IP Library Granted Patent US 12,267,009
Granted Patent B2
US 12,267,009 · App. 17/957,696 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Air conditioning device and corresponding power supply including a single buck converter with a SiC diode, an attenuator and a ferrite bead

Inventors: Kurt Jansen (Aachen-Oberforstbach, DE); Alex Popa (Cluj-Napoca, RO); Izsak Kantor (Cluj-Napoca, RO); Abhishek Deshpande (Aachen, DE)
Assignee: Copeland Europe GmbH
H02M3/156F24F11/88H02M1/348
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Patent No.
US 12,267,009
App. No.
17/957,696
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air conditioning device includes a buck converter which comprises a switching device, an inductor, a diode and at least one capacitor. The diode is a SiC diode, and the buck converter further includes an attenuator associated to the SiC diode and a ferrite bead associated to the switching device.

Claims (24)

1. An air conditioning device comprising:

an air conditioning unit; and

a power supply,

wherein

the power supply comprises a single buck converter, wherein the single buck converter comprises a switching device, an inductor, a diode and at least one capacitor,

the inductor has an inductivity equal to or greater than 4.7 mH,

the diode is a SiC diode,

the single buck converter further includes

an attenuator connected in parallel with the SiC diode, and

a ferrite bead connected to the switching device, and

the switching device is configured to switch between ON and OFF states to operate the single buck converter in a continuous current mode during which current flowing through the inductor does not stop.

2. The air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the ferrite bead is connected to an input of the switching device.

3. The air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the attenuator includes a snubber circuit connected to the SiC diode.

4. The air conditioning device according to claim 3 , wherein the snubber circuit is connected in parallel with the SiC diode.

5. The air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the single buck converter is free of a ground plane below the inductor, the SiC diode and the switching device.

6. The air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the single buck converter is configured for an input voltage from 70 to 560 V DC.

7. The air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the single buck converter provides an output voltage 15V DC.

8. A power supply comprising a single buck converter, which includes a switching device, an inductor, a diode and at least one capacitor, wherein:

the inductor has an inductivity equal to or greater than 4.7 mH;

the diode is a SiC diode;

the single buck converter further includes

an attenuator connected in parallel with the SiC diode, and

a ferrite bead connected to the switching device; and

the switching device is configured to switch between ON and OFF states to operate the single buck converter in a continuous current mode during which current flowing through the inductor does not stop.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 10, 2023
From: EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
To: COPELAND EUROPE GMBH
Reel/Frame 065192/0181 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2022
From: JANSEN, KURT; POPA, ALEX; KANTOR, IZSAK; DESHPANDE, ABHISHEK
To: EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 061938/0954 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 21200467 · Oct 1, 2021 · regional
Continuity (1)
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