IP Library Granted Patent US 11,309,794
Granted Patent B2
US 11,309,794 · App. 16/616,606 · Granted Apr 19, 2022

Switching power supply device

Inventors: Naoya Takahashi (Hitachinaka, JP); Kenji Kubo (Hitachinaka, JP); Takuma Ono (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
H02M3/157H02M3/158H02M3/33569H03K7/08
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Patent No.
US 11,309,794
App. No.
16/616,606
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a switching power supply device which has a high voltage control resolution. A switching power supply device according to the present invention includes: a power conversion circuit which includes a switching element; and a control circuit unit which outputs a driving pulse to the switching element based on an output voltage command value and an output voltage value of the power conversion circuit, and the control circuit unit changes a switching cycle and outputs a driving pulse based on a difference between a calculation value of an operation amount based on the output voltage command value and the output voltage value, and a setting value of the operation amount.

Claims (35)

1. A switching power supply device comprising:

a power conversion circuit which includes a switching element; and

a control circuit unit which outputs a driving pulse to the switching element based on an output voltage command value of the power conversion circuit and an output voltage value of the power conversion circuit, wherein

the control circuit unit is configured to:

calculate a calculation value of a manipulated variable based on an output voltage command value and the output voltage value,

calculate a setting value of the manipulated variable which is converted from the calculation value of the manipulated variable into a clock signal cycle unit,

decrease a switching cycle of the switching element when the setting value of the manipulated variable is less than the calculation value of the manipulated variable, and

increase the switching cycle of the switching element when the setting value of the manipulated variable is greater than the calculation value of the manipulated variable.

2. The switching power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein an on time of the driving pulse is an operation amount.

3. The switching power supply device according to claim 2 , wherein

the control circuit unit includes a unit which generates a clock signal, and

the setting value is a multiple of a natural number of a clock cycle.

4. The switching power supply device according to claim 2 , wherein the control circuit unit makes a change amount of the switching cycle proportional to the difference.

5. The switching power supply device according to claim 4 , wherein the control circuit unit

includes a unit which detects an input voltage and/or an output voltage of the power conversion circuit, and

changes a proportionality factor which determines the change amount of the switching cycle based on the input voltage and/or the output voltage.

6. The switching power supply device according to claim 2 , wherein the power conversion circuit and the control circuit unit

includes a unit which generates a clock signal, and

calculates a change amount of the switching cycle such that the switching cycle is an even-numbered clock.

7. The switching power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the power conversion circuit includes

a first switching leg which is formed by connecting a first switching element and a second switching element in series, and

a second switching leg which is formed by connecting a third switching element and a fourth switching element in series, and

is a full-bridge circuit in which a portion between both ends of the first switching leg and the second switching leg is a portion between direct current terminals, and a portion between a series connection point of the first switching element and the second switching element, and a series connection point of the third switching element and the fourth switching element is a portion between alternating current terminals, and

a phase difference between the driving pulse for the first switching leg and the driving pulse for the second switching leg is an operation amount.

8. The switching power supply device according to claim 7 , wherein

the control circuit unit includes a unit which generates a clock signal, and

the setting value is a multiple of a natural number of a clock cycle.

9. The switching power supply device according to claim 7 , wherein the power conversion circuit and the control circuit unit

includes a unit which generates a clock signal, and

calculates a change amount of the switching cycle such that the switching cycle is an even-numbered clock.

10. The switching power supply device according to claim 7 , wherein the control circuit unit makes a change amount of the switching cycle proportional to the difference.

11. The switching power supply device according to claim 10 , wherein the control circuit unit

includes a unit which detects an input voltage and/or an output voltage of the power conversion circuit, and

changes a proportionality factor which determines the change amount of the switching cycle based on the input voltage and/or the output voltage.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058481/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2019
From: TAKAHASHI, NAOYA; KUBO, KENJI; ONO, TAKUMA
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 051106/0970 →