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US 12,431,793 · App. 18/334,154 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Power factor correction switching power supply device

Inventors: Hiroyuki Takatsuji (Nagaokakyo, JP); Tatsuya Hosotani (Nagaokakyo, JP); Yuki Ishikura (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H02M1/44H02M1/4208H02M1/4233
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Patent No.
US 12,431,793
App. No.
18/334,154
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power factor correction switching power supply device includes a power factor correction circuit connected to an alternating-current input line, a first half-bridge capacitor circuit connected between lines of the AC input line, a second half-bridge capacitor circuit connected between lines of a direct-current output line that is closer to a load than a first output capacitor, a common mode choke coil disposed between the first output capacitor and the second half-bridge capacitor circuit, and an electric path configured to electrically connect a midpoint of the first half-bridge capacitor circuit and a midpoint of the second half-bridge capacitor circuit to form a noise balancing circuit. The noise balancing circuit has a potential different from a potential of a ground and is configured to balance common mode noise.

Claims (69)

1. A power factor correction switching power supply device comprising:

a power factor correction circuit connected to an alternating-current (AC) input line, the power factor correction circuit including

an inductor,

a switching circuit configured to cause a switching current to flow through the inductor,

a first output capacitor connected to the inductor and configured to smooth a voltage,

an output voltage detection circuit configured to detect a voltage of the first output capacitor, and

a feedback control circuit configured to determine a change in voltage between lines of the AC input line based on the voltage of the first output capacitor as detected by the output voltage detection circuit and to control the switching circuit in accordance with the change in a voltage between lines of the AC input line such that a general shape of a waveform of a current flowing through the AC input line follows a general shape of a waveform of a voltage of the AC input line, and control the switching circuit such that an output voltage from the first output capacitor is a predetermined voltage;

a first half-bridge capacitor circuit connected between the lines of the AC input line and including two capacitors connected in series to each other;

a second half-bridge capacitor circuit connected between lines of a direct-current (DC) output line and including two capacitors connected in series to each other, the DC output line being closer to a load than the first output capacitor;

a common mode choke coil between the first output capacitor and the second half-bridge capacitor circuit or between the first half-bridge capacitor circuit and the switching circuit; and

an electric path configured to electrically connect a midpoint of the first half-bridge capacitor circuit and a midpoint of the second half-bridge capacitor circuit to configure a noise balancing circuit.

2. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a rectifier circuit connected between the AC input line and the switching circuit.

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

the switching circuit includes a switching element configuring a part or an entirety of the rectifier circuit.

4. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an input capacitor connected in parallel to the first half-bridge capacitor circuit.

5. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second output capacitor connected in parallel to the second half-bridge capacitor circuit.

6. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an AC line filter circuit connected between the AC input line and the first half-bridge capacitor circuit.

7. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 6 , wherein

the AC line filter circuit includes an AC-line-filter common mode choke coil, and

the common mode choke coil has a self-inductance smaller than a largest self-inductance among self-inductances of the AC-line-filter common mode choke coil.

8. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an impedance element connected in series to the electric path and having an inductance component or a resistance component.

9. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an impedance element connected between the electric path and ground and having a capacitance component, an inductance component, or a resistance component.

10. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the AC input line as a single-phase AC input line.

11. A power factor correction switching power supply device comprising:

a power factor correction circuit connected to an alternating-current (AC) input line, the power factor correction circuit including

an inductor,

a switching circuit configured to cause a switching current to flow through the inductor,

a first output capacitor connected to the inductor and configured to smooth a voltage,

an output voltage detection circuit configured to detect a voltage of the first output capacitor, and

a feedback control circuit configured to determine a change in voltage between lines of the AC input line based on the voltage of the first output capacitor as detected by the output voltage detection circuit and to control the switching circuit in accordance with the change in a voltage between lines of the AC input line such that a general shape of a waveform of a current flowing through the AC input line follows a general shape of a waveform of a voltage of the AC input line, and control the switching circuit such that an output voltage from the first output capacitor is a predetermined voltage;

a first half-bridge capacitor circuit connected between the lines of the AC input line and including two capacitors connected in series to each other;

a second half-bridge capacitor circuit connected between lines of a direct-current (DC) output line and including two capacitors connected in series to each other, the DC output line being closer to a load than the first output capacitor;

a common mode choke coil between the first output capacitor and the second half-bridge capacitor circuit or between the first half-bridge capacitor circuit and the switching circuit; and

an electric path configured to electrically connect a midpoint of the first half-bridge capacitor circuit and a midpoint of the second half-bridge capacitor circuit to configure a noise balancing circuit, the noise balancing circuit having a potential different from a potential of a ground and being configured to balance common mode noise.

12. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a rectifier circuit connected between the AC input line and the switching circuit.

13. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 11 , further comprising:

an input capacitor connected in parallel to the first half-bridge capacitor circuit.

14. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a second output capacitor connected in parallel to the second half-bridge capacitor circuit.

15. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 11 , wherein

the AC input line as a single-phase AC input line.

16. A power factor correction switching power supply device comprising:

a power factor correction circuit connected to an alternating-current (AC) input line, the power factor correction circuit including

an inductor,

a switching circuit configured to cause a switching current to flow through the inductor,

a first output capacitor connected to the inductor and configured to smooth a voltage,

an output voltage detection circuit configured to detect a voltage of the first output capacitor, and

a feedback control circuit configured to determine a change in voltage between lines of the AC input line based on the voltage of the first output capacitor as detected by the output voltage detection circuit and to control the switching circuit in accordance with the change in a voltage between lines of the AC input line such that a general shape of a waveform of a current flowing through the AC input line follows a general shape of a waveform of a voltage of the AC input line, and control the switching circuit such that an output voltage from the first output capacitor is a predetermined voltage;

a first half-bridge capacitor circuit connected between the lines of the AC input line and including two capacitors connected in series to each other;

a second half-bridge capacitor circuit connected between lines of a direct-current (DC) output line and including two capacitors connected in series to each other, the DC output line being closer to a load than the first output capacitor;

a common mode choke coil between the first output capacitor and the second half-bridge capacitor circuit or between the first half-bridge capacitor circuit and the switching circuit; and

an electric path configured to electrically connect a midpoint of the first half-bridge capacitor circuit and a midpoint of the second half-bridge capacitor circuit to configure a noise balancing circuit, the noise balancing circuit having a potential different from a potential of a ground and being configured to balance common mode noise, wherein

the noise balancing circuit is configured to reduce an influence of common mode noise on the feedback control circuit.

17. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 16 , further comprising:

a rectifier circuit connected between the AC input line and the switching circuit.

18. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 16 , further comprising:

an input capacitor connected in parallel to the first half-bridge capacitor circuit.

19. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 16 , further comprising:

a second output capacitor connected in parallel to the second half-bridge capacitor circuit.

20. The power factor correction switching power supply device according to claim 16 , wherein

the AC input line as a single-phase AC input line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2023
From: TAKATSUJI, HIROYUKI; HOSOTANI, TATSUYA; ISHIKURA, YUKI
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063937/0581 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-210979 · Dec 21, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021045426 · Dec 10, 2021
Related Publication 20230327545A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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