Active bridge rectifier circuit

1. An active bridge rectifier circuit, comprising:

a rectifier unit, comprising:

a first upper bridge switch, a second upper bridge switch, a first lower bridge switch, and a second lower bridge switch, wherein the first upper bridge switch and the second lower bridge switch are commonly connected and coupled to a live wire end of an AC power source, and the second upper bridge switch and the first lower bridge switch are commonly connected and coupled to a neutral wire end of the AC power source, and

a control unit, comprising:

a plurality of voltage division circuits, half of the voltage division circuits directly coupled to the live wire end to generate live wire signals, and the other half of the voltage division circuits directly coupled to the neutral wire end to generate neutral wire signals,

a first signal comparator, configured to compare the live wire signal with the neutral wire signal to generate a first comparison signal, and

a second signal comparator, configured to compare the live wire signal with the neutral wire signal to generate a second comparison signal,

wherein the first comparison signal controls the first upper bridge switch and the first lower bridge switch, and the second comparison signal controls the second upper bridge switch and the second lower bridge switch.

2. The active bridge rectifier circuit in claim 1 , wherein the first signal comparator comprises a first non-inverting input end and a first inverting input end for respectively receiving the live wire signal and the neutral wire signal, and the second signal comparator comprises a second non-inverting input end and a second inverting input end for respectively receiving the neutral wire signal and the live wire signal.

3. The active bridge rectifier circuit in claim 2 , further comprising:

a reference voltage unit coupled to the first inverting input end and the second inverting input end, and configured to provide a reference voltage to adjust a dead time of the first upper bridge switch and the second lower bridge switch and adjust a dead time of the second upper bridge switch and the first lower bridge switch.

4. The active bridge rectifier circuit in claim 3 , wherein the greater the reference voltage is, the greater the dead time of the first upper bridge switch and the second lower bridge switch and the dead time of the second upper bridge switch and the first lower bridge switch are.

5. The active bridge rectifier circuit in claim 1 , further comprising:

a protection unit configured to control the first upper bridge switch, the second upper bridge switch, the first lower bridge switch, and the second lower bridge switch to be turned off when the first comparison signal has the same logic level as the second comparison signal.

6. The active bridge rectifier circuit in claim 5 , wherein the protection unit comprises:

an AND gate circuit configured to perform an AND operation on the first comparison signal and the second comparison signal to generate an operation signal, and

a control switch coupled to the AND gate circuit and configured to receive the operation signal, and the operation signal controls the control switch to be turned on and off.

7. The active bridge rectifier circuit in claim 1 , further comprising a drive unit configured for generating a first upper bridge control signal according to the first comparison signal and the live wire signal, generating a first lower bridge control signal according to the first comparison signal, generating a second upper bridge control signal according to the second comparison signal and the neutral wire signal, and generating a second lower bridge control signal according to the second comparison signal, wherein the first upper bridge control signal, the second upper bridge control signal, the first lower bridge control signal, and the second lower bridge control signal are used to control the first upper bridge switch, the second upper bridge switch, the first lower bridge switch, and the second lower bridge switch, respectively.

8. The active bridge rectifier circuit in claim 7 , wherein the drive unit comprises:

a first optical coupler, wherein when the first comparison signal has the high logic level, the first optical coupler is enabled such that the drive unit generates the first upper bridge control signal having the high logic level according to the live wire signal, and

a second optical coupler, wherein when the second comparison signal has the high logic level, the second optical coupler is enabled such that the drive unit generates the second upper bridge control signal having the high logic level according to the neutral wire signal.

9. The active bridge rectifier circuit in claim 8 , wherein when the first comparison signal has the low logic level, the first optical coupler is disabled such that the drive unit generates the first upper bridge control signal having the low logic level, and when the second comparison signal has the low logic level, the second optical coupler is disabled such that the drive unit generates the second upper bridge control signal having the low logic level.

10. The active bridge rectifier circuit in claim 8 , further comprising:

a protection unit configured to disable the first optical coupler and the second optical coupler when the first comparison signal and the second comparison signal both have the high logic level so that the drive unit configured to generate the first upper bridge control signal having the low logic level and the second upper bridge control signal having the low logic level, and the protection unit configured to control the first lower bridge control signal and the second lower bridge control signal to have the low logic level.