier in the secondary operating at all times. However, during certain conditions such as start up or a short-circuit, the duty cycle of the primary may be reduced to cause freewheeling periods. A normally non-regulating isolation stage may be followed by plural non-isolating regulation stages. To simplify the gate drive, the synchronous rectifiers may be allowed to turn off for a portion of the cycle when the duty cycle is reduced. A filter inductance of the secondary winding circuit is sufficient to minimize ripple during normal operation, but allows large ripple when the duty cycle is reduced. By accepting large ripple during other than normal operation, a smaller filter inductance can be used. | 07-21-2011 |
20110182087 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONVERTER FOR CLASS D AUDIO POWER AMPLIFIERS - A method and apparatus for power conversion in a class D amplifier is provided. The power conversion is achieved using synchronous rectifiers in a regulated half bridge power supply, taking the sum of the positive and negative rails as feedback, in order facilitate energy transfer between positive and negative output rails. This minimizes the effects of off side charging and rail sag, as well as achieving good line regulation, while allowing use of very small, low value output capacitors. | 07-28-2011 |
20110188267 | SHIFT FULL BRIDGE POWER CONVERTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A phase shift full bridge power converting system and a control method has the phase shift full bridge power converting system with a power converter, a controller, a load state detecting module, a switching controller, a switch module, a command generating module, a comparator, and a modulator module. The load state detecting module interfaces with the power converter and the switching controller. The load state detects module detects load parameter data of the power converter and switches a state at an output by using the switching controller. The controller obtains an error value between an output voltage of the comparator and a command voltage and calculates a duty cycle parameter by using the error value. According to the duty cycle parameter, a pulse control signal is generated to be outputted to a drive module for controlling the driving of the power converter. | 08-04-2011 |
20110199792 | Converter Comprising at least one Normally on Semiconductor Switch - A converter for converting a DC input voltage includes two input lines receiving the DC input voltage; at least one normally off semiconductor switch which is not conductive without application of a control voltage to its gate and which is provided in one of the input lines. The converter also includes electric circuitry connected between the input lines and including at least one normally on semiconductor switch which is conductive without application of a control voltage to its gate; and a controller. In operation of the converter, the controller operates the at least one normally on semiconductor switch of the electric circuitry by temporarily applying a first control voltage to its gate; and permanently applies a second control voltage to the gate of the at least one normally off semiconductor switch in the one input line. Any normally on semiconductor switch of the electric circuitry is spatially separated and thus thermally isolated from any normally off semiconductor switch. | 08-18-2011 |
20110228564 | GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT OF THE VOLTAGE DRIVE TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND POWER CONVERTER - A power converting apparatus having a gate drive circuit including a push-pull circuit consisting of two transistors at its output stage; a diode connected in series with the push-pull circuit; a gate power source connected in parallel with the series circuit of the push-pull circuit and the diode; a negative voltage generating circuit connected in parallel with the push-pull circuit; a transistor connected between the output terminal of the negative voltage generating circuit and the negative terminal of the gate power source, wherein the output voltage of the push-pull circuit is switched from positive polarity to negative polarity and vice versa depending on the signal applied to the base terminals of the transistors. | 09-22-2011 |
20110242854 | SWITCHING POWER UNIT - There is provided switching power unit comprising: a PFC voltage detector that detects PFC voltages of the power-factor improvement unit; an output voltage detector that is provided in a current resonance converter unit; a switching controller into which output signals from the PFC voltage detector and output signals from the output voltage detector are input, wherein the switching controller in a full-bridge circuit of first to fourth switching elements, based on output signals from the PFC voltage detector and the output voltage detector, controls the PFC voltages by changing on-duty of the first and second switching elements, and also controls the output voltages by changing switching frequencies of the full-bridge circuit. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242855 | Power Converter - A DC-DC power converter ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110242856 | RESONANT CONVERTER - A resonant converter ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110261590 | TWO STAGE RESONANT CONVERTER - A resonant converter comprising: a controllable current source; a resonant tank circuit coupled to the current source; and an isolated buck-type converter coupled to the resonant tank circuit, the isolated buck-type converter having an output, wherein the resonant tank circuit enables switches in the isolated buck-type converter to switch under soft-switching conditions. In some embodiments, the controllable current source is a switch-mode-type current source. In some embodiments, the isolated buck-type converter comprises a half-bridge converter. In some embodiments, the isolated buck-type converter comprises a full-bridge converter. In some embodiments, the isolated buck-type converter comprises a push-pull converter. | 10-27-2011 |
20110261591 | CONVERTER FOR SINGLE-PHASE AND THREE-PHASE OPERATION, D.C. VOLTAGE SUPPLY AND BATTERY CHARGER - A Converter ( | 10-27-2011 |
20110273909 | FULL-BRIDGE PHASE-SHIFT CONVERTER WITH AUXILIARY ZERO-VOLTAGE-SWITCHING CIRCUIT - A full-bridge phase-shift converter with an auxiliary zero-voltage-switching circuit includes a full-bridge switching circuit, an isolated transformer, an auxiliary zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) circuit, a full-wave rectifying circuit, and a low-pass filtering circuit. The full-bridge phase-shift converter is used to send energy which is supplied from a DC input voltage to a load. Therefore, an auxiliary inductor of the auxiliary ZVS circuit is provided to reinforce sufficient inductive energy on a leading-edge leg, thus achieving normally zero-voltage-switching operations of the full-bridge phase-shift converter. | 11-10-2011 |
20110286244 | ADJUSTABLE SPEED DRIVE LIFETIME IMPROVEMENT METHOD - The present techniques include methods and systems for operating an inverter to maintain a lifespan of the inverter. In some embodiments, the switching frequency and/or the output current of the inverter may be changed such that stress may be reduced on the inverter bond wires of the inverter. More specifically, embodiments involve calculating the aging parameters for certain operating conditions of the inverter and determining whether the operating conditions result in aging the inverter to a point which reduces the inverter lifespan below a desired lifespan. If the operating conditions reduce the inverter lifespan below the desired lifespan, the switching frequency may be reduced to a lower or minimum switching frequency of the inverter and/or the output current of the inverter may be reduced to a maximum output current at the minimum switching frequency. | 11-24-2011 |
20110286245 | DC/DC POWER CONVERTER HAVING ACTIVE SELF DRIVING SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION - A DC/DC voltage converter includes a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side. Primary side circuitry is connected to the primary side and includes a first pair of switching transistors controlled responsive to first control signals from the primary side of the transformer and receiving an input voltage. Secondary side circuitry is connected to the secondary side and includes a second pair of switching transistors controlled responsive to second control signals from the secondary side of the transformer and providing an output voltage. Driver circuitry generates the second control signals responsive to drain and source voltages at each of the second pair of switching transistors and a first and second PWM control signals. Signal shaping circuitry provides the first and second PWM control signals responsive to a drain voltage of each of the second pair of switching transistors. | 11-24-2011 |
20110299301 | FIXED-FREQUENCY LLC RESONANT POWER REGULATOR - An LLC resonant AC/DC power regulator system ( | 12-08-2011 |
20110299302 | RESONANT CONVERTER SYSTEM WITH HYBRID CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF HAVING RELATIVELY BETTER EFFICIENCY - The configurations of a resonant converter system and a controlling method thereof are provided. The proposed resonant converter system includes a resonant converter and a hybrid control apparatus coupled to the resonant converter for generating a driving signal to adjust a phase angle and a frequency of the resonant converter such that the resonant converter would reach a relatively lower voltage gain and have a relatively lower loss during an abnormal operation. | 12-08-2011 |
20120002446 | PRIMARY-SIDE POWER CONTROL FOR INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSFER - A method is provided for controlling the output voltage of a pickup in an inductive power transfer (IPT) system without any additional form of communications for feedback from the pickup to the power supply. The method comprising the steps of deriving an estimate of the output voltage of the pickup from the voltage across the primary conductive path, and adjusting the current in the primary conductive path so that the estimated pick-up output voltage matches a required pick-up output voltage. In particular, an estimate of the pickup output voltage is derived from the magnitude and phase angle of the voltage in the primary conductive path. | 01-05-2012 |
20120014138 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATED RESONANT POWER CONVERSION - A power converter including a resonant circuit is controlled by pulse width modulation (PWM) of a switching circuit to control current in the resonant circuit near the frequency of the resonant circuit (a null-immittance criterion) in order to control current and voltage at the output of the resonant circuit. Further control of voltage can be performed by PWM of a switching circuit at the output of the resonant circuit such that centers of the duty cycles of respective switches for the output of the resonant circuit are substantially synchronized and substantially symmetrical about centers of said duty cycles of respective switches at the input of the resonant circuit. Thus, operation of the converter is substantially simplified by using only PWM, a wide range of input and output voltages can be achieved and the converter circuit can be configured for bi-directional power transfer. | 01-19-2012 |
20120014139 | POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS - In a power converting apparatus which converts AC power into DC power, an inverter circuit including at least one series-connected single-phase inverter is connected in a downstream of a stage in which an AC input is rectified in series therewith. In the downstream stage of the inverter circuit, there are provided a smoothing capacitor connected via a rectifier diode and a short-circuiting switch for bypassing the smoothing capacitor. The short-circuiting switch is set to an ON state only in each of short-circuiting phase ranges of which midpoint matches each of zero-crossing phases and an output of the inverter circuit is controlled by using a current command so that a DC voltage of the smoothing capacitor follows a target voltage and an input power factor is improved. | 01-19-2012 |
20120026754 | DOUBLE PHASE-SHIFTING FULL-BRIDGE DC-TO-DC CONVERTER - A DC-to-DC converter has a leading full-bridge inverter and a lagging full-bridge inverter for receiving a DC input and producing respective AC output voltages. A full-wave rectifier circuit rectifies the AC output voltages to produce a rectified output voltage, which is filtered by a current doubling output filter circuit to produce a DC output voltage. A master phase-shift controller and a slave phase-shift controller respectively provide first and second control signals to the leading full-bridge inverter and third and fourth control signals to the lagging full-bridge inverter to regulate the DC output voltage by changing a phase of the second and fourth control signals with respect to the first and third control signals below a predetermined DC output voltage, and by changing a phase of the third and fourth control signals with respect to the first and second control signals above the predetermined threshold. | 02-02-2012 |
20120026755 | RESONANT CONVERTER SYSTEM HAVING SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - The configurations of a resonant converter system and a controlling method thereof are provided. The proposed resonant converter system includes a resonant converter receiving an input voltage for outputting an output voltage, a rectifying device having a first rectifying switch and a synchronous rectification control circuit coupled to the resonant converter and including a signal generation apparatus generating a weighted turn-off signal to turn off the first rectifying switch at a zero crossing point of a first current flowing through the first rectifying switch. | 02-02-2012 |
20120026756 | CONTROL CIRCUIT, CONTROL METHOD, AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A control circuit, a control method, and a power supply device are provided. The control circuit includes an obtaining sub-circuit, adapted to obtain a voltage signal from a reverse surge current when the reverse surge current appears on a primary side of a switch power circuit of a synchronous rectification circuit; a maintaining sub-circuit, adapted to continuously output a first control signal in a preset first time period when the voltage signal is greater than a preset first voltage threshold; and a control sub-circuit, adapted to control and switch off switch tubes of the secondary side of the switch power circuit of the synchronous rectification circuit according to the first control signal. Thus, a reverse current surge of the switch power circuit of the synchronous rectification circuit can be effectively suppressed, and the safety of a switch power supply of the synchronous rectification circuit can be effectively protected. | 02-02-2012 |
20120039092 | CURRENT-INPUT-TYPE PARALLEL RESONANT DC/DC CONVERTER AND METHOD THEREOF - A current-input-type parallel resonant DC/DC converter and a method thereof are provided. The converter includes an inverter-circuit for inverting/converting an input DC current into a positive-and-negative alternating square-wave-current, a resonant-network for converting the square-wave-current into a sine-voltage, a transformer for realizing the isolation of the power transmission, a full-wave rectifier-circuit for rectifying the sine-voltage, and an output-filter-circuit for producing a DC output-voltage. The inverter-circuit is connected to both terminals of a primary-winding of the transformer through the resonant-network connected in series with the inverter-circuit, a common-polarity terminal of a first-winding at a secondary side of the transformer and an opposite-polarity terminal of a second-winding at the secondary side of the transformer are respectively connected to an input of the full-wave rectifier-circuit, and an output of the full-wave rectifier-circuit and a center-trap terminal at the secondary side of the transformer are respectively connected to an input of the output-filter-circuit. | 02-16-2012 |
20120039093 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OFF-TIME CONTROL IN A VOLTAGE CONVERTER - Various embodiments of the present invention provide voltage converters and methods for using such. As one example, a voltage converter is disclosed that includes a transformer with a first winding and a second winding. A voltage is applied to the first winding for a period that is followed by an OFF time. The voltage converter further includes an OFF time controller that is operable to adjust the OFF time based at least in part on a load current traversing the second winding. | 02-16-2012 |
20120044717 | TRANSFORMER-ISOLATED SWITCHING CONVERTER - Exemplary systems and methods provide a transformer-isolated current-fed quadratic full-bridge converter topology. The optimal interfacing of a current source, such as a solar panel, can be implemented by using current-fed converters. The current-fed converter can operate within the whole range of a UI curve from short-circuit to open-circuit condition and its input voltage can be readily controlled. The quadratic behaviour between input and output in regard of a duty cycle allows large conversion ratios. | 02-23-2012 |
20120044718 | POWER CONVERTERS - A power converter for delivering power to a load at a regulated voltage | 02-23-2012 |
20120044719 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR THE VOLTAGE- ABSENT SWITCHING OF A SWITCHING ELEMENT OF A VOLTAGE CONVERTER - In a control device ( | 02-23-2012 |
20120092898 | ALTERNATING CURRENT TO DIRECT CURRENT POWER CONVERSION - An alternating current to direct current (AC to DC) power conversion system is provided. The system includes a rectifier configured to convert an input AC voltage to an initial pulsating DC voltage. The system also includes an inverter configured to convert the initial pulsating DC voltage to a converted AC voltage. The system further includes a plurality of transformers, each transformer including a primary winding paired to a secondary winding, wherein each of the primary windings is coupled in series with the other primary windings, wherein the series coupled primary windings are coupled to the inverter to receive respective portions of the converted AC voltage. The system also includes a plurality of bridges, each bridge coupled to a respective secondary winding configured to receive a respective portion of a transformed AC voltage from the respective secondary windings, and coupled in parallel to the other bridges to provide a combined DC output voltage. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092899 | DYNAMIC CONVERTER TOPOLOGY - Methods and apparatus of dynamic topology power converters are provided. One method includes monitoring at least one variable of the power converter and based on the at least one monitored variable, using a converter topology selected between at least a full-bridge converter topology and a half-bridge converter topology to achieve an efficient operation at a then current operational load. | 04-19-2012 |
20120113683 | COMPENSATION FOR ELECTRICAL CONVERTER NONLINEARITIES - Systems and methods are provided for delivering energy from an input interface to an output interface. An electrical system includes an input interface, an output interface, an energy conversion module coupled between the input interface and the output interface, and a control module. The control module determines a duty cycle control value for operating the energy conversion module to produce a desired voltage at the output interface. The control module determines an input power error at the input interface and adjusts the duty cycle control value in a manner that is influenced by the input power error, resulting in a compensated duty cycle control value. The control module operates switching elements of the energy conversion module to deliver energy to the output interface with a duty cycle that is influenced by the compensated duty cycle control value. | 05-10-2012 |
20120120683 | FULL BRIDGE PHASE SHIFTED POWER SUPPLY WITH SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION AND CURRENT DOUBLER AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING DELAY PARAMETERS THEREOF - A full bridge phase shifted power supply with synchronous rectification and current doubler and method for dynamically adjusting delay parameters thereof mainly have multiple delay parameter combinations respectively varying with multiple loads and embedded in a controller of the power supply. The delay parameter combinations serve to determine driving waveforms of two rectification switches of a synchronous rectification and current doubler circuit of the power supply. When the load of the power supply varies, the controller dynamically performs a corresponding delay parameter combination so as to vary the driving waveforms of the rectification switches of the synchronous rectification and current doubler circuit and enhance the operating efficiency of the power supply. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120684 | APPARATUS WITH INTERNAL POWER TRANSFER - The invention relates to an electronic apparatus (I) with a DC power source (B) and power-consuming electronic circuits (EC) and to a method of transferring power between these components. The DC voltage of the power source (B) is converted into an AC voltage which is then transferred via a connector (C) to the electronic circuits (EC). Negative effects due to a contamination of the connector (C) with moisture from the environment can hence be minimized The invention is particularly suited for implantable devices as it allows to couple a replaceable battery (B) with electronic circuits (EC) via a non-sealed connector (C). | 05-17-2012 |
20120134180 | DC/DC CONVERTER - To provide a DC/DC converter capable of down-sizing magnetic components and varying boosting and bucking ratios, and a bidirectional boosting-bucking operations, a bidirectional boosting-bucking magnetic-field cancellation type of DC/DC converter ( | 05-31-2012 |
20120140524 | POWER SUPPLY AND ARC PROCESSING POWER SUPPLY - A power supply that performs output PWM control and PSM control. The PWM control is performed when the required output is such that a control signal is set with a larger ON pulse width than a predetermined narrow pulse width allowing for sufficient activation of switching elements in an inverter circuit and an auxiliary switching circuit. The PSM control is performed when the required output is such that the control signal for each switching element is set with a smaller ON pulse width than the predetermined narrow pulse width. The PSM control adjusts the phase of a control pulse signal so that the ON pulse is fixed to the predetermined narrow pulse width. | 06-07-2012 |
20120147629 | Soft Switching DC/DC Converters and Methods - A soft switching apparatus comprises an energy recovery channel formed by two diodes in series connection and a resonant tank formed by an inductor and a capacitor. The soft switching apparatus is coupled to the primary side of a bridge converter. An energy transfer process during L-C resonance helps to reduce the amplitude of the current flowing through the inductor in a freewheeling period. Furthermore, the soft switching apparatus can help to reduce the voltage stress across the secondary switching devices as well as the shoot-through currents flowing through the secondary switching devices, and thus enabling the reduction or elimination of dead time in a secondary synchronous rectifier control scheme. | 06-14-2012 |
20120155119 | POWER CONVERTER INTEGRATED WITH FLYBACK CONVERTER - There is provided a power converter integrated with an auxiliary converter. The power converter includes: a flyback converter converting an input power of a power supply input terminal into a standby power through a primary side circuit connected to the power supply input terminal and a secondary side circuit magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit to supply the standby power; and a main converter converting the input power of the power supply input terminal into a main power to supply the main power, and converting the input power of the power supply input terminal into the standby power through the secondary side circuit of the flyback converter to supply the standby power, whereby the efficiency of the power converter may be improved. | 06-21-2012 |
20120163035 | MULTI-PHASE INTERLEAVED BIDIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER - Provided is power conversion technology for charge and discharge control of an energy storage module such as battery or super capacitor. For achieving the technology, there is provided a multi-phase interleaved bidirectional DC-DC converter including: a first bidirectional DC-DC converter including a input unit which includes a first input inductor and an energy storage module which stores input current from the energy storage module, a first primary-side half-bridge which is connected to the first input inductor of the input unit and controls the input current from the energy storage module, an output unit which includes an output capacitor, a first secondary-side half-bridge which is connected to the output unit and controls the output voltage, and a first transformer whose primary side is connected to the first primary-side half-bridge, whose secondary side is connected to the first secondary-side half-bridge, and which transforms a voltage at the primary side or at the secondary side according to a power mode; and a n-th bidirectional DC-DC converter, wherein the n-th bidirectional DC-DC converter is composed of one or more n-th bidirectional DC-DC converters. | 06-28-2012 |
20120163036 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT SUPPLYING STANDBY POWER BY SHARING SWITCH OF MAIN CONVERTER - There is provided a power supply unit supplying a standby power by sharing a switch of a main converter. The power supply unit includes: a main converter, and a standby converter. The main converter controls a current flowing in a primary side winding of a main transformer and supplies a main power through a secondary side winding of the main transformer. The standby converter controls a current flowing in a primary side winding of a standby transformer and supplies a standby power through a secondary side winding of the standby transformer, and a portion of a plurality of switches of the main converter is included in switches of the standby converter. | 06-28-2012 |
20120170324 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESONANT CONVERTER CONTROL - A method and apparatus for controlling resonant converter power production. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining accumulated charge processed by a resonant converter; dynamically determining a level of the accumulated charge that generates a predetermined output power; and controlling a switching cycle of the resonant converter based on the level of the accumulated charge. | 07-05-2012 |
20120188795 | Apparatus and System for Transformer Frequency Control - An apparatus and a system include a multiplier circuit for receiving a sensed voltage and current of a of a load resistance coupled to a rectified voltage from a transformer's output whose input is from a DC-to-AC converter being supplied from a DC power generator having an internal resistance. The multiplier outputs a product of the sensed voltage and current. A differentiator circuit outputs a rate of change of the product. An integrator circuit outputs an integrated voltage indicating an accumulative rate of change of the product. A voltage-to-frequency converter circuit generates a voltage waveform having a frequency determined by the integrated voltage. A driver circuit uses the voltage waveform to output a control signal for controlling a frequency of the DC-to-AC power converter where the apparatus substantially matches an input resistance of the transformer to the internal resistance, thereby maximizing power transfer to the load resistance. | 07-26-2012 |
20120195074 | DC-DC Converter Circuit For High Input-To-Output Voltage Conversion - The present invention provides a series of DC-DC converter circuit designs, and DC-DC converters based on such circuit design, that provide high input-to-output voltage conversion. The converters include a resonant tank and a means for interrupting the tank current to produce a near zero-loss “hold” state wherein zero current and/or zero voltage switching is provided, while providing control over the amount of power transfer. A resonant DC-DC converter for high voltage step-up ratio in accordance with the circuit design includes: (a) a low voltage DC-AC converter, (b) a resonant tank, (c) a high voltage AC-DC converter, (d) a (i) common ground on an input and an output without use of a transformer and/or (ii) a single high voltage controllable switch within the resonant tank. | 08-02-2012 |
20120201053 | MAGNETIC INTEGRATION DOUBLE-ENDED CONVERTER - A magnetic integration double-ended converter with an integrated function of a transformer and an inductor includes an integrated magnetic member having a magnetic core with three magnetic columns having at least three windings (N | 08-09-2012 |
20120201054 | NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A non-contact power transmission device includes a resonant circuit, which includes a switching element and a primary coil electrically connected to the switching elements. The resonant circuit induces an alternating power with the primary coil in accordance with the resistance value of the resonant circuit by switching the switching element. A secondary coil receives, from the primary coil in a non-contact manner, the alternating power at a position intersecting an alternating magnetic flux occurring at the primary coil. A primary side controller ON/OFF controls the switching element and changes, based on information to be conveyed to the secondary coil, the resistance value of the resonant circuit, thereby modulating the amplitude of the alternating power induced in the primary coil. A secondary side controller demodulates, from the change in the amplitude of the alternating power received by the secondary coil, the information conveyed to the secondary coil. | 08-09-2012 |
20120218783 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is embodied a high-reliability high-voltage resistance compound semiconductor device capable of improving the speed of device operation, being high in avalanche resistance, being resistant to surges, eliminating the need to connect any external diodes when applied to, for example, an inverter circuit, and achieving stable operation even if holes are produced, in addition to alleviating the concentration of electric fields on a gate electrode and thereby realizing a further improvement in voltage resistance. A gate electrode is formed so as to fill an electrode recess formed in a structure of stacked compound semiconductors with an electrode material through a gate insulation film, and a field plate recess formed in the structure of stacked compound semiconductors is filled with a p-type semiconductor, thereby forming a field plate the p-type semiconductor layer of which has contact with the structure of stacked compound semiconductors. | 08-30-2012 |
20120224396 | DC POWER SUPPLY - In a DC power supply in which a DC power source and a transformer are connected via a power conversion circuit and a secondary winding of the transformer is connected to a load via a rectifier diode bridge and a filter circuit to supply power to the load, a resonance reactor is provided on an output side of the transformer, a resonant switch circuit including a parallel circuit of a diode and a semiconductor switch and a resonant capacitor is connected in parallel to the rectifier diode bridge and a snubber circuit including a snubber capacitor, a snubber diode and a diode for discharge is connected to a serial resonant circuit including the resonance reactor and the resonant capacitor in the resonant switch circuit to absorb a surge voltage. | 09-06-2012 |
20120250358 | DC/DC CONVERTER, POWER CONVERTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A DC/DC converter, a power converter and a control method thereof are disclosed, where the DC/DC converter includes an output circuit, a rectangular wave generator, a resonant tank, a detection unit and a control unit. The output circuit has a load. The rectangular wave generator converts an input voltage into at least one rectangular wave. The resonant tank provides a first voltage based on the rectangular wave for the output circuit. The detection unit detects a signal related to a state of the load. When the state of the load is light-load or a no-load, the control unit controls a working frequency or a duty ratio of the rectangular wave, so that the duty ratio of the rectangular wave is within a predetermined range, in which a voltage gain of the DC/DC converter is greater than another voltage gain under the condition of 50% duty ratio. | 10-04-2012 |
20120250359 | GRID TIED INVERTER, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A grid tied inverter connectable to an electricity grid, the grid tied inverter comprising a DC to DC current fed push-pull converter operable to generate a current waveform from a DC voltage source, the current waveform being substantially synchronised to the electricity grid, the push-pull converter comprising a transformer having a first side connectable to a battery and a second side connectable to the grid, wherein each of the two primary sides is connected to ground via a switching transistor; and | 10-04-2012 |
20120262953 | MULTI-PHASE RESONANT CONVERTER - A resonant power converter draws current from a source that provides a supply current. Multiple quasi-resonant converters are interleaved and each quasi-resonant converter receives the supply current and forms a phase-shifted current according to drive signals supplied by a controller. Each phase-shifted current includes a dead-time delay and is phase-shifted relative to the other phase-shifted currents. The dead-time delay is determined as a time value within a calculated dead-time delay range having a dead-time delay minimum and a dead-time delay maximum. The outputs of each quasi-resonant converter are added together thereby reducing the AC components of current. Two, three, or four quasi-resonant power converters can be interleaved, each forming phase-shifted currents that are phase-shifted relative to the other phase-shifted currents. | 10-18-2012 |
20120268969 | DC-AC INVERTER WITH HIGH FREQUENCY ISOLATION TRANSFORMER - The novel DC-AC inverter topology with high frequency isolation transformer consists of an input DC-DC converter with high frequency isolation transformer and an output full-bridge unfolding converter with four transistors provides the output AC voltage from a DC source. The input DC-DC converter has two primary side controllable switches and a single rectifier on the secondary side, two resonant capacitors, a resonant inductor, an output inductor and a high-frequency isolation transformer, which does not store DC energy. The duty ratio D of the primary side switches is modulated by the rectified AC voltage to result in an output rectified AC voltage, which is unfolded into an AC sinusoidal output voltage by the output full-bridge unfolding converter. | 10-25-2012 |
20120275196 | MULTI-STAGE POWER INVERTER - An inverter for converting an input direct current (DC) waveform from a DC source to an output alternating current (AC) waveform for delivery to an AC grid includes an input converter, an output converter, an input controller, and an output controller. The input controller is configured to control the operation of the input converter, and the output controller is configured to control the operation of the output controller. The input and output controllers are electrically isolated from each other and may be incapable of direct communications between each other. In some embodiments, the input and output controllers may communicate with each other via the input and output converters. | 11-01-2012 |
20120287678 | NON-ISOLATED RESONANT CONVERTER - A non-isolated resonant converter is provided. The provided non-isolated resonant converter includes a switch circuit, a resonant circuit and a rectifying-filtering circuit. The switch circuit, the resonant circuit and the rectifying-filtering circuit are sequentially connected. The resonant circuit includes an auto-transformer, a capacitor and an inductor, wherein the capacitor and the inductor are connected to the auto-transformer. The configuration of the provided non-isolated resonant converter has small size, low loss and high power density. | 11-15-2012 |
20120294045 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING RESONANT CONVERTER OUTPUT POWER - A method and apparatus for controlling power conversion. In one embodiment, the method comprises computing a voltage ratio based on a voltage conversion in a resonant converter; comparing the voltage ratio to a threshold; and controlling, independent of switching frequency of the resonant converter, power output from the resonant converter based on whether the voltage ratio satisfies the threshold. | 11-22-2012 |
20120300501 | DC POWER SUPPLY - A DC power supply including a resonant circuit on a secondary side of a transformer suppresses a surge voltage during power recovery of diodes constituting a rectifier circuit, correctly estimates a load current from a secondary current of the transformer, and adjusts supplied power when a load is light. The DC power supply includes a DC voltage source, a converter, a transformer, a rectifier circuit, a resonant circuit composed of a resonant switch and a resonant capacitor, a filter reactor, a filter capacitor, a snubber diode, a snubber capacitor, a load, first and second voltage sensors, a current sensor, and a controller for controlling gate pulses of semiconductor devices constituting a converter and the resonant switch and a signal for adjusting operation timings of A/D converters converting the signals of these sensors. | 11-29-2012 |
20120300502 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A high-efficiency power supply apparatus is provided in light of the reduction of the switching loss. The power supply apparatus connected between the AC power supply and the DC load converts the AC power supplied from the AC power supply to the DC power and supplies it to the DC load. The power supply apparatus comprises the first switching circuit for outputting the switched positive and negative voltages to the primary winding of the transformer, a second switching circuit for supplying the DC power induced in the secondary winding of the transformer and switched to the DC load connected to the second AC terminals, a resonance inductor serial-connected to the primary winding, and a control unit for controlling the switching operations performed by the first and second switching circuits. The control unit substantially short-circuits the second AC terminals by controlling the switching operations performed by the second switching circuit. | 11-29-2012 |
20120307528 | IMPEDANCE CONTROL FOR A POWER CONVERTER - A power supply system and method are disclosed. The system includes a power converter comprising a switching stage to conduct an output current in response to switching signals having a defined duty-cycle. The output current can be provided at an output of the power converter system. The system also includes a current monitor to sense a magnitude of the output current. The system further includes a gate drive controller to generate the switching signals and to control an output impedance of the switching stage based on the sensed magnitude of the output current to control the magnitude of the output current. | 12-06-2012 |
20120307529 | SWITCHING POWER SOURCE APPARATUS - A switching power source apparatus includes a first arm including first and second switching elements, a second arm including third and fourth switching elements, a series circuit connected between a connection point of the first and second switching elements and a connection point of the third and fourth switching elements and including a capacitor and a primary winding, a rectifying-smoothing circuit that rectifies and smoothes a voltage of a secondary winding and provides an output voltage, a reactor connected to a connection point of the first and second switching elements and a DC input end, and a controller that turns on/off the first and second switching elements alternately and the third and fourth switching elements alternately and synchronizes the first and third switching elements with each other and the second and fourth switching elements with each other. | 12-06-2012 |
20130003420 | PRIMARY VOLTAGE SENSING AND CONTROL FOR CONVERTER - A controller for a DC/DC converter can include a first error analog to digital converter (EADC) configured to detect a primary voltage from a secondary side of a transformer and generate a first error signal corresponding to the primary voltage. The first error signal is generated based on a comparison between a first reference voltage and the detected primary voltage. A first accelerator can be configured to process the first error signal and generate a first compensation signal that is a primary voltage variation signal used for feedforward control. A second EADC and a second accelerator can be configured to provide a output voltage feedback control. A compensation signal of the first accelerator can be used to scale the second accelerator output to facilitate fast feedforward control. | 01-03-2013 |
20130016532 | SWITCH CONTROL FOR A POWER CONVERTERAANM Svensson; AndreasAACI TibroAACO SEAAGP Svensson; Andreas Tibro SE - The present invention relates to a power converter ( | 01-17-2013 |
20130021827 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENVELOPE TRACKING POWER SUPPLY - An envelope tracking power supply has a multiple-output DC/DC converter, a switch bank, an output voltage selector and an output filter. The DC/DC converter has an alternating current generating portion and a full rectifying portion. The alternating current generating portion, typically a LC circuit, can receive an input voltage and operate at zero voltage switching. The full rectifying portion includes at least one secondary winding and one voltage doubler output. Each voltage doubler has a first transistor, a second transistor, a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The transistors used as rectifier devices allow currents to flow bi-directionally and sink and source the currents from and to output capacitors to keep their voltage balance. Secondary windings and output capacitors are connected in series respectively. A switch bank selects a desired voltage from the series connected capacitors and connects it to the output filter. The switch bank receives an envelope tracking command from the voltage selector and provides a step voltage to the output. The output voltage is changed at switching speed to track a high bandwidth envelope signal. | 01-24-2013 |
20130027981 | HOLD-UP TIME EXTENSION CIRCUIT FOR A POWER CONVERTER - A power system has a power converter adapted for converting a first input voltage at an input thereof to a first output voltage at an output thereof, and a hold-up time extension circuit comprising a step-up stage and a step-down stage coupled to each other via a first energy-storage capacitor, where an input of the step-up stage is coupled to the input of the power converter, an output of the step-up stage is coupled to an input of the step-down stage, and an output of the step-down stage is coupled to the input of the power converter. The step-up stage is adapted for converting the first input voltage of the power converter to a second output voltage, and the step-down stage is adapted for converting the second output voltage of the step-up stage to the input voltage of the power converter. | 01-31-2013 |
20130027982 | APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING DIRECT CURRENT TO ALTERNATING CURRENT - An inverter for converting an input direct current (DC) waveform from a DC source to an output alternating current (AC) waveform for delivery to an AC grid includes an input converter, an output converter, and an active filter, each of which is electrically coupled to a bus. The bus may be a DC bus or an AC bus. The input converter is configured to convert the input DC waveform to a DC or AC bus waveform. The output converter is configured to convert the bus waveform to the output AC waveform at a grid frequency. The active filter is configured to reduce a double-frequency ripple power of the bus waveform by supplying power to and absorbing power from the power bus. | 01-31-2013 |
20130033904 | PHASE-SHIFTED FULL BRIDGE CONVERTER WITH REDUCED CIRCULATING CURRENT - A phase-shifted full bridge converter is provided. The converter includes a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding having a center tap, an input stage comprising a full bridge switching circuit coupled to the primary winding, and an output stage coupled to the secondary winding. The output stage includes a circulating current control circuit to provide a portion of output current to reduce output current provided from the secondary winding during a freewheeling time period and reduce the circulating current in the primary winding. | 02-07-2013 |
20130044519 | BIDIRECTIONAL DC/DC CONVERTER - Disclosed is a bidirectional DC/DC converter including: a primary side circuit that includes a first DC power source or a first load; a secondary side circuit that includes a second load or a second DC power source; and a power transfer unit that is capable of transferring power bi-directionally between the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit. Further, the bidirectional DC/DC converter includes a control circuit that controls the primary side circuit and secondary side circuit in such a way that current flows through the power transfer unit from the first DC power source to the second load or from the second DC power source to the first load. | 02-21-2013 |
20130051082 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - Disclosed herein is a switching power supply including: N sub switching power supplying unit each converting a direct current (DC) power supplied from a power source into an alternate current (AC) power, boosting or bucking the AC power using a resonant circuit and a contactless transformer, converting the boosted or bucked AC power into a DC power, and outputting the converted DC power; and a balance circuit connecting between the resonant circuits of the N sub switching power supplying units to thereby allow currents to be balanced between the resonant circuits. | 02-28-2013 |
20130058133 | Intermediate Bus Architecture with a Quasi-Regulated Bus Converter - A dc-dc converter system comprises a quasi-regulated bus converter and plural regulation stages that regulate the output of the bus converter. The bus converter has at least one controlled rectifier with a parallel uncontrolled rectifier. A control circuit controls the controlled rectifier to cause a normally non-regulated mode of operation through a portion of an operating range of source voltage and a regulated output during another portion. The bus converter may be an isolation stage having primary and secondary transformer winding circuits. For the non-regulated output, each primary winding has a voltage waveform with a fixed duty cycle. The fixed duty cycle causes substantially uninterrupted flow of power during non-regulated operation. Inductors at the bus converter input and in a filter at the output of the bus converter may saturate during non-regulated operation. | 03-07-2013 |
20130058134 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - A power conversion apparatus includes a high-power-factor converter section converting an AC voltage to a DC voltage, a smoothing capacitor, a DC/DC converter section, and a control circuit. The control circuit controls the high-power-factor converter section such that the power factor of AC is controlled and a DC voltage follows a target value, and performs duty control for semiconductor switching devices such that a DC voltage from the DC/DC converter section to a load follows an instruction value. In accordance with the DC voltage, the control circuit adjusts the DC voltage target value of the high-power-factor converter section such that the duty ratio of the semiconductor switching devices approaches a set value, thereby optimizing the duty ratio of the semiconductor switching devices and reducing power loss. | 03-07-2013 |
20130063982 | Soft Transition Apparatus and Method for Switching Power Converters - An embodiment apparatus comprises a secondary synchronous rectifier and a secondary gate drive controller. The secondary gate drive controller coupled to a transformer winding comprises a secondary synchronous rectifier soft start signal generator configured to generate a plurality of soft start pulses, a pulse width modulation generator configured to generate a forward switch drive signal and a freewheeling switch drive signal based upon a signal across the transformer winding and a soft transition generator configured to generate a soft start freewheeling switch drive signal by gradually releasing the freewheeling switch drive signal during a soft start process. | 03-14-2013 |
20130063983 | POWER CONVERTER ENABLING SUPPRESSION OF MAGNETIC FLUX BIAS IN A TRANSFORMER OF THE CONVERTER - In an electrical power converter, an input circuit performs switching for converting a supply voltage of a power source to alternating-polarity voltage pulses which are applied to the primary winding of a transformer. Each voltage pulse is controlled (e.g., pulse width or amplitude is adjusted) based on a detected value of current flow in the primary winding, where the value has been detected an even-numbered plurality of voltage pulses previously. Any DC component of current flow in the primary winding, caused by manufacturing deviations between switching elements in the input circuit, can thereby be suppressed, and DC flux bias in the transformer thereby suppressed. | 03-14-2013 |
20130077352 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a first nitride semiconductor layer provided over the substrate and having a nitride-polar surface; a gate electrode provided over the first nitride semiconductor layer; and a semiconductor layer provided on the first nitride semiconductor layer and only under the gate electrode, and exhibiting a polarization. | 03-28-2013 |
20130083563 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR HIGH POWER DC/DC CONVERTER - A voltage conversion system and methods are disclosed. Phase-shift modulation signals are generated and interleaved to provide interleaved phase-shift modulation signals. A plurality of voltage converters are controlled using the interleaved phase-shift modulation signals to convert an input electrical current at an input voltage to an output electrical current at an output voltage. | 04-04-2013 |
20130088895 | FULL BRIDGE CONVERTER - Methods and circuits for balancing current in a transformer are disclosed herein. An embodiment of the method includes sensing the magnitude and direction of current flow through the primary side of the transformer. The magnitude of current flowing in a first direction is compared to the magnitude of current flowing in a second direction through the primary side of the transformer. An AC signal driving the primary side of the transformer is adjusted so that the current flow in the first direction is substantially the same as current flow in the second direction. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088896 | SWITCHING CONTROL CIRCUIT AND SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - In a switching control circuit, a length of a soft start period is set by a time constant of an external circuit that is connected to a soft start terminal of a switching control IC. After a voltage of the soft start terminal has reached a predetermined voltage at the termination of the soft start period, the on-pulse period of a first switching device is limited by a maximum value. When a Zener diode is connected between the soft start terminal and ground, the upper limit voltage of the soft start terminal is a Zener voltage and, hence, the maximum on-pulse period is limited by this voltage. As a result, the switching control circuit and a switching power supply apparatus, which have a soft start function and a power limiting function, are reduced in size and cost by limiting the number of terminals. | 04-11-2013 |
20130100707 | DC-DC Converter - Provided is a vehicle which enables a highly-efficient DC-DC converter and a highly-efficient power supply to a load, regardless of a power supply amount of to the load. When the power supply amount to a load R | 04-25-2013 |
20130107581 | VOLTAGE CONVERTER | 05-02-2013 |
20130114305 | POWER SOURCE CIRCUIT - In a power source circuit including a switching circuit | 05-09-2013 |
20130121033 | DC-DC CONVERTER CIRCUIT USING LLC CIRCUIT IN THE REGION OF VOLTAGE GAIN ABOVE UNITY - The present invention provides a series of DC-DC converter circuit designs, and DC-DC converters based on such circuit design, that provide high input-to-output voltage conversion. The converters include a resonant tank and a means for interrupting the tank current to produce a near zero-loss “hold” state wherein zero current and/or zero voltage switching is provided, while providing control over the amount of power transfer. A resonant DC-DC converter for high voltage step-up ratio in accordance with the circuit design includes: (a) a low voltage DC-AC converter, (b) a resonant tank, (c) a high voltage AC-DC converter, (d) a (i) common ground on an input and an output without use of a transformer and/or (ii) a single high voltage controllable switch within the resonant tank. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121034 | DC-DC Converter - A DC-DC converter is configured with a voltage-source power converter at a primary side of a transformer, a current-source power converter at a secondary side of the transformer, and a controller. First and second voltage detection circuits respectively detect first and second voltages of the voltage-source and the current-source power converters. A current detection circuit detects an input-output current of the current-source power converter. The controller controls the voltage-source and the current-source power converters to transfer power between the primary side and the secondary side of the transformer. The controller includes a calculation unit that performs calculations based on the first voltage, the second voltage and the input-output current, and a table unit that include a plurality of parameter sets. The calculation unit performs the calculations based on one of the plurality of parameter sets that is selected from the table unit. | 05-16-2013 |
20130135903 | Hybrid DC/DC Converters and Methods - An embodiment hybrid dc/dc converter comprises a first power source and a low power converter coupled to the first power source. The low power converter generates an output connected in series with the first power source. The hybrid dc/dc converter further comprises a selection network coupled to the first power source and the output of the low power converter and a main unregulated power converter coupled to the selection network. By controlling the voltage across the output of the low power converter, the hybrid dc/dc converter can achieve high efficiency through the unregulated power converter. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135904 | CONVERTER CIRCUIT - A converter circuit includes a transformer having primary windings and at least one secondary winding, a rectifier circuit connected to the secondary winding, and oscillating circuits connected to the primary windings. Each of the oscillating circuits has a switch element unit having no body diode. | 05-30-2013 |
20130141945 | Start-Up Procedure For An Isolated Switched Mode Power Supply - An isolated switched mode power supply, SMPS, comprises a switching controller operable to generate start-up switching control signals during start-up of the isolated SMPS, and operational switching control signals of period T during subsequent operation of the isolated SMPS. The SMPS further comprises a transformer having a primary winding and a full-bridge drive circuit arranged to drive the primary winding of the transformer in response to the switching control signals. The full-bridge drive circuit has: a first switching element and a boot-strap driving circuit arranged to switch the first switching element in response to the switching control signals, the boot-strap driving circuit having a boot-strap capacitor. The full-bridge drive circuit further comprises a second switching element connected to the first switching element and to the boot-strap driving circuit, and arranged to conduct a current to charge the boot-strap capacitor when switched ON in response to the switching control signals. The switching controller is operable to start up the isolated SMPS by: determining a duty cycle D for the operational switching control signals based on a voltage an output of the isolated SMPS and generating the start-up switching control signals comprising a first voltage pulse of duration P | 06-06-2013 |
20130155726 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INPUT VOLTAGE TRANSIENT RESPONSE CONTROL - The present invention provides a DC/DC converter for use with a DC input signal. The DC/DC converter includes a control signal generator, a primary and a secondary side, a voltage generating portion, a threshold voltage providing portion and a feedback signal generator. The control signal generator can control the primary side and the secondary side. The voltage generating portion can generate a surge voltage based a control signal from the control signal generator. The threshold voltage providing portion can generate a threshold voltage. The feedback signal generator can generate a feedback signal based on the surge voltage and the threshold voltage. The control signal generator can further modify control of one of the primary and secondary sides based on the feedback signal. | 06-20-2013 |
20130163288 | POWER MODULE AND DISTRIBUTED POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - There are a power module and a distributed power supply apparatus having the same. The power module includes: a power factor correction stage switching input power to correct a power factor thereof; a DC/DC conversion stage switching the power of which the power factor has been corrected by the power factor correction stage to convert the power into preset DC power; a control unit controlling the power factor correction stage and the DC/DC conversion stage to perform a power conversion operation in a preset powered mode and stopping the power conversion operation of the DC/DC conversion stage in a preset idle mode; and a reference voltage supply unit supplying a preset reference voltage to the DC/DC conversion stage in the idle mode. | 06-27-2013 |
20130176752 | ADAPTIVE POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM - A power converter includes a plurality of switches electrically coupled to each other for converting input power to output power. Each of the switches is sufficiently isolated to protect adjacent switches upon failure of one or more switches. The power converter also includes a controller for reconfiguring operation of the switches to provide at least a partial operating mode upon a switch failure. | 07-11-2013 |
20130188397 | SWITCH WEAR LEVELING - An apparatus for switch wear leveling includes a switching module that controls switching for two or more pairs of switches in a switching power converter. The switching module controls switches based on a duty cycle control technique and closes and opens each switch in a switching sequence. The pairs of switches connect to a positive and negative terminal of a DC voltage source. For a first switching sequence a first switch of a pair of switches has a higher switching power loss than a second switch of the pair of switches. The apparatus includes a switch rotation module that changes the switching sequence of the two or more pairs of switches from the first switching sequence to a second switching sequence. The second switch of a pair of switches has a higher switching power loss than the first switch of the pair of switches during the second switching sequence. | 07-25-2013 |
20130194828 | INVERTER OUTPUT RECTIFIER CIRCUIT - In a power source of a welding system, an inverter rectifier output circuit and method for reducing the blocking voltages across saturable reactors associated with a rectifier coupled to a transformer winding in the inverter rectifier output circuit during both turn-on and turn-off transitions of the rectifier. At least a portion of a reverse recovery current associated with the rectifier is blocked by allowing blocking voltages to build across associated saturable reactors during a transition phase of the rectifier. During a turn-off portion of the transition phase, the blocking voltages are reduced using a RC circuit, thereby suppressing a peak voltage associated with the rectifier. During a turn-on portion of the transition phase, the blocking voltages are reduced using another saturable reactor in series with a free-wheeling diode. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194829 | INVERTER OUTPUT RECTIFIER CIRCUIT - In a power source of a welding system, an inverter rectifier output circuit and method for reducing the blocking voltages across saturable reactors associated with a rectifier coupled to a transformer winding in the inverter rectifier output circuit during both turn-on and turn-off transitions of the rectifier. At least a portion of a reverse recovery current associated with the rectifier is blocked by allowing blocking voltages to build across associated saturable reactors during a transition phase of the rectifier. During a turn-off portion of the transition phase, the blocking voltages are reduced using a RC circuit, thereby suppressing a peak voltage associated with the rectifier. During a turn-on portion of the transition phase, the blocking voltages are reduced using another saturable reactor in series with a free-wheeling diode. | 08-01-2013 |
20130201726 | RESONANT POWER CONVERTER HAVING SWITCHED SERIES TRANSFORMER - A multi-transformer LLC (resonant) power converter having at least two transformers including a first T | 08-08-2013 |
20130201727 | METHOD TO MINIMIZE INPUT CURRENT HARMONICS OF POWER SYSTEMS SUCH AS ESP POWER SYSTEMS - Disclosed is a method for the improvement of the line quality in a system, in which a common feeding ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130208512 | Method for controlling a series resonant DC/DC converter - The invention relates to a method for controlling a series resonant DC/DC converter. The method comprises the steps of: defining a switching period TP having a first half period TA and a second half period TB and defining a subsequent switching period TP+1 after the switching period TP. In a next step, a first set (S | 08-15-2013 |
20130223103 | LOAD ADAPTIVE VARIABLE FREQUENCY PHASE-SHIFT FULL-BRIDGE DC/DC CONVERTER - Systems, methods, and circuits for providing zero voltage switching conditions across all load conditions in a full-bridge DC/DC converter. An asymmetric auxiliary circuit is provided and the reactive current due to the auxiliary circuit is controlled across various load conditions. This is done by adaptively adjusting the switching frequency of the converter as well as the phase shift of the rising edges of the waveforms for activating the gates in the leading and lagging legs of the full bridge converter. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223104 | ACTUATION APPARATUS AND ACTUATION METHOD FOR AN ACTIVE SNUBBER CIRCUIT FOR A DC-DC CONVERTER - A DC-DC converter including a transformer having a primary-side winding and a secondary-side winding with a center tap, and a storage choke. A rectifier circuit is connected to each of the taps at the ends of the secondary-side winding and generates a rectified output voltage at a second output of said DC-DC converter. A snubber circuit is switched via the rectifier circuit and stores energy occurring in said rectifier circuit. (An actuation apparatus includes a switching time determining device designed to determine a time interval as a function of the output voltage, the charge stored in the snubber circuit and the current fluctuations of the current through the storage choke occurring as a result of the rectification. A storage signal generator generates an actuation signal for discharging the snubber circuit as a function of the determined time interval. | 08-29-2013 |
20130242617 | H-BRIDGE MICRO INVERTER GRID-CONNECTED DEVICE - An H-bridge micro inverter grid-connected device is invented to solve the problem that failure of any photovoltaic panel on the existing solar photovoltaic system cascade can cause efficiency reduction of the whole photovoltaic panel module. The H-bridge micro inverter grid-connected device comprises a single-chip microcomputer controller, a CPLD controller, a MOSFET full-bridge circuit, a high-frequency transformer, a half-bridge rectifying circuit, an SCR full-bridge circuit and a filter circuit, wherein the MOSFET full-bridge circuit is in the full-bridge type, the high-frequency transformer is a single-phase transformer with a central tap, and the SCR full-bridge circuit is applied. The integral structure above is characterized by the decreasing number of components, the reduction of power switches, and the simplification of the control circuits and driving circuits, so as to decrease the number of full-control switch components, improve the system reliability and reduce the system costs. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242618 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The AlGaN/GaN HEMT includes, on an SiC substrate, a laminated compound semiconductor structure and a gate electrode formed on the laminated compound semiconductor structure, wherein a p-type impurity (Mg) and oxygen (O) localize in a lower region of the laminated compound semiconductor structure aligned with the gate electrode, to such a depth as to cause part of a two-dimensional electron gas generated in the laminated compound semiconductor structure to disappear. | 09-19-2013 |
20130250623 | Resonant Conversion Circuit - A resonant conversion circuit includes resonant conversion circuit units having at least two phases interleaved in parallel, where magnetic devices in the resonant conversion circuit units are magnetically integrated in an inter-phase manner on a same magnetic core. Because a magnetic coupling action exists between the magnetic devices integrated on the same magnetic core, automatic current sharing effect is produced on currents in circuit branches of different phases. In this way, current sharing of the resonant conversion circuit units of various phases is achieved, and the volume of a power supply is reduced because of integration of the magnetic devices. | 09-26-2013 |
20130250624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONVERSION - A method and apparatus for converting a first power to a second power. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a power conversion circuit for receiving the first power and a controller, coupled to the power conversion circuit, for dynamically selecting between a regular mode and a quasi-resonant mode for operating the power conversion circuit to convert the first power to the second power. | 09-26-2013 |
20130258719 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - An AlGaN/GaN.HEMT includes, a compound semiconductor lamination structure; a p-type semiconductor layer formed on the compound semiconductor lamination structure; and a gate electrode formed on the p-type semiconductor layer, in which Mg being an inert element of p-GaN is introduced into both sides of the gate electrode at the p-type semiconductor layer, and introduced portions of Mg are inactivated. | 10-03-2013 |
20130265804 | Apparatus for Resonant Converters - A converter comprises a bridge and a resonant tank coupled between the bridge and an isolation transformer. The converter is configured such that the converter operates at a first constant-gain resonant frequency during a normal operation condition wherein a voltage gain of the converter is essentially insensitive to an output load change and the converter operates at a minimum-gain damping frequency during an abnormal operation condition wherein a voltage gain of the converter is approximately equal to zero. | 10-10-2013 |
20130272032 | DC/DC VOLTAGE CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DC/DC VOLTAGE CONVERTER - The disclosure relates to a method for operating a DC/DC voltage converter comprising a first switching bridge with at least two first switches coupled to an input of the DC/DC voltage converter, a second switching bridge with at least two second switches coupled to an output of the DC/DC voltage converter, a transformer and at least one capacitor, wherein the first switching bridge is connected to the second switching bridge via the transformer. The first switches are switched such that a resonant circuit formed by the transformer and the at least one capacitor is operated in resonance, and the second switches are switched at the same clock frequency with a phase shift compared to the first switches, such that the second switches are switched prior to the first switches. The disclosure also relates to a DC/DC voltage converter comprising a control circuit for the first and second switches which is configured to carry out the method, and to a backup power system including such a DC/DC voltage converter. | 10-17-2013 |
20130301304 | DC-DC CONVERTER - A DC-DC converter in which a primary side and a secondary side are insulated by a transformer, includes: two diodes having anodes respectively connected to both ends of a secondary winding of the transformer and cathodes connected to each other; a series circuit composed of a resistor and a capacitor connected in series; and a snubber circuit formed by connecting the cathodes of the diodes to the connection point between the resistor and the capacitor. Surge voltage caused on the secondary side of the transformer is clamped at the voltage of the capacitor, and surge energy stored in the capacitor is regenerated to a load via the resistor. Thus, surge voltage caused on the secondary side of the transformer is suppressed with a simple configuration, and effective use of surge energy is ensured. | 11-14-2013 |
20130308344 | POWER CONVERTER AND METHOD - A power converter apparatus includes a primary bridge having a plurality of diagonally opposed primary power elements, and a secondary bridge having a plurality of diagonally opposed secondary power elements. The primary and secondary bridges are electrically coupled by a transformer. At least one control unit is configured to phase-shift switch the primary and secondary power elements, such that one or more of the primary and secondary power elements are switched off under near-zero current conditions to reduce voltage and current stresses and commutation losses within the power converter. | 11-21-2013 |
20130308345 | Variable Duty Cycle Switching With Imposed Delay - Power conversion methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and devices are provided. The power conversion may include converting between direct current and alternating current wherein switching losses associated with latent electrical charges are reduced. Current sensing may be low-side bus reference. Solid-state implementations, code implementations, and mixed implementations are provided. | 11-21-2013 |
20130314949 | POWER CONVERTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A power converter includes a full-bridge switching circuit, a resonant circuit, a transformer, an over-voltage protection unit, a PWM control unit, a trigging control unit, and a driving unit. The over-voltage protection unit detects an output voltage of the power converter to produce an output voltage signal. The PWM control unit produces PWM signals. The trigging control unit receives the output voltage signal and the PWM signals to produce a trigging control signal. When an over-voltage output is detected by the over-voltage protection unit, the trigging control unit outputs the low-level trigging control signal to disable the driving unit at the end of duty cycle of the PWM signals. | 11-28-2013 |
20130314950 | PUSH-PULL CONVERTER AND MODULATION METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PUSH-PULL CONVERTER - The invention relates to a push-pull converter ( | 11-28-2013 |
20130322126 | Soft-Switching Inverter - An inverter with soft switching is used for a high step-up ratio and a high conversion efficiency. The inverter includes an isolation voltage-quadrupling DC converter and an AC selecting switch. The isolation voltage-quadrupling DC converter includes an active clamping circuit. By a front-stage converter circuit, a continuous half-sine-wave current is generated. By a rear-stage AC selecting switch, the half-sine-wave current is turned into a sine-wave current. Thus, electricity may be supplied to an AC load or the grid. The circuit is protected by isolating the low-voltage side from the high-voltage side. The conversion efficiency is high. The leakage inductance is low. The switch stress is low. The inverter is durable and reliable. Hence, the inverter is suitable for use in a photovoltaic system to increase the total conversion efficiency. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322127 | CURRENT-FED FULL-BRIDGE DC-DC CONVERTER - A current-fed full-bridge DC-DC converter includes a current source circuit including a direct-current voltage source circuit and a reactor connected to the direct-current voltage source circuit in series, an inverter circuit including switching elements, input terminals and output terminals, wherein outputs of the current source circuit are connected to the input terminals, a transformer having a primary coil that is connected to the output terminals and a secondary coil and a rectifier circuit which is connected to the secondary coil and through which the current-fed full-bridge DC-DC converter generates direct-current output. The current-fed full-bridge DC-DC converter further includes a capacitor connected to the output terminal and the primary coil in series and a controller controlling on/off operations of the switching elements so that a current can flow from the current source circuit through the primary coil and the capacitor in stopping of the current-fed full-bridge DC-DC converter. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322128 | BIDIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BIDIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER - A bidirectional DC-DC converter is configured with a transformer that has a first winding and a second winding, a first DC-AC converter that is provided between a first DC voltage line and the first winding, a second DC-AC converter that is provided between a second DC voltage line and the second winding, and a controller that performs a switching control operation that bidirectionally transmits DC power between the first DC voltage line and the second DC voltage line. When the bidirectional DC-DC converter is in a light load operation state, the controller provides an operation stop period that periodically stops the switching control operation so as to perform an intermittent switching control operation. | 12-05-2013 |
20130329463 | HIGH EFFICIENCY AND FAST RESPONSE AC-DC VOLTAGE CONVERTERS - The present invention discloses circuits and methods for high efficiency and fast response AC-DC voltage converters. In one embodiment, an AC-DC voltage converter can include: (i) a first stage voltage converter having an isolated topology with a power factor correction function, where the first stage voltage converter is configured to convert an AC input voltage to a series-connected N branches of first stage voltages, where N is a positive integer of at least two; (ii) a second stage voltage converter having a non-isolated topology, where the second stage voltage converter is configured to convert one of the N branches of the first stage voltages to a second stage voltage; and (iii) where the second stage voltage and a remaining of the N branches of the first stage voltages are configured to be series-connected and converted to a DC output voltage. | 12-12-2013 |
20130336013 | DC-to-DC Converter and Method for Operating a DC-to-DC Converter - The disclosure relates to a method for operating a DC-to-DC converter with two bridge arrangements with bridge switches, of which at least one is in the form of a switchable bridge arrangement which may be operated either as a full bridge or as a half bridge. The converter further includes a series resonant circuit, wherein the first and second bridge arrangements are coupled to one another via the series resonant circuit. At least one switchable bridge arrangement is operated as a full bridge in at least one time segment and as a half bridge in at least one further time segment within a half-period of a periodic switching of the bridge switches. The disclosure furthermore relates to a DC-to-DC converter and an inverter and a power generation installation including such a DC-to-DC converter. | 12-19-2013 |
20130343092 | DC/DC CONVERTER WITH SELECTABLE COUPLING RATIO AND POWER INVERTER USING THE SAME - The DC/DC converter has a full bridge circuit, a transformer and a rectifying unit. The full bridge circuit is connected to a source DC voltage. The transformer is connected to full bridge circuit and receives the source DC. The transformer has a stationary winding and at least one selectable winding connected in series. If the source DC voltage is lower than a threshold value, the switch is turned on to increase the coupling ratio of the transformer. Therefore, the transformer converts the source DC to a DC voltage in a required voltage level. | 12-26-2013 |
20130343093 | BIDIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A bidirectional DC-DC converter comprises: a first low voltage-side input/output terminal and a second low voltage-side input/output terminal; a low voltage-side rectifying circuit connected to the first low voltage-side input/output terminal and the second low voltage-side input/output terminal; a first high voltage-side input/output terminal and a second high voltage-side input/output terminal; a high voltage-side rectifying circuit connected to the first high voltage-side input/output terminal and the second high voltage-side input/output terminal; a transformer connected between the low voltage-side rectifying circuit and the high voltage-side rectifying circuit; and a controlling circuit that controls operations of switching elements in the low voltage-side rectifying circuit and the high voltage-side rectifying circuit. The controlling circuit achieves soft switching of a switching element in the high voltage-side rectifying circuit in a step-down operation. | 12-26-2013 |
20130343094 | Controlling a Switched Mode Power Supply with Maximised Power Efficiency - A control circuit for a switched mode power supply (SMPS) has an input voltage reference voltage generator arranged to receive a signal indicative of an input voltage of the SMPS and is arranged to generate a reference signal directly proportional to the input voltage. An error signal generator of the control circuit is arranged to receive a signal indicative of an output voltage of the SMPS and arranged to generate an error signal based on the reference signal generated by the input reference voltage generator and based on the output voltage of the SMPS. A duty cycle control signal generator of the control circuit is arranged to generate a control signal, to control the duty cycle of the SMPS, in dependence upon the error signal. | 12-26-2013 |
20140009968 | CURRENT RESONANCE TYPE DC-DC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING CURRENT RESONANCE TYPE DC-DC CONVERTER - A current resonance type DC-DC converter includes a transformer that has a primary winding and a secondary winding, a switching circuit that has a pair of first switching elements and that is connected to the primary winding, an AC/DC transfer circuit that has four rectifying devices, which are connected in full bridge and include a pair of second switching elements, that is connected to the secondary winding, that converts an AC voltage, which is induced at the secondary winding, into a DC voltage and that outputs the DC voltage, and a control circuit that controls ON and OFF operations of the pairs of the first and second switching elements. The control circuit controls the ON and OFF operations so as to synchronize the pair of the first switching elements with the pair of the second switching elements. | 01-09-2014 |
20140009969 | CURRENT SOURCE INVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CURRENT SOURCE INVERTER - In controlling switching elements of a current source inverter, a switching loss in the switching element is prevented according to a normal switching operation for a commutation operation, without requiring any particular control. | 01-09-2014 |
20140036545 | LLC CONVERTER WITH DYNAMIC GAIN TRANSFORMATION FOR WIDE INPUT AND OUTPUT RANGE - A resonant power converter system includes an output load and a rectifier stage that provides a DC output voltage to the output load from an AC intermediate voltage. The resonant power converter system also includes a resonant inverter stage that provides the AC intermediate voltage from a DC input voltage, wherein an inverter gain is controlled by switching between full-bridge and half-bridge topologies based on an external variable of the resonant power converter system. The resonant power converter system further includes a controller that controls the resonant power converter system. Additionally, a method of operating a power converter includes rectifying an AC intermediate voltage to provide a DC output voltage and providing the AC intermediate voltage by inverting a DC input voltage, wherein an inversion gain of the AC intermediate voltage is controlled by switching between full-bridge and half-bridge inversion topologies based on an external variable. | 02-06-2014 |
20140043860 | CONTROLLING AN ADAPTER TRANSFORMER VOLTAGE - Embodiments of an adapter are disclosed that include a transformer with a primary coil coupled to an H-bridge. The H-bridge is controlled by a control circuit that controls a voltage across the primary coil using the H-bridge, and the control circuit is configured to control the H-bridge so that during each of one or more intervals, a first voltage pulse is applied across the primary coil in a start direction, wherein the start direction alternates between a first direction and a second direction each interval. Then, a direction of subsequent voltage pulses across the primary coil is alternated between the first direction and the second direction a predetermined number of times. After the predetermined number of times, a last voltage pulse is applied across the primary coil; then, voltage across the primary coil is reduced to zero for a predetermined time. | 02-13-2014 |
20140043861 | CONTROLLING AN ADAPTER TRANSFORMER VOLTAGE - An adapter for electrical power that includes a rectifier coupled to a transformer with a primary coil and a secondary coil. The secondary coil includes a first end tap, a second end tap, and a center tap. A first switch is coupled between the first end tap and a primary side ground. A second switch is coupled between the second end tap and the primary side ground. A controller is coupled to the first switch and to the second switch so that during one or more intervals, the first switch and the second switch are alternately open and closed a predetermined number of times, wherein the initial switch closed each interval alternates between the first switch and the second switch, and after the predetermined number of times, both the first switch and the second switch are opened for a predetermined time period. | 02-13-2014 |
20140043862 | POWER ADAPTER - Embodiments of an adapter are disclosed that include a rectifier with an input and an output coupled to a step-down transformer with a primary coil and a secondary coil, wherein the primary coil is coupled to the output of the rectifier. A step-up converter is coupled to the secondary coil. | 02-13-2014 |
20140043863 | NOVEL CONTROL METHOD TO REDUCE SWITCHING LOSS ON MOSFET - A method of controlling a switching mode power converter enables zero voltage switching by forcing a voltage across the main switch to zero. This is accomplished by sensing when a current on the secondary side of the power converter drops to zero, or other threshold value, and then generating a negative current through the secondary winding in response. The negative secondary current results in a corresponding discharge current in the primary winding, which reduces the voltage across the main switch. The voltage across the main switch is monitored such that when the voltage reaches zero, or other threshold value, the main switch is turned ON. In this manner, the circuit functions as a bi-directional current circuit where a forward current delivers energy to a load and a reverse current provides control for reducing the voltage across the main switch to enable zero voltage switching. | 02-13-2014 |
20140043864 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT USING DC/DC CONVERTER - A power supply circuit comprises an input for receiving a power supply from a battery and a DC/DC converter for supplying a converted voltage to a load. A regulator is used for controlling the DC/DC converter such that the current drawn from the converter is smoothed. A charge storage device at the output of the DC/DC converter enables delivery of a non-constant current to the load. | 02-13-2014 |
20140063859 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device is provided. The power supply device includes: a transformer configured to include first and second windings; a half bridge circuit configured to be connected to first and second nodes and both ends of the first wiring; and a full bridge circuit configured to be connected to third and fourth nodes and both ends of the second winding. Since the leakage inductance of the transformer and the bridge capacitor of the half bridge circuit form a direct current (DC) resonant tank, switching loss that may occur during the turning on or off of switches can be reduced. | 03-06-2014 |
20140063860 | DC POWER SOURCE DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - FETs disposed in a DC/DC converter are each driven by a drive transformer. A voltage from a single drive power supply disposed in common for the FETs is divided into positive and negative biases to be applied to the FETs, and an operational state of the FETs is detected based on voltage signals. A sequence circuit turns on an input from a three-phase AC power supply by driving a relay circuit at a time point when it is confirmed that the FETs have normally started stable ON/OFF operation, and drives a power factor improvement circuit, which converts AC voltage from the three-phase AC power supply into a DC voltage by simultaneously performing full-wave rectification and power factor improvement. | 03-06-2014 |
20140078782 | POWER CONVERTER CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A power converter control system includes primary bridge controller that is configured to actuate a first plurality of gate drive units that switch a first plurality of power elements in a primary bridge of a power converter. The control system further includes a secondary bridge controller separate from the primary bridge controller that is configured to actuate a second plurality of gate drive units to switch a second plurality of power elements in a secondary bridge of the power converter | 03-20-2014 |
20140078783 | FULL-BRIDGE QUASI RESONANT DC-DC CONVERTER AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A full-bridge quasi-resonant DC-DC converter is provided, including a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, a full-bridge converting circuit electrically connected with the primary winding of the transformer, a resonant capacitor provided between the full-bridge converting circuit and the primary winding, a rectifier circuit electrically connected with the secondary winding of the transformer, and a resonant inductor connected in series with the rectifier circuit. Therefore, the full-bridge quasi-resonant DC-DC converter reduces the switching losses of the switching elements and effectively reduces the size of the converter, while increases the conversion efficiency. | 03-20-2014 |
20140092634 | MIXED CONTROL METHOD FOR RESONANT CONVERTER, RESONANT CONVERTER SYSTEM AND MIXED CONTROLLER - The present application provides a mixed control method for a resonant converter, a resonant converter system and a mixed controller. When the resonant converter operates in a case where a voltage gain is less than a predetermined value, the method includes: setting a mixed control start frequency, a mixed control stop frequency and a slope of a phase-shifting angle; detecting an operating frequency of the converter; calculating a time delay of phase shifting according to the slope, the mixed control start frequency, the mixed control stop frequency and a resonant frequency of the resonant converter; and according to the time delay, the mixed control start and stop frequencies, generating a control signal to adjust the operating frequency and the phase-shifting angle of the resonant converter. The present application can realize a relatively low voltage gain and a small circuit loss, thereby the circuit efficiency may be improved. | 04-03-2014 |
20140092635 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An AlGaN/GaN HEMT includes: a compound semiconductor layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on an upper side of the compound semiconductor layer; and an Al—Si—N layer being a high-resistance layer disposed in a lower portion of at least one of the source electrode and the drain electrode and higher in an electric resistance value than the source electrode and the drain electrode. | 04-03-2014 |
20140092636 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A gate electrode is formed above a compound semiconductor stacked structure, and the gate electrode includes a stack of a TaN:Al layer in which Al is solid-dissolved in TaN, a TaAlN layer made of a compound of TaN and Al, and an Al layer. | 04-03-2014 |
20140092637 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A compound semiconductor device includes: a compound semiconductor layered structure; a gate electrode formed above the compound semiconductor layered structure; a first protective insulating film that covers a surface of the compound semiconductor layered structure and is made of silicon nitride as a material; a second protective insulating film that covers the gate electrode on the first protective insulating film and is made of silicon oxide as a material; and a third protective insulating film that contains silicon oxynitride and is formed between the first protective insulating film and the second protective insulating film. | 04-03-2014 |
20140092638 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An AlGaN/GaN.HEMT includes: a compound semiconductor layered structure; and an interlayer insulating film that covers a surface of the compound semiconductor layered structure, the interlayer insulating film including a first insulating film and a second insulating film that is formed on the first insulating film to fill irregularities on a surface of the first insulating film and has a flat surface. | 04-03-2014 |
20140092639 | BIDIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a small-size, high-efficiency, isolated, bidirectional DC-DC converter. The bidirectional DC-DC converter includes a transformer in which windings are magnetically coupled, switching circuits, a diode which is connected in parallel with a switch, smoothing capacitors, and a control section. First and second DC power supplies, which are connected in parallel with the smoothing capacitors, respectively, provide bidirectional electrical power transfer. When electrical power is to be transferred from the first DC power supply to the second DC power supply, the switch is maintained in the ON state. When, on the other hand, electrical power is to be transferred from the second DC power supply to the first DC power supply, the switch is maintained in the OFF state to prevent a reverse electrical power flow from the first DC power supply. | 04-03-2014 |
20140092640 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A PFC (Power Factor Correction) circuit improves the power factor of rectified power. Upon receiving output of the PFC circuit, a first DC-DC converter generates a voltage to be supplied to a load. Upon receiving output of the PFC circuit, a second DC-DC converter and a third DC-DC converter generate a control voltage. The second DC-DC converter and the third DC-DC converter are cascade-connected. An input terminal of the third DC-DC converter is connected to both an output terminal of the second DC-DC converter and an output terminal of the first DC-DC converter. | 04-03-2014 |
20140104890 | BI-DIRECTIONAL DC/DC CONVERTER - A bi-directional DC/DC converter comprises bridge circuits connected to DC voltage sources, an isolation transformer, an LC resonance circuit, and detection circuits for detecting voltages and currents of the DC voltage sources. A control circuit in the power flow from a first DC voltage source to a second DC voltage source changes over between fixed frequency control and frequency modulation control according to the magnitude of a control variable, and a control circuit in the power flow from a second DC voltage source to the first DC voltage source changes over between fixed frequency control and frequency modulation control according to the magnitude of another control variable. Thus, the bi-directional DC/DC converter can be applied to devices with a wide range of input and output voltages. | 04-17-2014 |
20140112024 | HIGH VOLTAGE SWITCHING LINEAR AMPLIFIER AND METHOD THEREFOR - A switching linear amplifier has a DC-DC converter to increase a low input DC voltage to a first high voltage DC. A high voltage high frequency inverter is coupled to the DC-DC converter to generate high voltage pulses. A multistage voltage multiplier is coupled to the high voltage high frequency inverter to generate a second high voltage DC. A controlled charge and discharge circuit is coupled to the multistage voltage multiplier to drive a capacitive load. | 04-24-2014 |
20140112025 | Capacitor Arrangement for an Intermediate Circuit of a Volatage Converter - The disclosure relates to a capacitor arrangement for an input circuit or intermediate circuit of a voltage transformer comprising at least two capacitors and two connection nodes. Switching elements are provided, by means of which the at least two capacitors are connected in parallel with each other in a first operating state and are connected in series with each other in a second operating state. The disclosure also relates to a voltage transformer arrangement comprising such a capacitor arrangement and an operating method for a capacitor arrangement. | 04-24-2014 |
20140119060 | POWER CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A power converter includes a full-bridge converter circuit and a regulation circuit. The full-bridge converter circuit includes a full-bridge circuit having a first and a second input terminals and a first and a second output terminals. The regulation circuit is bridged across the first and the second input terminals of the full-bridge circuit and connected to the first output terminal of the full-bridge circuit. The regulation circuit is configured for operatively regulating an output voltage across the first and the second output terminals of the full-bridge circuit by cooperating with the full-bridge converter circuit, such that the output voltage across the first and the second output terminals of the full-bridge circuit has more than three voltage levels. A method for controlling a power converter is also disclosed herein. | 05-01-2014 |
20140133186 | SWITCH MODE POWER CONVERTERS USING MAGNETICALLY COUPLED GALVANICALLY ISOLATED LEAD FRAME COMMUNICATION - An integrated circuit package for use in a switch mode power converter comprises an encapsulation and a lead frame. A portion of the lead frame is disposed within the encapsulation. The lead frame includes a first conductor having a first conductive loop disposed substantially within the encapsulation. The lead frame also includes a second conductor galvanically isolated from the first conductor. The second conductor includes a second conductive loop disposed substantially within the encapsulation proximate to and magnetically coupled to the first conductive loop to provide a communication link between the first and second conductors. A first control die including a first control circuit is coupled to the first conductor. A second control die including a second control circuit is coupled to the second conductor. One or more control signals are communicated between the first and second control dice through the communication link. | 05-15-2014 |
20140133187 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM AND FAILURE DETECTION METHOD FOR ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM - An electric power conversion system includes: a primary conversion circuit; a secondary conversion circuit magnetically coupled to the primary conversion circuit via a transformer; and a failure detection unit configured to detect a failure of any one of switching elements by causing each of the switching elements to switch between an on state and an off state. The switching elements constitute a full-bridge circuit of a conversion circuit to which input voltage is supplied from a corresponding one of center taps of the transformer. The full-bridge circuit is one of a primary full-bridge circuit of the primary conversion circuit and a secondary full-bridge circuit of the secondary conversion circuit. | 05-15-2014 |
20140140103 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - A switching power supply is provided including a transformer that transforms an AC voltage converted by a bridge circuit, and outputs the transformed voltage from a center tap between secondary coils, and two second switches that respectively cause both ends of the secondary coils to be brought in contact with and be separated from a fixed electrical potential. By the second switches being switched on/off, the switching power supply outputs the rectified DC voltage from the center tap. The switching power supply further includes two diodes connected to the both ends of the secondary coils, and cause the currents to flow from the both ends, a capacitor that stores the currents caused to flow, and a third switch that is connected between the capacitor and the center tap, in which, by the third switch being turned on, the capacitor is discharged to the smoothing circuit. | 05-22-2014 |
20140140104 | HIGH VOLTAGE DC/DC CONVERTER - It is presented a high voltage DC/DC converter for converting between a first DC connection and a second DC connection. The high voltage DC/DC converter comprises: a first set of DC terminals; a second set of DC terminals); a multiphase transformer device comprising a plurality of primary windings and a corresponding plurality of secondary windings; a first converter arranged to convert DC to AC, comprising a plurality of phase legs serially connected between the first set of DC terminals, wherein each phase leg is connected to an AC connection of a respective primary winding; and a second converter arranged to convert AC from the secondary windings to DC on the second set of DC terminals. | 05-22-2014 |
20140146571 | PULSED POWER GENERATOR - An active voltage drop control-type pulse power generator includes power stages, a power inverter, a power loop, a control inverter, a control loop, and a compensation unit. The power stages include power cells connected in series. Each power cell includes a switch and a capacitor connected in series, a driver for driving the switch, a bypass diode connected to both ends of the switch, and a rectifying diode connected to both ends of the capacitor. The power inverter charges the capacitor via the power loop and the rectifying diode inside each power cell. The control inverter provides a control signal for the switch via the control loop and the driver inside each power cell. The compensation unit is connected to one of the power cells and generates a compensation voltage for compensating for a voltage drop at a load according to a voltage detected in real-time from the power cell. | 05-29-2014 |
20140146572 | POWER CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR BALANCING VOLTAGES ACROSS INPUT CAPACITORS - A power converter and a method for balancing voltages across input capacitors are disclosed in the present application. The power converter includes: two DC input terminals; a first input capacitor and a second input capacitor; a first bridge arm and a second bridge arm connected in series with one another; and an output circuit configured to generate a signal required by the power converter based on the signals at a midpoint of the first bridge arm and a midpoint of the second bridge arm. The power converter further includes: a first voltage balancing unit and a second balancing unit configured to reduce a voltage difference between the first input capacitor and the second input capacitor. The power converter provided by the present application solves the problem of imbalance in the voltages across the first input voltage and the second input voltage. | 05-29-2014 |
20140146573 | DC-DC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The DC-DC converter includes a first bridge and a second bridge. The first bridge includes a first switch and a second switch, whereas the second bridge includes a third switch and a fourth switch. The second bridge is in parallel connection with the first bridge. The second switch is in series connection with the first switch, and the fourth switch is in series connection with the third switch. The DC-DC converter switches between a first mode and a second mode based on a detection signal. Further, a method for controlling the DC-DC converter is also disclosed herein. | 05-29-2014 |
20140146574 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A RESONANT-MODE POWER SUPPLY AND A RESONANT-MODE POWER SUPPLY WITH A CONTROLLER - A method for controlling a resonant-mode power supply, the resonant-mode power supply comprising an assembly of switches (K | 05-29-2014 |
20140153289 | Secondary Side Serial Resonant Full-Bridge DC/DC Converter - The present invention relates to a secondary side serial resonant full-bridge DC/DC converter, comprising: a transistor full-bridge unit, a transformer unit, a resonant unit, a rectifying unit, and an output unit. Particularly, in the present invention, a resonant inductor and a resonant capacitor of the resonant unit and a load resistor of the output unit constitute a serial resonant circuit having a serial resonant frequency; therefore, when the circuit frequency is operated on the serial resonant frequency, the resonant inductor impedance would be offset by the resonant capacitor impedance, such that the circuit is operated in the zero current switch (ZCS) region, and the output voltage variation can be controlled in ±0.2%. Moreover, through the serial resonant circuit, the issue about the resonant components hard to be designed due to their small characteristic impedance can simultaneously be improved. | 06-05-2014 |
20140153290 | DC/DC CONVERTER WITH VARIABLE OUTPUT VOLTAGE - A DC/DC converter includes a transformer having a primary winding electrically connected to a resonant network and a secondary winding having a plurality of taps including a common tap, a first tap, and a second tap. The DC/DC converter further includes a plurality of rectifier circuits including a first rectifier circuit electrically connected to the common tap, a second rectifier circuit electrically connected to the first tap, and a third rectifier circuit electrically connectable to the second tap. The DC/DC converter also includes a switch electrically connected between the second tap and the third rectifier circuit. The switch is operable to electrically connect and disconnect the third rectifier circuit from the second tap. | 06-05-2014 |
20140160799 | DC/DC CONVERTER WITH RESONANT CONVERTER STAGE AND BUCK STAGE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A direct current to direct current (DC/DC) converter includes a resonant converter stage, a buck stage, and a processor apparatus. The resonant converter stage includes a bridge circuit. The buck stage is configured to output an output voltage and an output current, is electrically connected in series with the resonant converter stage, and includes a buck switch. The processor apparatus is configured to sense the output voltage and the output current, and, based on the sensed output voltage and the sensed output current, to perform one of: (a) fixing a switching frequency of the bridge circuit to a predetermined maximum switching frequency and controlling the output voltage by controlling a duty cycle of the buck switch, and (b) fixing the duty cycle of the buck switch to a predetermined duty cycle and controlling the output voltage by controlling the switching frequency of the bridge circuit. | 06-12-2014 |
20140160800 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODULATING LOWER POWERS IN RESONANT CONVERTERS - Method and apparatus for power conversion. In one embodiment, the method comprises operating a resonant converter in a ring mode comprising (i) holding a plurality of switches of the resonant converter in a first switching state throughout a pre-determined number of resonant periods; and (ii) maintaining the plurality of switches in the first switching state for a fraction of a subsequent resonant period until an amount of energy has been transferred through the resonant converter to achieve a pre-determined output power from the resonant converter. | 06-12-2014 |
20140169039 | High Bandwidth, High Efficiency DC-DC Multilevel Converter Topology - A multilevel DC-DC converter includes a voltage source that provides a voltage Vout | 06-19-2014 |
20140177281 | POWER CONVERTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A power converting system includes a full-bridge converter and a controlling unit. The full-bridge converter includes two switch elements at a first leg and two switch elements at a second leg. The controlling unit is in communication with the full-bridge converter for generating two leading control signals to control the first leg and two lagging control signals to control the second leg in a first modulation mode, or generating the two leading control signals to control the second leg and the two lagging control signals to control the first leg in a second modulation mode. The first modulation mode and the second modulation mode are alternately switched between each other, or randomly switched between each other or adaptively switched between each other according to a temperature difference between the first leg and the second leg. | 06-26-2014 |
20140177282 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - There is provided a phase shift full bridge (PSFB) type power supply device controlling a switching on time of lagging leg switches according to a load state. The power supply device includes a power supply unit supplying preset DC power by switching input power using a full bridge by a phase shift method; and a control unit controlling a switching time of a switch of the full bridge according to a load state in which the DC power is received from the power supply unit. | 06-26-2014 |
20140177283 | POWER SUPPLY - There is provided a power supply including a direct current (DC) to DC converter supplying main power to a load, and a sub converter connected to the DC to DC converter and reducing output loss, wherein the sub converter is operable based on a hold-up time. | 06-26-2014 |
20140185328 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING TRANSFORMER SATURATION - A controller for a power converter includes one or more controller modules operably linked to a transformer core of the power converter, to primary bridge switches of the power converter, and to secondary bridge switches of the power converter, wherein the one or more controller modules are configured to avoid saturation of the transformer core by modulating pulse widths of first electrical pulses sent to the primary bridge switches, based at least on measurements of DC components of current through primary and secondary windings adjacent the transformer core, and by modulating pulse widths of second electrical pulses sent to the secondary bridge switches, based at least on measurements of DC components of current through the primary and secondary windings. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185329 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - There is provided a power supply apparatus including an interleaved active clamp forward converter unit including a first active clamp forward converter and a second active clamp forward converter, and an output unit magnetically coupled to the forward converter unit and having an output path according to a duty ratio of the forward converter unit, wherein the output unit includes a third powering leg electrified when the first active clamp forward converter and the second active clamp forward converter are powered, and an output leg supplying power to a load. | 07-03-2014 |
20140198536 | Resonant Converters and Methods - A multilevel LLC resonant converter comprises a resonant tank connected in series with a primary side of a transformer, a first switch and a second switch connected in series, wherein a common node of the first switch and the second switch is coupled to a mid-voltage point through a first isolation switch and the resonant bank and a third switch and a fourth switch connected in series, wherein a common node of the third switch and the fourth switch is coupled to the resonant tank. | 07-17-2014 |
20140198537 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - A power conversion apparatus includes a switch circuit which activates switching elements on the basis of a control signal, a feedback means which performs feedback control, a signal output means which outputs the control signal on the basis of a control variable of the feedback control, and a mode switching means which controls switching operation of the switch circuit by switching an operation mode between a normal mode and an intermittent mode in which the number of operations is less than that in the normal mode. The mode switching means changes timing of switching from the normal mode to the intermittent mode, on the basis of either or both of a first detection value which is an input value inputted to the switch circuit and a second detection value which is an output value outputted from the switch circuit. | 07-17-2014 |
20140204615 | Voltage Converter with Low Starting Voltage - The present invention relates to a voltage converter circuit for transforming a low voltage applied to its input into a higher output voltage at an output. The voltage converter circuit comprises at least one first to fourth controllable switch of a first type, which are connected to each other in the form of an H-bridge, which is arranged between the input voltage and a reference potential, and a transformer with at least one primary winding arranged in a transversal branch of the H-bridge, and with a secondary winding, at which a transformed voltage can be tapped for generating the output voltage. In parallel to at least one of the controllable switches at least one controllable switch of a second type is arranged, which is conductive without a control potential being applied. The secondary winding of the transformer is furthermore connected with the control inputs of the controllable switches for feeding back the transformed voltage. | 07-24-2014 |
20140204616 | GALVANICALLY ISOLATED DC/DC CONVERTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A GALVANICALLY ISOLATED DC/DC CONVERTER - A galvanically isolated DC/DC converter includes at least one first side converter circuit coupled between a pair of first side DC terminals, and at least one second side converter circuit coupled between a pair of second side DC terminals. The second side converter circuit has at least a first and a second switching element, each including a switch and a diode connected in parallel. When the DC/DC converter is in power transfer operation from the pair of first side DC terminals to the pair of second side DC terminals, the diodes of the first and second switching elements are alternately in a conductive state, with each of the first and second switching elements being controlled such that a closed state of the respective switch extends beyond a transitioning of the diode of the same switching element from the conductive state to a blocking state. | 07-24-2014 |
20140204617 | POWER CONVERTER WITH CURRENT FEEDBACK LOOP - In a power converter, a deviation calculator calculates, in each cycle, a deviation between a value of an input electrical parameter of a switch circuit and a target value selected by a selector in a previous cycle. The input electrical parameter depends on the input power to the switch circuit. A second calculator calculates, in each cycle, a value of a second feedback controlled variable such that the value of the second feedback variable approaches the value of the input electrical parameter. A controller controls, in each cycle, the selector to select one of the value of the first feedback controlled variable and the value of the second feedback controlled variable as the target value for the next cycle according to the deviation calculated by the deviation calculator. | 07-24-2014 |
20140204618 | TRANSFORMER SUB-CIRCUIT - A transformer sub-circuit for use in an electrically operated vehicle includes a bridge circuit which has at least four MOSFETs and capacitors connected in parallel with the MOSFETs, and an inductor connected to the bridge circuit for use as a primary side of a transformer. A control device or controller for the inverter is configured to cause switching of the MOSFETs in such a way that operation is performed at a frequency that is higher than the resonance frequency. | 07-24-2014 |
20140218973 | DC/DC CONVERTERS - A controller for a DC/DC converter controls a first, second, third, and fourth switches according to pulse signals generated alternately. The controller turns off the third switch on detection of a first edge of a first pulse signal, turns on the first switch after a delay from the detection of the first edge, turns off the fourth switch on detection of a second edge of the first pulse signal, turns on the second switch after a delay from the detection of the second edge, turns off the first switch on detection of a third edge of a second pulse signal, turns on the third switch after a delay from the detection of the third edge, turns off the second switch on detection of a fourth edge of the second pulse signal, and turns on the fourth switch after a delay from the detection of the fourth edge. | 08-07-2014 |
20140233264 | Single stage PFC power supply - A single stage power factor correction power supply consists of two transformers: a main transformer and an auxiliary transformer (forward transformer). The main transformer transfers energy from the primary circuit to secondary circuit. The auxiliary transformer is used to correct input current waveform. The advantage of this design over the two stages power supply is that the voltage across storage capacitor can be designed to be only slightly higher than the peak value of the rectified input voltage. Therefore, it uses less energy to correct input current waveform and less EMC problem because it has less current through the inductor than two stage PFC power supply. | 08-21-2014 |
20140233265 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION METHOD - An electric power conversion system includes: a primary circuit including a first port, a second port and a primary electric power conversion unit; and a secondary circuit magnetically coupled to the primary circuit by a transformer and including a third port, a fourth port and a secondary electric power conversion unit. The electric power conversion system is configured to convert electric power between any two of the four ports with the use of the primary and secondary electric power conversion units, and convert electric power between the first and second ports and between the third and fourth ports with the use of electric power conversion circuit portions other than a faulty electric power conversion circuit portion among a plurality of electric power conversion circuit portions configured in the primary and secondary electric power conversion units. | 08-21-2014 |
20140241012 | ISOLATED BOOST FLYBACK POWER CONVERTER - An isolated boost power converter comprises a magnetically permeable multi-legged core ( | 08-28-2014 |
20140247625 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A primary side resonant circuit is formed by a primary side resonant inductor and a primary side resonant capacitor, and secondary side resonant circuits are formed by secondary side resonant inductors and secondary side resonant capacitors. Mutual inductances are formed equivalently through magnetic field resonant coupling between a primary winding and secondary windings, and a multi-resonant circuit that includes two or more LC resonant circuits is formed by a primary side circuit and a secondary side circuit. Electric power is transmitted from the primary side circuit to the secondary side circuit; resonant energy that is not transmitted from the primary winding and, of energy which the secondary winding has received, resonant energy that is not supplied to an output are each retained in the multi-resonant circuit; and, at the secondary side, the resonant energy is retained in a current path in which a rectifying element is not formed in series. | 09-04-2014 |
20140254203 | Resonant Converters - A resonant tank comprises a resonant inductor coupled to a switching network and a transformer, a resonant capacitor coupled to the switching network and the transformer, a first parallel inductor implemented as a magnetizing inductance and a second parallel inductor implement as a separate inductor, wherein a first inductance of the first parallel inductor is greater than a second inductance of the second parallel inductor. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254204 | HALF-BRIDGE DC/DC CONVERTER WITH ASYMMETRIC PULSE CONTROLLING PROCESS - A half-bridge dc/dc converter includes a first converter receiving a current and generating a first resonant current; a transformer connecting to the first converter, receiving the first resonant current and generating a second resonant current; and a second converter connecting to the transformer, receiving the second resonant current; wherein the pulse width of currents in the first converter and second convert are adjustable to further stabilize voltage level as well as adjust output power of the transformer for zero voltage switching operation. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254205 | DC TO DC CONVERTER ASSEMBLY - In the field of high voltage DC power transmission there is a need for a small, lightweight, inexpensive, and reliable means of connecting first and second high voltage DC power transmission networks. | 09-11-2014 |
20140268891 | MULTIPHASE DC/DC CONVERTERS - A multiphase DC/DC power converter includes an input, an output, at least a first converter and a second converter coupled in parallel between the input and the output, an inductor coupled to the first and second converters, an output capacitor coupled between the first and second converters and the output, and a control circuit coupled to the first converter and the second converter. The first and second converters each include a power switch. The control circuit is configured to switch the power switches at a frequency with a phase shift therebetween, and to vary the frequency to regulate a voltage at the output. Additionally, the control circuit may be configured to switch power switches at a fixed frequency with substantially no phase shift therebetween during startup of a multiphase DC/DC power converter, and at a variable frequency with a defined phase shift therebetween after startup. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268892 | CONVERTER WITH ADJUSTABLE OUTPUT VOLTAGE - A converter with adjustable output voltage is coupled to a first power source and a second power source. The converter comprises a transformer, a first conversion circuit, a second conversion circuit, a resonant circuit and a regulating circuit. The first conversion circuit has a plurality of first switch elements, each of the first switch elements is coupled to the transformer. The second conversion circuit has a plurality of second switch elements, and each of the second switch elements is coupled to the transformer. The resonant circuit comprises a first inductor, at least one first capacitor and a second inductor. The first inductor is coupled in series to the transformer, and the first capacitor is coupled in parallel to the second conversion circuit. The second inductor is coupled to the first capacitor. The regulating circuit is coupled between the second power source and the second conversion circuit. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268893 | Method and Apparatus For Soft Switching Welding Type Power - A method and apparatus for providing welding type power is disclosed. It includes having a switched preregulator, where the preregulator is soft switched, and the components used to implement the soft switching are protected. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268894 | DC-DC CONVERTER - A DC-DC converter includes smoothing capacitors, switching circuits and capacitor circuits at a primary-side and a secondary-side of a high frequency transformer respectively. When a midpoint voltage of the capacitor circuit is detected by a voltage detection unit, a timing signal output unit is configured to supply to a drive circuit a timing signal according to a switching operation carried out by the primary-side or secondary-side switching circuit, in synchronization with a period in which a winding voltage of the high frequency transformer changes, based on a change in the midpoint voltage. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268895 | MIXED SEMICONDUCTOR H-BRIDGE POWER CONVERTERS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for power converters and particularly power converters for wireless power transfer to remote systems such as electric vehicles. In one aspect, the disclosure provides an electronic power supply. The electronic power supply includes at least first and second half-bridge circuitries. The first half-bridge circuitry includes semiconductor material of a first type. The second half-bridge circuitry of the H-bridge includes semiconductor material of a second type. The first semiconductor material type is different from the second semiconductor material type. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268896 | Reactor Apparatus and Power Converter Using Same - A reactor apparatus | 09-18-2014 |
20140268897 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A BRIDGE MODE FOR POWER CONVERSION - A method and apparatus for controlling power conversion. In one embodiment, the method comprises computing a ratio based on both voltage and charge pertaining to power conversion in a resonant converter; comparing the ratio to a threshold; and controlling, independent of switching frequency of the resonant converter, power output from the resonant converter based on whether the ratio satisfies the threshold. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268898 | EFFICIENT RESONANT TOPOLOGY FOR DC-AC INVERSION WITH MINIMAL USE OF HIGH FREQUENCY SWITCHES - System and apparatus for power conversion. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprising a DC stage, comprising a resonant circuit, for generating a high-frequency resonant current; and an AC stage for converting a high-frequency current, generated from the high-frequency resonant current, to an AC output current, wherein the AC stage comprises: a pair of serially-connected switches for (i) passing, during a first half of a cycle of an AC line, a positive portion of the high-frequency current, and (ii) passing, during a second half of the cycle of the AC line, a negative portion of the high-frequency current; and an unfurling bridge for unfurling a current waveform, formed from the positive and the negative portions, to generate the AC output current, wherein the unfurling bridge is operated at a frequency on the order of three orders of magnitude lower than an operating frequency of the serially-connected switches. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268899 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A primary side resonant circuit is formed by a primary side resonant inductor and a primary side resonant capacitor, and secondary side resonant circuits are formed by secondary side resonant inductors and secondary side resonant capacitors. Equivalent mutual inductances and equivalent mutual capacitances are formed through electromagnetic field resonant coupling between a primary winding and secondary windings, and a multi-resonant circuit including an LC resonant circuit formed in each of the primary side and the secondary side is formed. Electric power is transmitted from the primary side circuit to the secondary side circuit, and resonant energy that is not transmitted from the primary winding and, of energy which the secondary winding has received, resonant energy that is not supplied to an output are each retained in the multi-resonant circuit. | 09-18-2014 |
20140286055 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM - An electric power conversion system includes: a primary electric power conversion circuit including a primary coil connected to a connection point between a plurality of transistors; a secondary electric power conversion circuit configured similarly to the primary electric power conversion circuit and including a secondary coil corresponding to the primary coil; and a control circuit controlling transfer of electric power between the primary and secondary electric power conversion circuits. The control circuit executes feedforward control for setting one of an on/off ratio of a terminal voltage signal of the primary coil and an on/off ratio of a terminal voltage signal of the secondary coil, in response to at least one of fluctuations in voltage ratio between both waveforms and fluctuations in phase symmetry between both waveforms, when the terminal voltage waveform of the primary coil and the terminal voltage waveform of the secondary coil are different from each other. | 09-25-2014 |
20140307480 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - An electric power conversion device has a transformer, a DC-AC conversion circuit, an AC-DC conversion circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit calculates an input current instruction value Iref based on a difference value ΔV between an output voltage Vout of the AC-DC conversion circuit and an output voltage instruction value Vref. A comparator compares an input current Iin of the DC-AC conversion circuit with the value Iref. The DC-AC conversion circuit is controlled by the comparison result of the comparator. The control circuit correctly determines an occurrence of an abnormality state of the electric power conversion device based on the operation state of the comparator, the difference value ΔV between the output voltage Vout of the AC-DC conversion circuit and the output voltage instruction value Vref, and the input voltage Vin of the DC-AC conversion circuit without using any output current of the AC-DC conversion circuit. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307481 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR HIGH POWER DC/DC CONVERTER - A voltage conversion system and methods are disclosed. Voltage converter cells are controlled using interleaved phase-shift modulation signals, and convert an input electrical current at an input voltage to an output electrical current at an output voltage. Each of the voltage converter cells comprises: a transformer comprising a primary side and a secondary side, a full-bridge voltage converter connected in parallel to the primary side, and center-tapped rectifiers connected in series to the secondary side. One or more group of outputs of the voltage converters are coupled in series via the center-tapped rectifiers. | 10-16-2014 |
20140313784 | BI-DIRECTIONAL POWER CONVERTERS - A transformer based isolated bi-directional DC-DC power converter may have signals for controlling power transfer in first and second directions are derived from the same side of the transformer. The converter may include a transformer, a first switching circuit, a second switching circuit, and a controller. In a first mode, the controller controls the first and second switching circuits, and power is transferred from a first side to a second side. In a second mode, the controller controls the first and second switching circuits, and power is transferred from the second side to the first side. | 10-23-2014 |
20140328086 | ACTIVATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A DIRECT VOLTAGE CONVERTER - The invention relates to an activation apparatus ( | 11-06-2014 |
20140334189 | BI-DIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER - The present disclosure discloses a bi-directional DC-DC converter, comprising a primary-side inverting/rectifying module, an isolated transformer, and a secondary-side rectifying/inverting module, wherein the primary-side inverting/rectifying module comprises a first bridge arm composed of a first switching component and a second switching component connected in series and a clamping circuit comprising a resonant inductor and a clamping bridge arm composed of a first semiconductor component and a second semiconductor component connected in series, and two terminals of the resonant inductor are respectively coupled to a common node of the first switching component and the second switching component and a common node of the first semiconductor component and the second semiconductor component. The present disclosure can improve transformer efficiency while achieving the soft switching of the switching components. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334190 | VARIABLE FREQUENCY ITERATION MPPT FOR RESONANT POWER CONVERTERS - A method of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) uses an MPPT algorithm to determine a switching frequency for a resonant power converter, including initializing by setting an initial boundary frequency range that is divided into initial frequency sub-ranges bounded by initial frequencies including an initial center frequency and first and second initial bounding frequencies. A first iteration includes measuring initial powers at the initial frequencies to determine a maximum power initial frequency that is used to set a first reduced frequency search range centered or bounded by the maximum power initial frequency including at least a first additional bounding frequency. A second iteration includes calculating first and second center frequencies by averaging adjacent frequent values in the first reduced frequency search range and measuring second power values at the first and second center frequencies. The switching frequency is determined from measured power values including the second power values. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334191 | DC-DC CONVERSION DEVICE - A circuit of a full-bridge configuration using four semiconductor switch elements is used as a circuit on the primary side of a transformer in a DC-DC conversion device. With this configuration, it is possible to increase the turn ratio of a primary winding and a secondary winding of the transformer and thus increase a voltage generated in the primary winding, and to decrease a current flowing through the primary winding of the transformer and thus decrease breaking currents of the semiconductor switch elements. | 11-13-2014 |
20140340939 | POWER CONVERTER CONTROL TO AVOID IMBALANCE AND TRANSFORMER SATURATION - A switched-mode power conversion circuit can include a switch control circuit including switch control outputs coupleable to switches included in a bridge network, the switches controllably coupling power input nodes to an isolation transformer according to switch states established by the switch control circuit. A current monitoring circuit can be coupled to the isolation transformer, the current monitoring circuit including an output indicative of a current flowing through a winding of the isolation transformer. A sampling circuit can be coupled to the output of the current monitoring circuit to obtain information indicative of a first current peak during a first sampling duration corresponding to a first current polarity established by the bridge network and a second current peak during a second sampling duration corresponding to an opposite second current polarity established by the bridge network. | 11-20-2014 |
20140340940 | INTEGRATED MAGNETICS COMPONENT - The present invention relates to an integrated magnetics component comprising a magnetically permeable core comprising a base member extending in a horizontal plane and first, second, third and fourth legs protruding substantially perpendicularly from the base member. First, second, third and fourth output inductor windings are wound around the first, second, third and fourth legs, respectively. A first input conductor of the integrated magnetics component has a first conductor axis and extends in-between the first, second, third and fourth legs to induce a first magnetic flux through a first flux path of the magnetically permeable core. A second input conductor of the integrated magnetics component has a second coil axis extending substantially perpendicularly to the first conductor axis to induce a second magnetic flux through a second flux path of the magnetically permeable core extending substantially orthogonally to the first flux path. Another aspect of the invention relates to a multiple-input isolated power converter comprising the integrated magnetics component. | 11-20-2014 |
20140347889 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - A power conversion apparatus includes a primary side circuit and a secondary side circuit magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit via a transformer, and converts power between a primary side port of the primary side circuit and a secondary side port of the secondary side circuit, using switching of each of the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit. The power conversion apparatus further includes a control unit that controls a frequency of the switching and a phase difference between the switching of the primary side circuit and the switching of the secondary side circuit such that power conversion efficiency between the primary side port and the secondary side port is increased. | 11-27-2014 |
20140347890 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - A power conversion apparatus includes: a primary side circuit; a secondary side circuit that is magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit by a transformer; and a control unit that adjusts a transmitted power transmitted between the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit by changing a phase difference between a switching operation of the primary side circuit and a switching operation of the secondary side circuit such that a port voltage of one port from among a primary side port provided in the primary side circuit and a secondary side port provided in the secondary side circuit converges on a target voltage. The control unit reduces the target voltage when the phase difference is equal to an upper limit value and the port voltage is smaller than a set threshold. | 11-27-2014 |
20140347891 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND POWER CORRECTION METHOD - A power conversion apparatus includes a primary side circuit, a secondary side circuit that is connected to the primary side circuit through a reactor and magnetically coupled thereto through a transformer, and a control unit that adjusts power transmitted between the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit by changing a phase difference between switching of the primary side circuit and switching of the secondary side circuit. The control unit adjusts the frequency of switching of the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit according to the value of an equivalent inductance of the reactor and the transformer. | 11-27-2014 |
20140347892 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - A power conversion apparatus includes a plurality of power supply circuits each including a primary side circuit, and a secondary side circuit that is magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit via a transformer. Electrical power that changes according to a phase difference between switching of the primary side circuit and switching of the secondary side circuit is input and output to and from the power supply circuit. The power conversion apparatus includes a first power supply circuit, a second power supply circuit that uses, as an input side thereof, an output side of the first power supply circuit, and a control unit that adjusts residual power obtained by subtracting input power of the second power supply circuit from output power of the first power supply circuit, by controlling a phase difference of the first power supply circuit and a phase difference of the second power supply circuit. | 11-27-2014 |
20140347893 | LLC BIDIRECTIONAL RESONANT CONVERTER AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING - A LLC bidirectional resonant converter comprising: a resonant tank, a first switching circuit connected to the resonant tank via first power conduits, a second switching circuit connected to the resonant tank via second power conduits, a switching element, and at least one switchable inductive element which is arranged by the switching element to be in parallel across the second power conduits when operating in a first mode of operation and arranged by the switching element to be in parallel across the first power conduits when operating in a second mode of operation. | 11-27-2014 |
20140355310 | FULL BRIDGE DC-DC CONVERTER THAT APPLIES CURRENT DOUBLER - A full bridge DC-DC converter to which a current doubler is applicable is provided and includes a transformer and a switching circuit that converts a high direct current voltage into a high alternating current voltage and then outputs the high alternating current voltage to the primary side of the transformer. In addition, an output circuit receives and processes the output of the secondary side of the transformer and supplies the processed output to an electric load. The output circuit includes a first inductor, a first contact resistor, a second inductor, a second contact resistor, a first diode, a third contact resister, a second diode, and a fourth contact resister. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355311 | GALVANICALLY ISOLATED DC/DC CONVERTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A GALVANICALLY ISOLATED DC/DC CONVERTER - A galvanically isolated DC/DC converter includes a first and a second side converter circuit coupled between a pair of first side DC terminals and a pair of second side DC terminals, respectively. The first side converter circuit has a first and a second switching element, each including a switch and a diode. When the DC/DC converter is in power transfer operation from the second side DC terminals to the first side DC terminals, the second side converter circuit alternates between two power transfer states. A conductive state of the diode of one of the first and second switching elements is the result of one of the two power transfer states. The first side converter circuit is controlled such that the switch of the respectively other of the first and second switching elements is closed for an adaptation interval before the one of the two power transfer states starts. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355312 | ISOLATED POWER SUPPLY, CONTROL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF - In one embodiment, method of generating a control signal for an isolated power supply, can include: (i) generating a first ground noise component with a first predetermined proportionality to a ground noise signal; (ii) generating a first peak signal based on a first control signal having the ground noise signal, where the first peak signal comprises a second ground noise component with a second predetermined proportionality to the ground noise signal; (iii) generating a second control signal based on a difference between the first peak signal and the first ground noise component; and (iv) controlling, by the second control signal, a switch of the isolated power supply. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355313 | RESONANT DC-DC CONVERTER CONTROL DEVICE - A control device is configured to, when the direct current output voltage of a resonant DC-DC converter is of a value that exceeds the maximum value that can be output in a fixed frequency control region, there is a switch from fixed frequency control to frequency modulation control. Because of this, conduction loss and turn-off loss caused by backflow current among semiconductor switching elements of the resonant DC-DC converter are reduced, power conversion efficiency is improved, and the range of voltage that can be output by the resonant DC-DC converter is expanded. | 12-04-2014 |
20140362605 | DUTY CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOW VOLTAGE DC-DC CONVERTER - A duty control method for a low-voltage DC-DC converter (LDC) is provided in which a duty ratio of a high-efficiency and low-voltage DC-DC converter that has a boost converter and a full-bridge converter combined therein is variable-controlled to output low-voltage. In particular, control of a duty ratio of the LDC that includes a boost converter and a full-bridge converter or a half-bridge converter connected in series is improved and by controlling an output voltage of the full-bridge converter in a simple-equation-based variable-duty scheme to output a low voltage for high-voltage input, stable low-voltage output may be achieved over the input and output voltage range. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362606 | DC-DC CONVERSION DEVICE - A DC-DC conversion device includes four semiconductor switch elements | 12-11-2014 |
20140362607 | Magnetic Integration Double-Ended Converter - A magnetic integration double-ended converter with an integrated function of a transformer and an inductor includes an integrated magnetic member having a magnetic core with three magnetic columns having at least three windings (N | 12-11-2014 |
20140369075 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DC - DC CONVERTER - A system and a method for controlling a DC-DC converter include a microcomputer for deriving an input limiting current value by dividing an input limiting power value by an input voltage value. A conversion circuit scales the input limiting current value to a limiting voltage value. A voltage control circuit derives a control voltage value based on an output voltage value and a reference voltage value and defines the limiting voltage value as a control voltage limiting value. A current control circuit generates a pulse width modulation (PWM) control signal based on the control voltage value. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369076 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device includes a full-bridge circuit including first to fourth switches switching power input from a power input unit, the first and second switches and the third and fourth switches being connected to both terminals of the power input unit in parallel; a resonance unit connected between a first connection node between the first and second switches and a second connection node between the third and fourth switches; a transformer including primary and secondary windings connected to the resonance unit in series; a rectifying circuit rectifying and outputting voltage transferred from the secondary winding; a sensing unit obtaining at least one of output current and output voltage output from the rectifying circuit; and a controlling unit controlling the first to third switches or the second to fourth switches, based on the at least one of the output current and the output voltage obtained by the sensing unit. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369077 | PFC CIRCUIT FOR CHARGING CONVERTER - A power factor correction (PFC) circuit for a charging converter, includes an input terminal connected with an alternating-current source, and an output terminal connected with a converter. The output terminal is connected to an electrolytic capacitor, such that the PFC circuit is connected in parallel with the converter through the electrolytic capacitor. The front end of the electrolytic capacitor is connected to an LC filter. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369078 | BRIDGE CONVERTER WITH SNUBBER CIRCUIT - A bridge converter with a snubber circuit is applied to a power apparatus and a load apparatus. The bridge converter includes a transformer, a first diode, a secondary side first switch unit, a first capacitor, a second diode, a second capacitor, a secondary side second switch unit, a direct current to direct current conversion unit, a third capacitor and a resistor. The transformer includes a primary side winding, a first secondary side winding and a second secondary side winding. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369079 | VOLTAGE CONVERTER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a voltage converter ( | 12-18-2014 |
20140369080 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An AlGaN/GaN HEMT includes: a compound semiconductor layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on an upper side of the compound semiconductor layer; and an Al—Si—N layer being a high-resistance layer disposed in a lower portion of at least one of the source electrode and the drain electrode and higher in an electric resistance value than the source electrode and the drain electrode. | 12-18-2014 |
20140376268 | METAL WORKING POWER SUPPLY CONVERTER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A power supply for welding, cutting and similar operations includes a dual two-switch forward converter. The converter has two inverter circuits coupled in parallel but controlled to provide output power in an interleaved fashion. To avoid “walking” of the circuits (which could result in different duty cycles and imbalance of the load sharing), control signals are determined and applied to a first of the inverter circuits, and “on” times of the first circuit is monitored, such as by augmenting a counter to determine the number of clock cycles the first circuit is “on”. The same duration is then used for commanding output from the second inverter circuit. The duty cycles of both circuits is thus ensured to be the same regardless of changes in the total output power. | 12-25-2014 |
20140376269 | DEAD-TIME OPTIMIZATION OF RESONANT INVERTERS - The present disclosure is directed to an electrosurgical generator including a resonant inverter having an H-bridge and a tank. A sensor array measures at least one property of the tank. A pulse width modulation (PWM) controller outputs a first PWM timing signal and a second PWM timing signal to the H-bridge. The PWM controller controls a dead-time between the first PWM timing signal and the second PWM timing signal based on the at least one property measured by the sensor array. | 12-25-2014 |
20140376270 | POWER CONVERTERS INCLUDING LLC CONVERTERS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Photovoltaic (PV) power converters including an LLC converter stage are described. A PV power converter includes a LLC converter stage and a controller. The LLC converter stage includes an input for receiving a direct current (DC) power input from a PV module, a first transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding and defining a DC side and an alternating current (AC) side of the PV power converter, a plurality of switches on the DC side of the first transformer, and an output coupled to the secondary winding of the first transformer to provide a DC power output. The plurality of switches is coupled between the primary winding of the first transformer and the input. The controller is located on the AC side of the PV power converter. The controller is operatively connected to the plurality of switches and configured to control operation of the plurality of switches. | 12-25-2014 |
20150023063 | Resonant Power Converters Using Impedance Control Networks And Related Techniques - An impedance control resonant power converter (converter) operated at a fixed switching frequency includes an impedance control network (ICN) coupled between two or more inverters operated at a fixed duty ratio with a phase shift between them and one or more rectifiers. The phase shift is used to control output power or compensate for variations in input or output voltage. The converter operates at fixed frequency yet achieves simultaneous zero voltage switching (ZVS) and zero or near zero current switching (ZCS) across a wide operating range. Output power may be controlled by: (1) changing phase shift between inverters; or (2) adjusting phase shift between inverters depending upon input and/or output voltages so that an admittance presented to the inverters is conductive and then turning the converter on and off at a frequency lower than the converter switching frequency to control output power below a value set by the phase shift. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029758 | WIDE INPUT DC/DC RESONANT CONVERTER TO CONTROL REACTIVE POWER - A DC/DC resonant converter system includes a primary converter unit having a split resonant tank circuit. The resonant converter unit further includes a plurality of primary switching units that control the current flowing into the split resonant tank circuit. A controlled secondary rectifier unit includes a plurality of rectifier switching units to reduce reactive power in the primary converter unit. A phase-shift controller is in electrical communication with the primary converter unit and the controlled secondary rectifier unit. The phase-shift controller is configured to determine a rectifier phase-shift angle based on the plurality of primary switching units and to control switching of the plurality of rectifier switching units based on the rectifier phase-shift angle. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029759 | ELECTRIC POWER SOURCE DEVICE - An electric power source device has a transformer, a primary-side semiconductor module, a secondary-side semiconductor module, a secondary-side electrical component, a base plate and a circuit substrate on which substrate-side electrical components are mounted. The primary-side semiconductor module has a larger exterior size than the secondary-side electrical component. The primary-side semiconductor module and the secondary-side electrical component form a stacked section. In the stacked section, the secondary-side electrical component is stacked, in a vertical direction, i.e. a direction of a normal line of a mounting surface of the base plate, on the primary-side semiconductor module. The primary-side semiconductor module is directly mounted on the mounting surface. At least a part of the substrate-side electrical components is arranged inside of the primary-side semiconductor module in a horizontal direction, and inside of a second surface of the stacked section toward the mounting surface along the normal line. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029760 | VOLTAGE FEED-FORWARD COMPENSATION AND VOLTAGE FEEDBACK COMPENSATION FOR SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLIES - A digital control unit generates a control signal to control a duty cycle of a switched mode power supply such that a faster response to an input voltage transient is achieved. The digital control unit comprises a feedback compensator, a feed forward compensator, a transient detector, and a controller. The transient detector receives a signal indicative of the input voltage of the switched mode power supply and detects transients on the received signal. The feedback compensator receives a signal indicative of the output voltage of the switched mode power supply and adjusts the control signal. The feed forward compensator receives a signal indicative of the input voltage of the switched mode power supply, performs a relatively fast, but coarse, adjustment of the control signal, and then performs a more accurate, but relatively slow, adjustment of the control signal. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029761 | VOLTAGE CONVERTER - The invention relates to a voltage converter ( | 01-29-2015 |
20150036390 | SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER CONTROL FOR A DOUBLE-ENDED ISOLATED POWER CONVERTER - An apparatus comprises a power converter circuit and a control circuit. The power converter circuit includes a primary circuit side and a secondary circuit side. The primary circuit side includes a plurality of primary switches, and the secondary circuit side includes a plurality of synchronous rectifiers and an inductor. The control circuit is configured to operate the synchronous rectifiers synchronously with the primary switches when inductor current at the inductor is greater than or equal to a reference inductor current, and operate the synchronous rectifiers in a bidirectional mode when the inductor current is less than the reference inductor current, wherein energy is delivered from the primary side to the secondary side and from the secondary side to the primary side during the bidirectional mode. | 02-05-2015 |
20150043246 | PRIMARY SIDE NO LOAD DETECTION AND SHUTDOWN CIRCUIT IN AN ISOLATED DRIVER - A no load detection and shutdown circuit in an isolated driver is provided. A no load condition is detected by primary side evaluation of a reflected voltage. If a determination is made that a no load condition is present, the no load detection circuit signals a half bridge driver of the driver to cease oscillations, shutting down the driver. | 02-12-2015 |
20150043247 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A switching power supply circuit includes a transformer, a switching unit which includes at least one switch and is connected to an output of the transformer, and a switching controller which is connected to an output of the switching unit, is configured to control the switching unit, and includes a comparing unit and an output waveform generating unit. Furthermore, the comparing unit is configured to output a value used to control the output waveform generating unit, and the output waveform generating unit is configured to generate a control signal based on the output value of the comparing unit and output the control signal to the at least one switch of the switching unit. Accordingly, the power consumption is reduced by performing rectification using a switch, and the switching power supply circuit is prepared in a simple configuration since the switching unit is controlled without any controller. | 02-12-2015 |
20150049515 | RESONANT CONVERTER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A LLC resonant converter that includes a plurality of electronic switches arranged to form a bridge and a controller. The bridge is operable to an operating mode that includes a full-bridge mode and a half-bridge mode. The controller is configured to adjust an operating frequency used to operate the bridge based on a comparison of a set-point value to an output value of an output voltage generated by converter, change the operating mode to the half-bridge mode if the operating mode is the full-bridge mode, an output current of the converter is less than a minimum current threshold, and the operating frequency is greater than a maximum frequency threshold, and change the operating mode to the full bridge mode if the operating mode is the half-bridge mode, and the operating frequency is less than a minimum frequency threshold. | 02-19-2015 |
20150049516 | POWER CONVERTER AND METHOD OF STABLING VOLTAGE GAIN - A power converter includes a primary side compensation capacitor, a transformer and a secondary side compensation capacitor. The primary side compensation capacitor receives a first AC voltage from a first switch circuit. The transformer receives the first AC voltage to generate a second AC voltage. The secondary side compensation capacitor transfers the second AC voltage to a second switch circuit to generate a DC output voltage. The operating frequency of the first switch circuit is set within the 0.8*fa to 1.2*fb, and fb is at most 1.5 times of fa. The primary side compensation capacitor and a primary side leakage inductance of the transformer correspond to a first resonant frequency, the secondary side compensation capacitor and a secondary side leakage inductance of the transformer correspond to a second resonant frequency, fa and fb are the lower one and the higher one of the first and second resonant frequency respectively. | 02-19-2015 |
20150049517 | CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR REDUCING A VOLTAGE OF NODE THEREOF - A converter and method for reducing voltage of node thereof are disclosed herein. The converter includes a first transmitting circuit and a second transmitting circuit. The first transmitting circuit is configured to receive a first AC voltage. The second transmitting circuit is electrically coupled to the first transmitting circuit and the second transmitting circuit is configured to transmit a second AC voltage according to the first AC voltage. One of the first transmitting circuit and the second transmitting circuit includes at least one divider unit and the other one of the first transmitting circuit and the second transmitting circuit includes at least two divider units. Each of the divider units includes an inductor network and a capacitor network coupled in series. The inductor network and the capacitor network of the adjacent divider units are coupled in series alternatively. | 02-19-2015 |
20150049518 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI PHASE SHIFT POWER CONVERTER CONTROL - A method and apparatus for multi phase shift control of a power converter. In one embodiment, the method comprises controlling a phase shift between a left leg and a right leg of a first bridge of the power converter during operation of the power converter; and controlling a phase shift between the first bridge and a second bridge of the power converter during the operation of the power converter, wherein the phase shift between the left and the right legs and the phase shift between the first and the second bridges are controlled based on an input voltage of the power converter and a required output voltage of the power converter. | 02-19-2015 |
20150055374 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS CORRESPONDING TO ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING SYSTEM - In a full bridge type DC-DC converter, a first protective diode is connected between a first node between a first resonance inductor on a primary side and one terminal of a primary winding of a transformer, and a power line on a high voltage side of a power supply. A second protective diode is connected between the first node and a power line on a low voltage side of the power supply. A third protective diode is connected between a second node between a second resonance inductor and the other terminal of the primary winding, and the power line on the high voltage side of the power supply. A fourth protective diode is connected between the second node and the power line on the low voltage side of the power supply. | 02-26-2015 |
20150055375 | Controlling a Switched Mode Power Supply with Maximised Power Efficiency - A control circuit, that controls the duty cycle of a switched mode power supply, comprises a reference voltage generator that, responsive to the input voltage exceeding a threshold value, generates a predetermined reference signal. Responsive to the input voltage not exceeding the threshold value, the reference voltage generator receives a signal indicative of an input voltage of the switched mode power supply and generates a variable reference signal dependent upon the input voltage. The control circuit further comprises an error signal generator that receives a signal indicative of an output voltage of the power supply and generates an error signal based on the reference signal generated by the reference voltage generator and based on the output voltage. The control circuit also includes a duty cycle control signal generator that generates the control signal to control the duty cycle of the power supply in dependence upon the error signal. | 02-26-2015 |
20150062971 | CONVERTER CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF CONVERTING POWER - A converter circuit includes an inverter and a controller. The inverter is configured to receive an input voltage and to convert the input voltage into a primary-side alternating-current (AC) voltage in a first inversion mode or a second inversion mode. Each of a first switch unit and a second switch unit in the inverter includes switches. When the converter circuit works in the first inversion mode, the controller controls switches of the first switch unit and the second switch unit to cooperatively switch on and switch off periodically according to an output voltage corresponding to the primary-side AC voltage. When the converter circuit works in the second inversion mode, the controller controls the first switch unit to operate independently, in which the switches of the first switch unit switch on and switch off periodically. | 03-05-2015 |
20150070939 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - An electric power conversion system is coupled to a high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system. The electric power conversion system includes a plurality of power conversion modules. At least one of the power conversion modules includes at least one power converter coupled to at least one DC power terminal. The power conversion module also includes at least one isolation device coupled to the at least one power converter. The at least one power converter and the at least one isolation device at least partially define an isolatable portion of the electric power conversion system. The at least one isolation device is configured to remove the isolatable portion from service. The at least one power converter is configured to decrease electric current transmission through the isolatable portion prior to opening the at least one isolation device. | 03-12-2015 |
20150070940 | MULTI-PHASE TRANSFORMER TYPE DC-DC CONVERTER - A multi-phase transformer type DC-DC converter. In one embodiment, the multi-phase transformer type DC-DC converter includes a plurality of DC-DC converters comprising a plurality of transformers, respectively, wherein the plurality of DC-DC converters are coupled in parallel between an input and an output. A circuit is coupled to the plurality of DC-DC converters and configured to generate a plurality of clock signals for use by the plurality of DC-DC converters, respectively, wherein the plurality of clock signals are phase shifted with respect to each other. | 03-12-2015 |
20150078036 | POWER CONVERTERS FOR WIDE INPUT OR OUTPUT VOLTAGE RANGE AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - A power converter topology is adapted for efficiency according to input voltage, output voltage or output current conditions. Topology adaptation is achieved by control responsive to the input and output operating conditions, or to one or more external control signals. Transition between any two topologies is implemented by pulse width modulation in the two switches in one of two bridge legs of a full bridge converter. When transitioning from full-bridge to half-bridge topology, the duty ratio of one switch in one leg of the full bridge is increased, while simultaneously the duty ratio of the other switch in the same leg is reduced until one switch is continuously on, while the other switch is continuously off. The transition from the half-bridge to the full-bridge topology is accomplished by modulating the same switches such that, at the end of the transition, both switches operate with substantially the same duty cycle. | 03-19-2015 |
20150085531 | NONLINEAR CONTROL DEVICE FOR A DC/DC CONVERTER USED FOR CONVEYING HVDC CURRENT - The invention relates to a bidirectional multi-level DC/DC converter and its non-linear control, adapted to transfer power between at least one energy source and an electricity distribution network. | 03-26-2015 |
20150085532 | REACTOR AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A reactor device includes: a magnetic core defining a predetermined axis; a first coil wound around the predetermined axis; and a second coil wound around the predetermined axis and placed opposed to the first coil, wherein: a first lead part and a second lead part formed in both ends of the first coil are placed on that side of the first coil which is opposed to the second coil. | 03-26-2015 |
20150085533 | REACTOR AND POWER CONVERTER - A reactor includes a magnetic core; a first coil wound around the magnetic core; a second coil wound around the magnetic core; and a magnetic body that is provided between the first coil and the second coil separate from the magnetic core, and that reduces a coupling coefficient between the first coil and the second coil. | 03-26-2015 |
20150092450 | COMMUTATION CURRENT STEERING METHOD IN A ZERO VOLT SWITCHING POWER CONVERTER USING A SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER - A commutation current steering method is provided for a power converter having an isolation transformer, a plurality of primary ZVS switches, a plurality of secondary switches for synchronous rectification, and a boosting resonant circuit. A commutation current is shared between all of the switches, and a resonance is induced in the boosting resonant circuit by controlling each of the synchronous rectifier switches to turn off at a time prior to a turn-off time for a corresponding one of the switches operating under ZVS conditions, wherein the primary current is boosted above a minimum commutation value during ZVS periods. The ZVS switches are further driven with a constant dead time, and the synchronous rectifier switches are driven to provide a fixed time relation with respect to all of the switches. | 04-02-2015 |
20150092451 | POWER CONVERTERS - A power converter for converting input power to output power includes a first transformer circuit, a second transformer circuit, and balance circuitry. The first transformer circuit includes a first primary winding for receiving a first part of the input power and a first secondary winding for generating a first part of the output power. The second transformer circuit includes a second primary winding for receiving a second part of the input power and a second secondary winding for generating a second part of the output power. The balance circuitry is coupled to a first terminal of the first secondary winding and a second terminal of the second secondary winding, and operable for balancing the first and second parts of the output power by passing a signal between the first and second terminals. The first and second terminals have the same polarity. | 04-02-2015 |
20150092452 | DC-DC Converter - Provided is a vehicle which enables a highly-efficient DC-DC converter and a highly-efficient power supply to a load, regardless of a power supply amount of to the load. When the power supply amount to a load R | 04-02-2015 |
20150098250 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING PHASE-SHIFT FULL-BRIDGE CONVERTER IN LIGHT LOAD OPERATION - A method of controlling a phase-shift full-bridge (PSFB) converter in a light load operation is provided to switch control modes of the PSFB converter by detecting magnetizing current of a transformer thereof. The method includes following steps: First, the PSFB converter is operated in an extended PSFB control mode when the magnetizing current is larger. Afterward, the PSFB converter is operated in a modified PSFB control mode when the magnetizing current is gradually reduced and electric charges transported by the residual magnetizing current near to or less than a half of the DC input voltage. Finally, the optimal degree of soft switching of the PSFB converter is implemented when the PSFB converter is operated at the modified PSFB control mode. Accordingly, it is to improve overall efficiency, reduce switching losses, and achieve electromagnetic compatibility. | 04-09-2015 |
20150098251 | ARC FAULT PROTECTION FOR POWER CONVERSION - An apparatus and system for arc fault protection during power conversion. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a power converter comprising a first and a second pair of DC input terminals, coupled in series, for coupling to a first and a second DC source, respectively; an input bridge; an inductor; a first and a second arc fault protection capacitor, wherein (i) the series combination of the first and the second pair of DC input terminals is coupled across the input bridge, (ii) a first terminal of the inductor is coupled between the first and the second pair of DC input terminals, (iii) a second terminal of the inductor is coupled between switches on one leg of the input bridge, and (iv) the first and the second arc fault protection capacitors are coupled across the first and the second pair of DC input terminals, respectively. | 04-09-2015 |
20150103561 | Apparatus and Method for Multiple Primary Bridge Resonant Converters - A converter comprises an input stage coupled to a power source, wherein the input stage comprises a plurality of power switches, a first resonant tank coupled to the input stage, wherein the first resonant tank is of a first Q value, a second resonant tank coupled to the input stage, wherein the second resonant tank is of a second Q value, a transformer coupled to the input stage through the first resonant tank and the second resonant tank and an output stage coupled to the transformer. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103562 | Switching Power Supply with a Resonant Converter and Method Controlling the Same - A switching power supply with a resonant converter has an AC to DC converter and a DC to DC converter. The AC to DC converter converts an inputted AC power into a DC power. The DC to DC converter has a resonant converter determining a current operating state according to waveforms of a transformer voltage and a driving signal actually measured and further controlling a switching frequency of the resonant converter to approach or to be equal to a resonant frequency for operational efficiency enhancement. Accordingly, the failure to accurately calculate a resonant frequency beforehand can be solved and the issue of accurately keeping the switching frequency consistent with the resonant frequency can be tackled. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103563 | AUTOMATIC TIMING ADJUSTMENT FOR SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER CIRCUIT - A circuit includes a conduction detector configured to monitor conduction of a body diode of a synchronous rectifier switch relative to a predetermined threshold and to generate a detector output that indicates conduction or non-conduction of the body diode. A window analyzer is configured to generate a timing signal to indicate if the synchronous rectifier switch is turned off prematurely or turned off late relative to an on-time turn off based on the detector output from the conduction detector. A controller is configured to adjust the timing of the synchronous rectifier switch based on whether the timing signal indicates that the synchronous rectifier switch is turned off prematurely or turned off late relative to the on-time turn off. | 04-16-2015 |
20150109824 | Apparatus and Method for High Efficiency Resonant Converters - A converter comprises an input stage coupled to a power source, wherein the input stage comprises a plurality of power switches, a resonant tank coupled to the plurality of power switches, a transformer coupled to the resonant tank, an output stage coupled to the transformer, an efficiency point tracking indicator coupled to the converter, a detector coupled to the efficiency point tracking indicator and a control circuit configured to receive an efficiency point tracking signal from the detector and adjust a switching frequency of the power switches based upon the efficiency point tracking signal. | 04-23-2015 |
20150109825 | Controlling a Switched Mode Power Supply with Maximised Power Efficiency - A control circuit ( | 04-23-2015 |
20150109826 | Switched Power Converter - A switched power converter unit has a DC voltage source with a positive output connection and a negative output connection; a series connection of two switching units; a first output clamp, coupled to a common point of the two switching units of a first parallel branch via a first inductive element; a diode arranged to allow current flow from the first output clamp to the DC voltage source; a diode arranged to allow current flow from the DC voltage source to the first output clamp; a capacitor coupled parallel to diode D | 04-23-2015 |
20150109827 | Dual Active Bridge With Flyback Mode - A dual active bridge (DAB) converter operates in a power conversion operation by controlling multiple bridge configured switches to charge a magnetisation inductance from an input supply during a charge phase of a power cycle and to discharge the magnetisation inductance into an output of the DAB during a discharge phase of the power cycle. The DAB converter includes an input converter connected to the input supply, an inductance connected to the input converter, a transformer comprising a primary and a secondary winding, and an output converter connected to the transformer. The input and output converters each include a first pair of switches forming a first circuit path, and a second pair of switches forming a second circuit path parallel to the first circuit path. The first and second circuit paths are both completed by a third circuit path including the inductance and the primary winding of the transformer. | 04-23-2015 |
20150109828 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A power supply apparatus and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The power supply apparatus includes a first converter and a second converter. The first converter is operated to acquire a first gain when an input voltage is included in a first range or a second range that is lower than a first range and outputs a first output voltage and a second output voltage by converting the input voltage. In addition, the second converter is operated when the input voltage is included in the first range and outputs a third output voltage by converting the second output voltage. | 04-23-2015 |
20150109829 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A power conversion device includes a power conversion circuit having first, second, third, and fourth switches, and a controller. The controller generates a first pulse signal for controlling the turning on and off of the first and fourth switches and a second pulse signal for controlling the turning on and off of the second and third switches, based on a circuit current flowing in the power conversion circuit and a voltage of an AC power source. The turning on and off of the switches causes the power conversion device to have a flowing current in which a high frequency component is mixed with a low frequency component. | 04-23-2015 |
20150117061 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A power supply apparatus may include: a power supplying unit switching input power and supplying driving power; and a controlling unit controlling supplying of power by the power supplying unit by fixing a power switching phase and duty to a preset value and varying a switching frequency thereof in a case in which a load state of the power supplying unit is equal to a preset load state or above, and by varying the power switching phase and the switching frequency of the power supplying unit in a case in which the load state of the power supplying unit is a preset load state or less. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117062 | HIGH EFFICIENCY PFC POWER CONVERTER - A power factor correction (PFC) power converter is disclosed that converts AC input power to DC output power. A single stage of the PFC power converter performs both the DC-DC power conversion and the power factor correction for the power converter. The disclosed PFC power converters are efficient in energy conversion and have a power factor of 0.9-1.0. Further, the disclosed PFC power converters can be implemented in both low and high power applications above 75W. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117063 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR HALF-BRIDGE DIODES - A circuit includes a first field-effect transistor and a second field-effect transistor. The first field-effect transistor includes a first diode with drain, source, gate and first additional electrodes. The second field-effect transistor includes a second diode with drain, source, gate and second additional electrodes. A first switch selectively connects the gate and drain electrodes of the first field-effect transistor. A second switch selectively connects the gate and drain electrodes of the second field-effect transistor. A control circuit controls the first and second switches. The first additional electrode is coupled to the gate electrode of the second field-effect transistor, and the second additional electrode is coupled to the gate electrode of the first field-effect transistor. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117064 | TRANSFORMER AND HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A transformer including first coil unit and second unit, wherein one or more coils are wound on the bobbin of insulating material in at least one of the first coil unit and the second unit, and wherein the bobbin is formed with at least one partitioning flange for partitioning a coil winding surface of the bobbin into two winding surfaces along the longitudinal direction of the bobbin, is disclosed. | 04-30-2015 |
20150124487 | Adjustable Resonant Apparatus for Power Converters - An apparatus comprises a first series resonant inductor coupled to a switching network and a transformer, a first series resonant capacitor coupled to the switching network and the transformer, a first parallel inductor coupled to the switching network through the first series resonant inductor and the first series resonant capacitor, a resonant frequency adjusting device coupled to the switching network and the transformer and a switch connected in series with the resonant frequency adjusting device. | 05-07-2015 |
20150124488 | Startup Method and System for Resonant Converters - A method comprises providing a resonant converter comprising a switching network comprising a plurality of switches, a resonant tank coupled between the switching network and a transformer, wherein the resonant tank comprises a series resonant inductor coupled to a switching network and the transformer and a series resonant capacitor coupled to the switching network and the transformer and a driver having an adjustable bias voltage and in response to a startup process of the resonant converter, configuring the switching network to operate a switching frequency higher than a resonant frequency of the resonant tank. | 05-07-2015 |
20150124489 | Current Sensing Apparatus for Power Converters - An apparatus comprises a magnetic device coupled to an inductor-inductor-capacitor (LLC) resonant converter, an ac current sensing circuit coupled to the magnetic device, an average current sensing circuit coupled to the ac current sensing circuit and a reference voltage source coupled to the average current sensing circuit, wherein the reference voltage source is configured such that a magnitude of an average signal from the average current sensing circuit is greater than a voltage level of the reference voltage source. | 05-07-2015 |
20150124490 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A switching circuit is configured to switch on/off a current that flows through a resonance circuit constituted by a primary winding of a transformer, a capacitance element, and an inductor that are connected in series. Electric power that is induced in a secondary winding of the transformer is rectified by a rectifier circuit. A switch is connected in parallel with the capacitance element. A control unit is configured to control the switching circuit and the switch. The control unit is configured to select a first operation in which an operation frequency of the switching circuit is controlled by switching off the switch, and select a second operation in which a period during which a current flows from the switching circuit to the primary winding of the transformer is controlled by switching on the switch. | 05-07-2015 |
20150131328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWER CONVERSION - A power conversion system is presented. The system includes a power source coupled to a power converter and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a value of at least one parameter corresponding to the power source. Additionally, the controller is configured to provide a first portion of the at least one parameter to the power converter and modify an operating frequency of the power converter, duty ratio of the power converter, or a combination thereof. Furthermore, the controller is configured to obtain an electrical quantity at an output of the power converter based on the modified operating frequency, the modified duty ratio, or a combination thereof. Also, the controller is configured to deliver a combination of the electrical quantity obtained at the output of the power converter and a second portion of the at least one parameter to a load. Method for converting power is also presented. | 05-14-2015 |
20150131329 | Gate Drive Apparatus for Resonant Converters - An apparatus comprises a bridge coupled between a bias voltage and ground, wherein the bridge comprises a first switch and a second switch connected in series and coupled between the bias voltage and ground and a third switch and a fourth switch connected in series and coupled between the bias voltage and ground, a resonant device coupled to the bridge, wherein the resonant device comprises a fixed capacitance, a gate capacitance and a magnetizing inductance, a transformer coupled to the resonant device, wherein the transformer comprises a primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings. | 05-14-2015 |
20150131330 | BIDIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER SYSTEM AND CIRCUIT THEREOF - The invention discloses a bidirectional dc-dc converter system and circuit thereof. In boost mode, topology is combined with interleaved two-phase boost converter for providing a higher step-up voltage gain. In buck mode, topology is combined with interleaved two-phase buck converter in order to get a higher step-down conversion ratio. The main objectives of the invention are aimed to both store energy in the blocking capacitors (C | 05-14-2015 |
20150138839 | FORWARD CONVERTER WITH SELF-DRIVEN BJT SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER - An AC-to-DC converter circuit includes DC-to-DC converter that in turn includes a secondary side circuit. The secondary side circuit includes a secondary winding, a pair of bipolar transistor-based self-driven synchronous rectifiers, a pair of current splitting inductors, and an output capacitor. Each of the synchronous rectifiers includes a bipolar transistor and a diode whose anode is coupled to the transistor collector and whose cathode is coupled to the transistor emitter. The current splitting inductors provide the necessary base current to the bipolar transistors at the appropriate times such that the bipolar transistors operate as synchronous rectifiers. As compared to using conventional self-driven synchronous rectifiers based on field effect transistors in the secondary side, using the novel bipolar-transistor based synchronous rectifiers in the secondary side of the forward converter circuit results in lower power consumption and allows the converter to operate from a wider range of VAC input voltages. | 05-21-2015 |
20150138840 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND POWER CORRECTION METHOD - The power correction method corrects transmitted power, which is transmitted between a primary side circuit and a secondary side circuit which is connected to the primary side circuit via a reactor and magnetically coupled with the primary side circuit via a transformer and is adjusted according to a phase difference between switching of the primary side circuit and switching of the secondary side circuit. The method includes a switching step of turning on first transistor and second transistor; a voltage applying step of applying a predetermined voltage; a switching step of turning on a third transistor and a fourth transistor; a delay time measurement step of measuring delay time; a slope measurement step of measuring slope of the current; and a correction step of correcting the transmitted power. | 05-21-2015 |
20150138841 | HIGH EFFICIENCY DC/DC CONVERTER AND CONTROLLER - Systems, methods, and devices for use in a DC/DC converter. A circuit uses a full-bridge power semiconductor subcircuit along with a high power transformer subcircuit, a diode bridge subcircuit, and a parallel capacitor to provide galvanic isolation and boost the voltage from a power source such as a photovoltaic panel. To ensure zero voltage switching for the power semiconductors, either a passive auxiliary subcircuit or an inductor coupled in parallel to a transformer in the transformer subcircuit may be used. A controller which derives its timing signals from the transformer primary current is used to control the timing of the power semiconductors in the circuit. The circuit and its controller allows for self-adjusting regardless of load and uses the entire switching cycle to be used for power transfer. | 05-21-2015 |
20150146455 | CURRENT CONTROL FOR DC-DC CONVERTERS - A DC-DC converter having a primary side comprising at least three actively switched primary voltage bridges with several active switches for converting a DC input voltage into primary alternating voltages for each of the primary voltage bridges, and having a secondary side comprising at least three actively switched secondary voltage bridges with several active switches for converting the secondary alternating voltages into a shared DC output voltage for each of the secondary voltage bridges. The primary and secondary alternating voltages are each shifted by a phase angle φ with the periods T, and each of the primary and secondary voltage bridges is coupled to an appertaining phase via one or more transformers. | 05-28-2015 |
20150146456 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - A power conversion apparatus includes a primary side circuit having a primary side port; a secondary side circuit having a secondary side port; and a control unit that derives a control constant suitable for a feedback value according to a relationship rule between the feedback value and the control constant, and adjusts a phase difference between the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit using the control constant that is derived from the relationship rule, so as to control transmitted power that is transmitted between the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit, wherein the feedback value is obtained based on current flowing to the primary side port or the secondary side port. | 05-28-2015 |
20150295501 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - A power conversion method of a power conversion device including a plurality of primary side ports disposed in a primary side circuit and a plurality of secondary side ports disposed in a secondary side circuit magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit with a transformer, the power conversion device adjusting transmission power transmitted between the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit by changing a phase difference between switching of the primary side circuit and switching of the secondary side circuit, the power conversion method including: calculating a transmission efficiency setting an adjustment value of the phase difference to a value obtained by dividing the transmission efficiency by a specified efficiency; and setting the phase difference to a value obtained by dividing the calculated value by the adjustment value when the adjustment value is less than the specified value. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295502 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - A power conversion method of a power conversion device including a primary side port disposed in a primary side circuit and a secondary side port disposed in a secondary side circuit magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit with a transformer, the power conversion device adjusting power transmitted between the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit by changing a phase difference between switching of the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit, the power conversion method including: setting a target voltage of the primary side port to a value obtained by dividing a voltage of the secondary side port by a turns ratio of the transformer when the voltage of the primary side port is less than said value, and setting the target voltage of the primary side port to a specified value when the voltage of the primary side port is equal to said value. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295503 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - A power conversion method of a power conversion device including a primary side port disposed in a primary side circuit and a secondary side port disposed in a secondary side circuit magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit with a transformer, the power conversion device adjusting transmission power transmitted between the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit by changing a phase difference between switching of the primary side circuit and switching of the secondary side circuit, and changing a voltage of the secondary side port by a DC-DC converter connected to the secondary side port, the power conversion method including: monitoring a voltage ratio of a voltage of the primary side port and the voltage of the secondary side port; and causing the DC-DC converter to operate when the voltage ratio deviates from the reference value by the specified value or more. | 10-15-2015 |
20150333635 | DC/DC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a DC/DC converter includes the steps of: controlling and keeping an output voltage of the DC/DC converter to stabilize at a first value according to a first interval of an input voltage of the DC/DC converter; controlling and keeping the output voltage of the DC/DC converter to stabilize at a second value according to a second interval of the input voltage of the DC/DC converter; controlling the second value of the output voltage to be greater than the first value; and controlling a switching frequency or a duty cycle of the DC/DC converter within a first predetermined range in the first and second intervals. | 11-19-2015 |
20150333636 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER - An electric power converter is equipped with a master converter and a slave converter that are connected in parallel with each other, and to a load. The master converter operates having priority over the slave converter. The slave converter includes a voltage sensor for detecting an output voltage of the electric power converter and a control unit for controlling an output of the slave converter based on a target command value. The control unit selects a current command value Ic | 11-19-2015 |
20150349647 | MULTI-MODE CONTROL FOR A DC-TO-DC CONVERTER - An apparatus includes a voltage regulation module that controls output voltage of a bidirectional DC to DC converter to an output voltage reference over an output current range between a positive power reference and a negative power reference. A positive power regulation module controls output power of the converter to the positive power reference over a positive constant power range between the output voltage reference and a positive output current reference. A negative power regulation module controls output power of the converter to the negative power reference over a constant power range between the output voltage reference and a maximum negative power limit, and a constant current module limits output current to a positive output current reference in a range between a minimum output voltage and output power of the converter reaching the positive power reference. | 12-03-2015 |
20150349648 | ASSISTED ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING FOR A DC-TO-DC CONVERTER - An apparatus includes a first auxiliary switch connected to a positive connection of a switching leg of a DC-to-DC converter. The switching leg includes a first main switch and a second main switch connected at a main switch midpoint. A second auxiliary switch is connected between a negative connection of the switching leg and the first auxiliary switch. A connection point between the first and second auxiliary switches is an auxiliary midpoint. An auxiliary inductor connects the auxiliary midpoint and the main switch midpoint. The main switch midpoint is also connected to other converter elements. The first and second main switches include a first capacitance a second capacitance. A switch regulation module regulates the first and second auxiliary switches to control current in the auxiliary inductor to provide or remove charge from the first and second capacitances to induce zero voltage switching for the first and second main switches. | 12-03-2015 |
20150357116 | COIL STRUCTURE AND POWER SOURCE DEVICE - Disclosed is a coil structure including: a first coil that is a first primary coil; a second coil that is a second primary coil; a first core around which the first coil is wound, the first core having an annular shape; a second core around which the second coil is wound, the second core having an annular shape; and a third coil that is a secondary coil, the first core including a first penetrating section that penetrates the third coil, the second core including a second penetrating section that penetrates the third coil, the first penetrating section being separated from the second penetrating section. | 12-10-2015 |
20150357923 | DC-DC Converter Apparatus - Objects of the invention are not to receive influence of an electromagnetic noise from a transformer and to reduce a possibility of breakage caused by shock or vibration. In a DC-DC converter apparatus of the invention, a shielding metal frame | 12-10-2015 |
20150372598 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER APPARATUS WHICH ATTENUATES FREQUENCY COMPONENTS OF RIPPLE IN OUTPUT CURRENT - An electric power converter apparatus incorporates a plurality of electric power converter circuits having respective output terminals connected in common, with output power being produced from the common output terminals. Each converter circuit uses an identical switching frequency, in executing power conversion based on PWM control of switching by a plurality of switching elements. The switching operations of the respective converter circuits mutually differ in phase, by an amount determined in accordance with the currently applied PWM duty ratio. The phase difference value is predetermined for minimizing the amplitude of specific harmonic frequency components of a ripple current component in the output current from the apparatus. | 12-24-2015 |
20150381063 | DC-DC CONVERTER - A DC-DC converter wherein a series reactor and primary-side terminals of a transformer are connected between output terminals of a full-bridge inverter in which each of an upper arm and a lower arm includes a switching element and a freewheel diode, and a rectifier circuit and a filter circuit are connected to secondary-side terminals of the transformer. The DC-DC converter includes a circulation current generation mode in which a circulation current flowing between the transformer and the switching element is generated in a power non-transmission period, and a circulation current interruption mode in which the circulation current is interrupted. | 12-31-2015 |
20150381064 | BIDIRECTIONAL DC/DC CONVERTER - A bidirectional DC/DC converter includes first and second control circuits, and first and second bridge circuits respectively connected to first and second direct current voltage supplies. In one embodiment variant, when power is supplied from the first direct current voltage supply to the second direct current voltage supply, the first control circuit carries out PFM control of the first bridge circuit at a frequency equal to or lower than the resonance frequency of an LC resonant circuit in accordance with a control amount based on the voltage and current of the second direct current voltage supply. When power is supplied in the other direction, the second control circuit carries out fixed frequency control of the second bridge circuit, using phase shift control or the like, in accordance with a control amount based on the voltage and current of the first direct current voltage supply. | 12-31-2015 |
20160016479 | AN INTEGRATED DUAL-OUTPUT GRID-TO-VEHICLE (G2V) AND VEHICLE-TO-GRID (V2G) ONBOARD CHARGER FOR PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES - An integrated and isolated onboard charger for plug-in electric vehicles, includes an ac-dc converter and a dual-output dc-dc resonant converter, for both HV traction batteries and LV loads. In addition, the integrated and isolated onboard charger may be configured as unidirectional or bidirectional, and is capable of delivering power from HV traction batteries to the grid for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) applications. To increase the power density of the converter, the dual-output DC-DC resonant converter may combine magnetic components of resonant networks into a single three-winding electromagnetically integrated transformer (EMIT). The resonant converter may be configured as a half-bridge topology with split capacitors as the resonant network components to further reduce the size of converter. The integrated charger may be configured for various operating modes, including grid to vehicle (G2V), vehicle to grid (V2G) and high voltage to low voltage, HV-to-LV (H2L) charging. | 01-21-2016 |
20160020702 | SWITCHING SYNCHRONIZATION FOR ISOLATED ELECTRONICS TOPOLOGIES - One or more first switches coupled to one of a primary transformer winding and a secondary transformer winding are controlled based on a first switch control reference clock signal. A reflected voltage across the other of the primary and secondary windings is sensed, and a second switch control reference clock signal is synchronized to the first switch control reference clock signal based on the reflected voltage. One or more second switches coupled to the other of the primary and secondary windings are controlled based on the second switch control reference clock signal. A digital isolator could instead be used to transfer a switch control reference signal across an isolation boundary. Switch control signals for controlling a set of switches on one side of the isolation boundary may be derived from a switch control reference signal that is synchronized with the transferred switch control reference clock signal. | 01-21-2016 |
20160036338 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SINGLE ACTIVE BRIDGE CONVERTERS - A single active bridge converter is provided. The single active bridge converter includes a transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding, a primary side circuit electrically coupled to the primary winding and including an H bridge circuit, and a secondary side circuit electrically coupled to the secondary winding, the secondary side circuit including a switch configured to selectively short the transformer secondary winding. | 02-04-2016 |
20160049858 | LC RESONANT CONVERTER USING PHASE SHIFT SWITCHING METHOD - A LC resonant converter using a phase shift switching method includes: a switching unit configured to receive a switching signal according to a phase shift control and to perform zero voltage switching (ZVS) in a leading leg circuit and a lagging leg circuit when a light load is present; a transformer configured to output an output voltage of the switching unit as a predetermined level of voltage; a resonance circuit unit configured to convert frequency characteristics of an alternating voltage transferred from the transformer; and a bridge rectifying circuit unit configured to rectify the alternating voltage whose frequency characteristics are converted into a direct voltage. | 02-18-2016 |
20160065082 | DC POWER SOURCE DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - A DC power supply device including a DC/DC converter having FETs each driven by a drive transformer. A voltage from a single drive power supply disposed in common for the FETs is divided into positive and negative biases to be applied to the FETs, and an operational state of the FETs is detected based on voltage signals. A sequence circuit turns on an input from a three-phase AC power supply by driving a relay circuit at a time point when it is confirmed that the FETs have normally started stable ON/OFF operation, and drives a power factor improvement circuit, which converts AC voltage from the three-phase AC power supply into a DC voltage by simultaneously performing full-wave rectification and power factor improvement. | 03-03-2016 |
20160072390 | BIDIRECTIONAL DC/DC CONVERTER - During a dead time, a resonance current generated by a load current that flows in a resonance inductor and a resonance current generated by an excitation current of a transformer flow in a resonance circuit constituted by the resonance inductor and capacitors that exist in parallel to respective switching elements. A controller performs a turning off operation on the switching elements at a timing that the resonance current generated by the load current and the resonance current generated by the excitation current are cancelled each other during the dead time. | 03-10-2016 |
20160079866 | DC-TO-DC CONVERTER - A DC-to-DC converter includes a voltage converter having: a capacitance; at least one inductor configured to store energy and exchange stored energy with the capacitance; and a switching element configured to switch on and off a current flowing through the inductor and change direction of the current at each switching. The inductor includes a variable inductor whose inductance decreases with increase in the current. | 03-17-2016 |
20160087545 | DC-DC CONVERTER - A first switching circuit is connected between a transformer first winding and a DC power supply. A second switching circuit is connected between the transformer second winding and a battery. When charging the battery, a control circuit turns off an element in a second bridge circuit in the second switching circuit, and controls a phase shift amount of a first diagonal element, and a phase shift amount of a second diagonal element in the second bridge circuit, relative to a drive phase of a first reference element in a first bridge circuit in the first switching circuit. When discharging the battery, the control circuit turns off an element in the first bridge circuit and controls a phase shift amount of the second diagonal element and a phase shift amount of the first diagonal element relative to a drive phase of a second reference element in the second bridge circuit. | 03-24-2016 |
20160094134 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - Power conversion apparatus converts input voltage and supplies output voltage to the electric load. The apparatus includes a semiconductor switch switches between open and closed states to regulate voltage control current for controlling output voltage, a first voltage detection section detects remote voltage being applied to the electric load as output voltage, a second voltage detection section detects a local voltage being applied to the output terminal as output voltage, a target current calculation section calculates target current which is the voltage control current target value, based on voltage deviation between target voltage which is the output voltage target value and either remote voltage or local voltage, and a switch control section controls the semiconductor switch so voltage control current becomes target current, to regulate output voltage to target voltage. The target current calculation section calculates the target current by using one of the remote or local voltage corresponds to a smaller target current. | 03-31-2016 |
20160099646 | Dual Mode DC-DC Converter - In a method of operating a dual mode DC-DC converter having first and second bridge converters connected via a transformer, a capacitor in series with each winding of the transformer, and an inductance, wherein each bridge converter includes a number of switches operating under the control of a controller, in a first mode of operation, the switching of the number of switches is controlled in a manner to transfer DC electrical power from the first bridge converter to the second bridge converter, or vice versa. In a second mode of operation, one switch of each bridge converter is maintained in a closed state and one switch of each bridge converter is maintained in an open state while the switching of the other of the number of switches of the first and second bridge converters is controlled in a manner to transfer DC electrical power from the first bridge converter to the second bridge converter, or vice versa. | 04-07-2016 |
20160099649 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR GENERATING CONTROL SIGNAL FOR LOWERING SWITCHING FREQUENCY OF SWITCHING DEVICES - A switching power supply apparatus includes: an DC/AC converter unit for converting a DC voltage to an AC voltage based on switching operation of switching devices; a transformer for converting the AC voltage to an AC voltage having a voltage value; a resonance circuit provided between the DC/AC converter unit and the transformer; an AC/DC converter circuit for converting an AC voltage from the transformer to a DC; an output detector unit for detecting an output voltage or an output current of the apparatus; a duty ratio controller unit for controlling a duty ratio of switching of the apparatus such that a detected output voltage or current becomes a target value; an energy detector unit for detecting an energy accumulated in the resonance circuit; and a controller unit for controlling a switching frequency such that a detected energy becomes a threshold value. | 04-07-2016 |
20160105120 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - A power conversion apparatus includes a primary side circuit and a secondary side circuit magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit through a transformer. Transmitted power transmitted between a primary side port provided in the primary side circuit and a secondary side port provided in the secondary side circuit changes in accordance with a phase difference between switching of the primary side circuit and switching of the secondary side circuit, and a frequency of the switching of each of the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit. The power conversion apparatus includes a control unit that adjusts the frequency in accordance with a port voltage of at least one of the primary side port and the secondary side port. | 04-14-2016 |
20160118904 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - In a power conversion apparatus, an AC/DC conversion circuit part converts AC power supplied from an AC input and output part into DC power. A DC/DC conversion circuit part including a transformer converts the DC power supplied from the AC/DC conversion circuit part into AC power, converts converted AC power into DC power after voltage conversion by the transformer and outputs converted DC power to a DC input and output part. A smoothing capacitor is provided in a connection part between the AC/DC conversion circuit part and the DC/DC conversion circuit part to smooth a voltage at the connection part. A connection switchover part changes a maximum value of the AC voltage at the AC input and output part by switching over a connection state between the AC input and output part and an AC device. | 04-28-2016 |
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20160190940 | RESONANT DC/DC POWER CONVERTING CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a resonant DC/DC power converting circuit is provided. The resonant DC/DC power converting circuit having a converter output and a converter input comprises at least two converters having similar structures and outputs connected in parallel as said converter output, and a controller. Each converter comprises a full-bridge inverter unit and a resonant unit. The full-bridge inverter unit is configured with at least four switches. The resonant unit is coupled with said full-bridge inverter unit. The controller outputs two groups of driving control signals to drive four switches in said two converters respectively. The method comprises: making said two converters operate at the same frequency and interleave with preset phase shift; and making two of driving control signals in one group interleave with preset angle to reduce output current of said converter corresponding controlled thereby, when output currents of said two converters are not approximately equal. | 06-30-2016 |
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20160190945 | RESONANT CONVERTER WITH CAPACITIVE MODE DETECTION AND ASSOCIATED DETECTION METHOD - A method of capacitive mode detection is used in a resonant converter. The resonant converter has a square wave generator having a first switch and a second switch, a resonant network, an isolated transformer having a primary winding and a second winding, and a rectifier network providing an output DC voltage for a load. The method of capacitive mode detection includes: detecting a voltage of the secondary winding and generating a voltage detection signal; detecting an output DC voltage of the rectifier network and generating a voltage detecting threshold; comparing the voltage detection signal with the voltage detection threshold when either of the first and the second switches is turned OFF; generating a flag signal indicating whether the resonant converter enters into a capacitive mode based on the comparison result. | 06-30-2016 |
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