IP Library Granted Patent US 8,699,253
Granted Patent B2
US 8,699,253 · App. 12/676,639 · Granted Apr 15, 2014

Control method for soft switch circuit in switch power source

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Patent No.
US 8,699,253
App. No.
12/676,639
Granted
Apr 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a control method for a soft switch circuit in a switch power source, which generates an alternating primary power filter current by controlling first and second primary power switching devices to be closed and opened, and generates an intermittent alternating resonant current in the same direction as the primary power filter current in a resonant branch by controlling forward and backward auxiliary switching devices to be closed and opened to thereby achieve closing of the first and second primary power switching devices at a zero voltage, and which generates a balance current with the same magnitude as and in the opposite direction to the resonant current in the resonant branch in at least a period of time during the resting of the resonant current by further controlling the forward and backward auxiliary switching devices to be closed and opened to thereby achieve an average current of zero across the resonant branch in a switching cycle. Without any additional balance circuit, this control method can address the imbalance problem of output power of the positive and negative direct current input voltage sources in a soft switch circuit of an existing switch power source.

Claims (17)

1. A control method for a soft switch circuit in a switch power source comprising:

generating an alternating primary power filter current by controlling first and second primary power switching devices to be closed and opened;

generating an intermittent alternating resonant current in the same direction as the primary power filter current in a resonant branch by controlling forward and backward auxiliary switching devices to be closed and opened to thereby achieve closing of the first and second primary power switching devices at a zero voltage; and

generating a balance current with the same magnitude as and in the opposite direction to the resonant current in the resonant branch in at least a period of time during the resting of the resonant current by further controlling the forward and backward auxiliary switching devices to be closed and opened, to thereby achieve an average current of zero in the resonant branch during a switching cycle.

2. The control method for a soft switch circuit in a switch power source according to claim 1 , wherein said generating the balance current with the same magnitude as and in the opposite direction to the resonant current in the resonant branch comprises:

in the positive half of a cycle, i.e., when the primary power current is in the positive direction, controlling the forward auxiliary switching devices to be closed after the first primary power switching device is closed and to be opened at the moment when the first primary power switching device is opened, to generate the balance current with the same magnitude as and in the opposite direction to the resonant current in the resonant branch to thereby achieve an average current of zero in the resonant branch during the positive half of a cycle; and

in the negative half of a cycle, i.e., when the primary power current is in the negative direction, controlling the backward auxiliary switching devices to be closed after the second primary power switching device is closed and to be opened at the moment when the second primary power switching device is opened to generate the balance current with the same magnitude as and in the opposite direction to the resonant current in the resonant branch to thereby achieve an average current of zero in the resonant branch during the negative half of a cycle.

3. The control method for a soft switch circuit in a switch power source according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the primary switching devices and the auxiliary switching devices is an IGBT, MOSFET, GTO or SCR.

4. The control method for a soft switch circuit in a switch power source according to claim 1 , wherein said generating the balance current with the same magnitude as and in the opposite direction to the resonant current in the resonant branch comprises:

in the positive half of a cycle, i.e., when the primary power current is in the positive direction, controlling the forward auxiliary switching devices to be closed after the first primary power switching device is closed and to be opened in a period of first dead area to generate the balance current with the same magnitude as and in the opposite direction to the resonant current in the resonant branch to thereby achieve an average current of zero in the resonant branch during the positive half of a cycle; and

in the negative half of a cycle, i.e., when the primary power current is in the negative direction, controlling the backward auxiliary switching devices to be closed after the second primary power switching device is closed and to be opened in a period of second dead area to generate the balance current with the same magnitude as and in the opposite direction to the resonant current in the resonant branch, to thereby achieve an average current of zero in the resonant branch during the negative half of a cycle.

5. The control method for a soft switch circuit in a switch power source according to claim 4 , wherein at least one of the primary switching devices and the auxiliary switching devices is an IGBT, MOSFET, GTO or SCR.

6. The control method for a soft switch circuit in a switch power source according to claim 1 , wherein said generating the balance current with the same magnitude as and in the opposite direction to the resonant current in the resonant branch comprises:

in the positive half of a cycle, i.e., when the primary power current is in the positive direction, controlling the forward auxiliary switching devices to be closed after the first primary power switching device is closed and to be opened prior to the moment when the first primary power switching device is opened to generate the balance current with the same magnitude as and in the opposite direction to the resonant current in the resonant branch to thereby achieve an average current of zero in the resonant branch during the positive half of a cycle; and

in the negative half of a cycle, i.e., when the primary power current is in the negative direction, controlling the backward auxiliary switching devices to be closed after the second primary power switching device is closed and to be opened prior to the moment when the second primary power switching device is opened to generate the balance current with the same magnitude as and in the opposite direction to the resonant current in the resonant branch, to thereby achieve an average current of zero in the resonant branch during the negative half of a cycle.

7. The control method for a soft switch circuit in a switch power source according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the primary switching devices and the auxiliary switching devices is an IGBT, MOSFET, GTO or SCR.

8. The control method for a soft switch circuit in a switch power source according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the primary switching devices and the auxiliary switching devices is an IGBT, MOSFET, GTO or SCR.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 3, 2020
From: ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY SERVICES, INC.; ENERGY LABS, INC.; VERTIV CORPORATION; VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 052076/0874 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2020
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: VERTIV CORPORATION (F/K/A ALBER CORP.); VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC. (F/K/A AVOCENT CORPORATION); VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC. (F/K/A AVOCENT FREMONT, LLC); VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC. (F/K/A AVOCENT HUNTSVILLE, LLC); VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC. (F/K/A AVOCENT REDMOND CORP.); ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY SERVICES, INC.; VERTIV CORPORATION (F/K/A EMERSON NETWORK POWER, ENERGY SYSTEMS, NORTH AMERICA, INC.); VERTIV CORPORATION (F/K/A LIEBERT CORPORATION)
Reel/Frame 052065/0666 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2020
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY N.A.
To: VERTIV CORPORATION; VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC.; ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 052071/0913 →
SECOND LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 10, 2019
From: VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC.; VERTIV CORPORATION; VERTIV NORTH AMERICA, INC.; ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY SERVICES, INC.; VERTIV ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049415/0262 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 10, 2018
From: LIEBERT CORPORATION
To: VERTIV CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047044/0963 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 2, 2016
From: ALBER CORP.; ASCO POWER TECHNOLOGIES, L.P.; AVOCENT CORPORATION; AVOCENT FREMONT, LLC; AVOCENT HUNTSVILLE, LLC; AVOCENT REDMOND CORP.; ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY SERVICES, INC.; EMERSON NETWORK POWER, ENERGY SYSTEMS, NORTH AMERICA, INC.; LIEBERT CORPORATION; LIEBERT NORTH AMERICA, INC.; NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 040797/0615 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 1, 2016
From: ALBER CORP.; ASCO POWER TECHNOLOGIES, L.P.; AVOCENT CORPORATION; AVOCENT FREMONT, LLC; AVOCENT HUNTSVILLE, LLC; AVOCENT REDMOND CORP.; ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY SERVICES, INC.; EMERSON NETWORK POWER, ENERGY SYSTEMS, NORTH AMERICA, INC.; LIEBERT CORPORATION; LIEBERT NORTH AMERICA, INC.; NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 040783/0148 →