Circuit arrangement for controlling power transistors of a power converter

1. A circuit arrangement for controlling power transistors of a power converter, the circuit arrangement comprising:

a logic circuit configured to generate a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal and a clock generator configured to generate a clock signal;

a first isolator configured to galvanically isolate transmission of the PWM signal into a high-voltage portion of the power converter so as to produce a galvanically isolated PWM signal and a second isolator configured to galvanically isolate transmission of the clock signal into a high-voltage portion of the power converter so as to produce a galvanically isolated clock signal, the first isolator being configured transmit both DC voltage signals and AC voltage signals; and

a correction circuit configured to correct jitter of the galvanically isolated PWM signal based on the galvanically isolated clock signal to produce a corrected PWM signal, wherein the second isolator exhibits a jitter lower than that of the first isolator by a factor of at least two.

2. The circuit arrangement as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first isolator is in a form of an optocoupler or a digital signal isolator, and wherein the second isolator is in a form of a high-frequency converter.

3. The circuit arrangement as recited in claim 1 , wherein the correction circuit is configured as a flip-flop circuit.

4. The circuit arrangement as recited in claim 3 , wherein the flip-flop circuit has an input to which the galvanically isolated PWM signal is applied, a clock input to which the galvanically isolated clock signal is applied, and an output which does not follow the galvanically isolated PWM signal until a next rising edge of the galvanically isolated clock signal, such that the corrected PWM signal with reduced jitter is generated.

5. The circuit arrangement as recited in claim 3 , wherein the flip-flop circuit is configured as a clock-edge-controlled D flip-flop having a clock-enable input.

6. The circuit arrangement as recited in claim 5 , wherein a galvanically isolated blocking signal is applied to the clock-enable input of the clock-edge-controlled D flip-flop, the galvanically isolated blocking signal preventing a corrected PWM signal generated at an output of clock-edge-controlled D flip-flop from changing during switching of one of the power transistors.

7. The circuit arrangement as recited in claim 6 , wherein the logic circuit is configured to generate a blocking signal with a time delay relative to a change of the PWM signal, the blocking signal, like the PWM signal, being transmitted via the first isolator and being fed as the galvanically isolated blocking signal to the clock-enable input of the correction circuit.

8. The circuit arrangement as recited in claim 6 , wherein the galvanically isolated blocking signal is fed to the clock-enable input of the correction circuit via a low-pass filter.

9. The circuit arrangement as recited in claim 8 , wherein the low-pass filter is bridged by a diode.

10. The circuit arrangement as recited in claim 1 , wherein the corrected PWM signal generated by the correction circuit controls a gate driver for one of the power transistors.

11. The circuit arrangement as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second isolator for galvanically isolated transmission exhibits a jitter lower than that of the first isolator by a factor of 10.

12. The circuit arrangement as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second isolator for galvanically isolated transmission exhibits a jitter lower than that of the first isolator by a factor of twenty.

13. The circuit arrangement as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second isolator for galvanically isolated transmission exhibits a jitter lower than that of the first isolator by a factor of between two and twenty.