Isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter

1. An isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter comprising:

a first DC power source;

a first switching circuit connected between said first DC power source and a primary winding of a transformer for converting power mutually between direct current and alternating current;

a second switching circuit which is a current fed type switching circuit capable of dropping or increasing a voltage including a reactor connected between a secondary winding of said transformer and a positive pole of a second DC power source and is connected with the positive pole of the second DC power source through said reactor;

a voltage clamp circuit including a series unit of a switching device with a reverse parallel diode and a capacitor;

wherein one terminal of the series unit is electrically connected to one terminal of the second DC power source;

wherein the other terminal of the series unit is connected to a connecting point connected in series of said secondary winding of the transformer and said second switching circuit;

wherein said connecting point is connected to the positive terminal of the second DC power source through said reactor, and

wherein at time of buck, energy which is charged in said capacitor is discharged into the second DC power source side through said reactor.

2. An isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter according to claim 1 , further comprising a control unit, which at time of buck, turns on said switching device of said voltage clamp circuit such that said first switching circuit short-circuits both ends of said primary winding, and turns off the switching device of the voltage clamp circuit in response to a predetermined reduction in a current of said primary winding or said secondary winding.

3. An isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter according to claim 1 , further comprising a control unit at time of voltage boost in said second switching circuit for turning on said each switching device of said voltage clamp circuit during an off period of a main switching device in a parallel connection state with respective voltage clamp circuits.

4. An isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter according to claim 1 , wherein said first switching circuit is a voltage fed type switching circuit.

5. An isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter according to claim 1 , wherein said first switching circuit has two sets of switching arms composed of two switching devices with a reverse parallel diode connected in series, and said two sets of switching arms are connected to said first DC power source in parallel, and between points connected in series in said two sets of switching arms, said primary winding of said transformer is connected.

6. An isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter according to claim 1 , further comprising a reactor connected between an AC terminal of said first switching circuit and a terminal of said primary winding of said transformer.

7. An isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second switching circuits and said switching device and said diodes of said voltage clamp circuit are composed of an silicon carbide (SiC) composition material and have a junction temperature characteristic of Tj=160 to 300, and said switching devices are composed of static induction transistors (SIT) using an SiC composition material, and an on resistance is positioned on a straight line connecting two points of (1) 0.1 to 1 at 600 of a withstand voltage of said SIT and (2) 0.2 to 15 at 2000.

8. An isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second switching circuits and said switching device and said diodes of said voltage clamp circuit are arranged in thermal contact with a rotating machine.

9. An isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter according to claim 1 , wherein said second switching circuit is a current doubler synchronous rectifier circuit.

10. An isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter according to claim 9 , wherein in said current doubler synchronous rectifier circuit, 2 sets of switching arms composed of switching devices with a reverse parallel diode and reactors which are connected in series are connected to said second DC power source in parallel, and said secondary winding of said transformer is connected between points connected in series in said two sets of switching arms, and said two voltage clamp circuits are connected between both ends of said two switching devices with a reverse parallel diode.

11. An isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter according to claim 9 , further comprising a control unit, which at time of buck, turns on said switching device of said voltage clamp circuit such that a voltage is applied from said first switching circuit to said primary winding of said transformer to short-circuiting of both ends of said primary winding by said first switching circuit and turns off the switching device of the voltage clamp circuit in response to a predetermined reduction in a current of said primary winding or said secondary winding.

12. An isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter according to claim 9 , further comprising a control unit at time of voltage boost in said second switching circuit for turning on said each switching device of said voltage clamp circuit during an off period of a main switching device in a parallel connection state with said respective switching devices of said voltage clamp circuit.

13. An isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter comprising:

a first DC power source;

a first switching circuit connected between said first DC power source and a primary winding of a transformer for converting power mutually between direct current and alternating current;

a second switching circuit which is a current fed type switching circuit capable of dropping or increasing a voltage including a reactor connected between a secondary winding of said transformer and a positive pole of a second DC power source and is connected with the positive pole of the second DC power source through said reactor;

a voltage clamp circuit including a series unit of a switching device with a reverse parallel diode and a capacitor;

wherein one terminal of the series unit is electrically connected to one terminal of the second DC power source;

wherein the other terminal of the series unit is connected to a connecting point connected in series of said secondary winding of the transformer and said second switching circuit;

wherein said connecting point is connected to the positive terminal of the second DC power source through said reactor, and

wherein said voltage clamp circuit has a plurality of switching devices and a plurality of chip type laminated ceramics capacitors, and said plurality of chip type laminated ceramics capacitors are arranged in parallel on a plane substrate, and said plurality of switching devices are arranged side by side so that drain terminals of said plurality of switching devices having said built-in reverse parallel diode approach opposite to said chip type laminated ceramics capacitors, and by a wiring pattern having a width wider than a width of said parallel bodies, said plurality of drain terminals of said plurality of switching devices and one end of said plurality of chip type laminated ceramics capacitors are connected electrically.