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Granted Patent B2
US 10,992,217 · App. 16/475,180 · Granted Apr 27, 2021

Insulated power source and power conversion device

Inventors: Itsuo Yuzurihara (Yokohama, JP); Ryosuke Ohma (Yokohama, JP); Hiroshi Kunitama (Yokohama, JP); Yu Hosoyamada (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KYOSAN ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD.
H02M1/092H02M1/08H02M1/088H02M1/096H02M3/155H02M7/5387
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Patent No.
US 10,992,217
App. No.
16/475,180
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

To suppress a leakage current flowing through a parasitic capacitor of an insulated transformer of a high-side insulated power. The present invention suppresses a common mode current using a common mode reactor by focusing on the fact that a leakage current flowing through a parasitic capacitor of an insulated transformer of a high-side insulated power source resulting from a high-frequency signal generated due to an on/off operation of a high-side switching element is the common mode current. The common mode reactor reduces the common mode current and bears the high-frequency signal to prevent the high-frequency signal from being applied to the insulated transformer of the high-side insulated power source, suppress the leakage current flowing through the parasitic capacitor of the insulated transformer, and reduce an erroneous operation of the high-side switching element generated due to the leakage current flowing through the parasitic capacitor of the insulated transformer.

Claims (41)

1. An insulated power source comprising:

a high-side insulated power source that supplies a driving voltage to a high-side driving circuit that controls a switching operation of a high-side switching element via an insulated transformer;

a low-side insulated power source that supplies a driving voltage to a low-side driving circuit via an insulated transformer that controls a switching operation of a low-side switching element; and

a bias power source connected to a low voltage side of the high-side insulated power source, wherein

the high-side insulated power source includes a common mode reactor between the high-side driving circuit and the high-side insulated power source, wherein

the high-side insulated power source includes a high-side DC power source, a high-side inverter that converts a DC voltage of the high-side DC power source from DC to AC, a high-side insulated transformer that converts an AC output of the high-side inverter to a voltage, and a high-side rectifier that converts an AC output of the high-side insulated transformer to a DC output, which are connected in series,

the high-side driving circuit includes a high-side gate driver that controls an on/off operation of the high-side switching element, a high-side photo-switch that controls the driving of the high-side gate driver, and a high-side bypass capacitor that removes noise input to the high-side photo-switch, which are connected in series,

the low-side insulated power source includes a low-side DC power source, a low-side inverter that converts a DC voltage of the low-side DC power source to an AC voltage, a low-side insulated transformer that converts an AC output of the low-side inverter to a voltage, and a low-side rectifier that converts an AC output of the low-side insulated transformer to a DC output, which are connected in series,

the low-side driving circuit includes a low-side gate driver that controls an on/off operation of the low-side switching element, a low-side photo-switch that controls the driving of the low-side gate driver, and a low-side bypass capacitor that removes noise input to the low-side photo-switch, which are connected in series, and

the common mode reactor is provided in both a high-voltage-side wire and a low-voltage-side wire that connect the high-side insulated power source and a high-side bypass capacitor of the high-side driving circuit.

2. The insulated power source according to claim 1 , wherein

the common mode reactor is configured such that a high-voltage-side wire and a low-voltage-side wire of the high-side insulated power source are wound around a common core in the same direction.

3. The insulated power source according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a damping resistance connected in series to the common mode reactor.

4. The insulated power source according to claim 2 , wherein

a common core of the common mode reactor is separated to be independent from a core of a coil included in a circuit of which the driving is controlled by the high-side driving circuit and the low-side driving circuit.

5. The insulated power source according to claim 1 , wherein

a bias voltage of the bias power source is an output voltage of an output circuit that is driven by the high-side driving circuit.

6. A power conversion device that forms a DCDC converter, comprising:

a step-down chopper circuit in which a series-parallel connection circuit of a high-side switching element and a low-side switching element and an inductance are connected in series to a DC power source; and

the insulated power source according to claim 1 , wherein

the insulated power source is a power source that drives a high-side driving circuit and a low-side driving circuit that drive the high-side switching element and the low-side switching element, respectively.

7. The power conversion device according to claim 6 , wherein

a bias voltage of the bias power source is an output voltage of the step-down chopper circuit.

8. A power conversion device that forms a DCDC converter, comprising:

a step-up chopper circuit in which an inductance and a series-parallel connection circuit of a high-side switching element and a low-side switching element are connected in series to a DC power source; and

the insulated power source according to claim 1 , wherein

the insulated power source is a power source that drives a high-side driving circuit and a low-side driving circuit that drive the high-side switching element and the low-side switching element, respectively.

9. The power conversion device according to claim 8 , wherein

a bias voltage of the bias power source is an input voltage of the step-up chopper circuit.

10. The power conversion device according to claim 6 ,

a high side and a low side each include a multi-phase interleaved configuration for one common insulated power source, and

a high-side multi-phase configuration includes a plurality of high-side switching elements connected in parallel, and voltages applied to the plurality of high-side switching elements are the same voltage supplied from the one common high-side insulated power source via the common mode reactor.

11. A power conversion device that forms a DCAC inverter and is formed of a bridge circuit of a high-side switching element and a low-side switching element with respect to a DC power source, comprising:

the insulated power source according to claim 1 , wherein

the high-side driving circuit and the low-side driving circuit of the insulated power source drive the high-side switching element and the low-side switching element, respectively.

12. The power conversion device according to claim 11 , wherein

the insulated power source includes a bias power source connected to a low voltage side of the high-side insulated power source, and a bias voltage of the bias power source is ½ of an input voltage of the DCAC inverter.

13. The power conversion device according to claim 11 , wherein

the bridge circuit includes a plurality of switching elements connected in parallel to one insulated power source common to the high side and the low side, and

voltages applied to the plurality of high-side switching elements are the same voltage supplied from the one common high-side insulated power source via the common mode reactor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2019
From: YUZURIHARA, ITSUO; OHMA, RYOSUKE; KUNITAMA, HIROSHI; HOSOYAMADA, YU
To: KYOSAN ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049640/0518 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-019865 · Feb 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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