Hybrid topology power converter and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10075057-B2
Application number	US-201715497714-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2017
Priority date	Apr 29, 2016
Publication date	Sep 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018

Abstract

A hybrid topology power converter includes a three-level circuit module and a cascaded H-bridge circuit module. A control method includes the following steps. Firstly, a zero sequence component is injected into a total modulation wave, thereby generating a compensated total modulation wave. Then, a first voltage signal is generated according to the compensated total modulation wave. An H-bridge modulation wave is generated according to the compensated total modulation wave and the first voltage signal. A three-level driving signal is generated according to the first voltage signal, and an H-bridge driving signal is generated according to the H-bridge modulation wave. A duty cycle of at least one switch element of the three-level circuit module is adjusted according to the three-level driving signal. A duty cycle of at least one switch elements of the cascaded H-bridge circuit module is adjusted according to the H-bridge driving signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control method of a hybrid topology power converter, the hybrid topology power converter comprising a three-level circuit module and a cascaded H-bridge circuit module, an output side of the three-level circuit module being connected with an input side of the cascaded H-bridge circuit module, the control method comprising steps of:
injecting a zero sequence component into a total modulation wave, thereby generating a compensated total modulation wave;
generating a first voltage signal according to the compensated total modulation wave;
generating an H-bridge modulation wave according to the compensated total modulation wave and the first voltage signal; and
generating a three-level driving signal according to the first voltage signal, and generating an H-bridge driving signal according to the H-bridge modulation wave,
wherein a duty cycle of at least one switch element of the three-level circuit module is adjusted according to the three-level driving signal, and a duty cycle of at least one switch elements of the cascaded H-bridge circuit module is adjusted according to the H-bridge driving signal.

2. The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of generating the zero sequence component according to an output voltage of the hybrid topology power converter.

3. The control method according to claim 2 , further comprising a step of obtaining the zero sequence component according to a lookup table, wherein a relationship between the output voltage and the zero sequence component is recorded in the lookup table.

4. The control method according to claim 2 , further comprising a step of obtaining the zero sequence component according to a harmonic zero sequence voltage mathematic formula, wherein a relationship between the output voltage and the zero sequence component is recorded in the harmonic zero sequence voltage mathematic formula.

5. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the zero sequence component is obtained in a closed-loop manner according to a bus capacitor voltage of the three-level circuit module, wherein a bus capacitor ripple voltage is calculated according to the bus capacitor voltage of the three-level circuit module, and the zero sequence component is generated according to a result of comparing the bus capacitor ripple voltage with a set ripple voltage.

6. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of generating the first voltage signal further comprises sub-steps of:
generating a first average voltage according to a bus capacitor voltage of the three-level circuit module;
superposing the first average voltage with the compensated total modulation wave, thereby generating a first superposed voltage;
generating a first comparison signal according to a result of comparing the first superposed voltage with a first set value;
generating a second comparison signal according to a result of comparing the first superposed voltage with a second set value; and
superposing the first comparison signal with the second comparison signal, thereby generating the first voltage signal.

7. The control method according to claim 6 , wherein the first set value and the second set value are determined according to a cascade number of the cascaded H-bridge circuit module, and/or the first set value and the second set value are determined according to a ratio of the bus capacitor voltage of the three-level circuit module to a bus capacitor voltage of the cascaded H-bridge circuit module.

8. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of generating the H-bridge modulation wave further comprises sub-steps of:
generating a second average voltage according to a bus capacitor voltage of the cascaded H-bridge circuit module;
superposing the second average voltage with the compensated total modulation wave, thereby generating a superposed result; and
subtracting the first voltage signal from the superposed result, thereby generating the H-bridge modulation wave.

9. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the H-bridge driving signal is generated according to a result of comparing the H-bridge modulation wave with a reference signal.

10. The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of generating the total modulation wave according to an output current of the hybrid topology power converter.

11. A hybrid topology power converter, comprising:
a three-level circuit module;
a cascaded H-bridge circuit module, wherein an output side of the three-level circuit module is coupled with an input side of the cascaded H-bridge circuit module; and
a control device comprising:
a compensated modulation wave generator receiving a total modulation wave and a zero sequence component and injecting the zero sequence component into the total modulation wave, thereby generating a compensated total modulation wave;
a voltage generator receiving the compensated total modulation wave, and generating a first voltage signal;
a modulation wave generator receiving the first voltage signal and the compensated total modulation wave, thereby generating an H-bridge modulation wave; and
a pulse generation unit receiving the first voltage signal and the H-bridge modulation wave, and generating a three-level driving signal corresponding to the first voltage signal and an H-bridge driving signal corresponding to the H-bridge modulation wave,
wherein the pulse generation unit adjusts a duty cycle of at least one switch element of the three-level circuit module according to the three-level driving signal, and adjusts a duty cycle of at least one switch elements of the cascaded H-bridge circuit module according to the H-bridge driving signal.

12. The hybrid topology power converter according to claim 11 , wherein the control device further comprises a zero sequence component generator, wherein the zero sequence component generator generates the zero sequence component according to an output voltage of the hybrid topology power converter.

13. The hybrid topology power converter according to claim 12 , wherein the zero sequence component generator obtains the zero sequence component according to a lookup table, and a relationship between the output voltage and the zero sequence component is recorded in the lookup table.

14. The hybrid topology power converter according to claim 12 , wherein the zero sequence component generator obtains the zero sequence component according to a harmonic zero sequence voltage mathematic formula, wherein a relationship between the output voltage and the zero sequence component is recorded in the harmonic zero sequence voltage mathematic formula.

15. The hybrid topology power converter according to claim 11 , wherein the control unit further comprises:
a bus ripple computing unit receiving a bus capacitor voltage of the three-level circuit module, and calculating a ripple voltage of the bus capacitor voltage;
a comparing unit receiving a ripple voltage of the bus capacitor voltage and a set ripple voltage, wherein by comparing the ripple voltage of the bus capacitor voltage with the set ripple voltage, the comparing unit outputs a comparison result; and
a closed-loop generator generating the zero sequence component according to the comparison result.

16. The hybrid topology power converter according to claim 15 , wherein the closed-loop generator is a PI controller.

17. The hybrid topology power converter according to claim 11 , wherein the voltage generator comprises:
a first computing unit receiving the compensated total modulation wave and a first average vol

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Shanghai Co

Inventors

• Shen Dingkun
• Zheng Jianfei
• Xu Wei
• Ying Jianping
• Wei Lan
• Hu Zhiming

Classifications

• H02M1/083 Primary

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• H02M2001/0025

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