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Granted Patent B2
US 11,005,380 · App. 16/889,719 · Granted May 11, 2021

Power supply device

Inventors: Keisuke Kanda (Shizuoka, JP); Shota Yoshimitsu (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H02M3/33576H02M1/088G05F1/577H02M3/1584H02M2001/008H02M2001/009
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Patent No.
US 11,005,380
App. No.
16/889,719
Granted
May 11, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multi-output power supply device includes an inductor, a first output terminal, a second output terminal, an FET, an FET, a chopper circuit, and a controller. The FET adjusts a current output from the inductor to the first output terminal. The FET adjusts a current output from the inductor to the second output terminal. The chopper circuit has the FET and the inductor. The FET is connected in parallel with the FET, and conducts or cuts off a current. The inductor is provided between the FET and the second output terminal. For example, the controller lowers a potential from the first output terminal by turning on the FET and sets a potential difference between a drain terminal and a source terminal of the FET to zero to suppress a switching loss when the FET is turned on.

Claims (20)

1. A power supply device comprising:

a power conversion inductor that outputs power input from a first end to a second end;

a first output terminal that is connected to the second end of the power conversion inductor and outputs power;

a second output terminal that is a terminal different from the first output terminal, is connected to the second end of the power conversion inductor, and outputs power;

a first switching element that is provided between the second end of the power conversion inductor and the first output terminal and adjusts a current output from the power conversion inductor to the first output terminal;

a second switching element that is provided between the second end of the power conversion inductor and the second output terminal and adjusts a current output from the power conversion inductor to the second output terminal;

a soft switching circuit including

a third switching element that is connected in parallel with the second switching element and conducts or cuts off a current, and

a soft switching inductor provided between the third switching element and the second output terminal; and

a controller configured to control the first switching element, the second switching element, and the soft switching circuit, wherein

the controller lowers a potential from the first output terminal by turning on the third switching element and sets a potential difference between an input terminal and an output terminal of the second switching element to zero to suppress a switching loss when the second switching element is turned on.

2. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller has

a first power output mode of turning on the first switching element and turns off the second switching element and the third switching element to output first power from the first output terminal, and

a second power output mode of turning on the second switching element and turning off the first switching element and the third switching element to output second power from the second output terminal, and

the controller turns off the first switching element and the second switching element and turns on the third switching element to output a current flowing due to a reverse recovery characteristic of a parasitic diode of the first switching element to the second output terminal when switching from the first power output mode to the second power output mode.

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

the soft switching circuit forms a step-down chopper circuit that steps down a voltage of power output from the first output terminal and outputs the stepped down voltage to the second output terminal, and forms a step-up chopper circuit that steps up a voltage of power output from the second output terminal and outputs the stepped up voltage to the first output terminal.

4. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the soft switching circuit forms a step-down chopper circuit that steps down a voltage of power output from the first output terminal and outputs the stepped down voltage to the second output terminal, and forms a step-up chopper circuit that steps up a voltage of power output from the second output terminal and outputs the stepped up voltage to the first output terminal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2020
From: KANDA, KEISUKE; YOSHIMITSU, SHOTA
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052805/0157 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-104241 · Jun 4, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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