Precharge device applied in flying capacitor type multi-level converter circuit and frequency converter having the precharge device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10153706-B2
Application number	US-201715805273-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2017
Priority date	Nov 8, 2016
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a precharge device and a frequency converter. The precharge device is applied in a flying capacitor type multi-level converter circuit, and the multi-level converter circuit includes: a flying capacitor, a bus capacitor, a first and second semiconductor components, wherein the first semiconductor component is electrically connected between a first end of the flying capacitor and a first end of the bus capacitor, and the second semiconductor component is electrically connected between a second end of the flying capacitor and a second end of the bus capacitor; and the precharge device includes: an AC source; and an auxiliary circuit electrically connected with the AC source, wherein the auxiliary circuit reuses the first and second semiconductor components, and the AC source charges the flying capacitor and the bus capacitor through the auxiliary circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A precharge device, applied in a flying capacitor type multi-level converter circuit, wherein the multi-level converter circuit comprises:
a flying capacitor, a bus capacitor, a first semiconductor component and a second semiconductor component, wherein the first semiconductor component is electrically connected between a first end of the flying capacitor and a first end of the bus capacitor, and the second semiconductor component is electrically connected between a second end of the flying capacitor and a second end of the bus capacitor; and
the precharge device comprises:
an AC source; and
an auxiliary circuit electrically connected with the AC source,
wherein the auxiliary circuit reuses the first semiconductor component and the second semiconductor component, and the AC source charges the flying capacitor and the bus capacitor through the auxiliary circuit,
wherein the bus capacitor comprises: a first bus capacitor and a second bus capacitor coupled in series, and the first bus capacitor and the second bus capacitor are electrically connected to a first center point; and
the auxiliary circuit further comprises: a first auxiliary capacitor and a second auxiliary capacitor coupled in series, and the first auxiliary capacitor and the second auxiliary capacitor are electrically connected to a second center point,
wherein an output of the AC source is electrically connected between the first center point and the second center point.

2. The precharge device according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary circuit further comprises:
a third semiconductor component electrically connected between the first center point and a first end of the first auxiliary capacitor;
a fourth semiconductor component electrically connected between the first center point and a second end of the second auxiliary capacitor;
a fifth semiconductor component electrically connected between a first end of the flying capacitor and the first end of the first auxiliary capacitor; and
a sixth semiconductor component electrically connected between a second end of the flying capacitor and a second end of the second auxiliary capacitor,
wherein the second end of the first auxiliary capacitor and the first end of a second auxiliary capacitor are electrically connected to the second center point.

3. The precharge device according to claim 2 , wherein the auxiliary circuit further comprises:
a first resistor coupled in series with the fifth semiconductor component, the fifth semiconductor component being electrically connected to the first end of the flying capacitor through the first resistor; and
a second resistor coupled in series with the sixth semiconductor component, the sixth semiconductor component being electrically connected to the second end of the flying capacitor through the second resistor.

4. The precharge device according to claim 2 , wherein all of the third semiconductor component, the fourth semiconductor component, the fifth semiconductor component and the sixth semiconductor component are diodes.

5. The precharge device according to claim 1 , wherein the AC source further comprises:
a rectifier circuit rectifying a first AC voltage to generate a DC voltage;
an inverter circuit inverting the DC voltage to generate a primary side AC voltage; and
a boosting transformer boosting the primary side AC voltage to generate an output voltage of the AC source.

6. The precharge device according to claim 5 , wherein the first AC voltage is a power grid voltage.

7. The precharge device according to claim 1 , wherein a frequency of an output voltage of the AC source is not less than 10 kHz.

8. The precharge device according to claim 1 , wherein a positive half-wave and a negative half-wave of an output voltage of the AC source are symmetric with each other.

9. The precharge device according to claim 1 , wherein the multi-level converter circuit is a multi-level rectifier circuit or a multi-level inverter circuit.

10. The precharge device according to claim 1 , wherein the multi-level converter circuit is a three-level converter circuit or a five-level converter circuit.

11. The precharge device according to claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor component and the second semiconductor component are diodes.

12. The precharge device according to claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor component and the second semiconductor component are anti-parallel diodes in IGBT switches.

13. A precharge device, applied in a flying capacitor type multi-level converter circuit, wherein the multi-level converter circuit comprises:
a bus capacitor containing a first bus capacitor and a second bus capacitor coupled in series, the first bus capacitor and the second bus capacitor being electrically connected to a first center point;
N flying capacitors, N being an integer greater than 1;
N first semiconductor components, wherein the n th of the first semiconductor components is electrically connected between a first end of the n th flying capacitor and a first end of the bus capacitor; and
N second semiconductor components, wherein the n th of the second semiconductor components is electrically connected between a second end of the n th flying capacitor and a second end of the bus capacitor;
the precharge device comprises:
an AC source electrically connected with an auxiliary circuit and charging the flying capacitor and the bus capacitor through the auxiliary circuit;
the auxiliary circuit reuses the first semiconductor component and the second semiconductor component and the auxiliary circuit further comprises:
a first auxiliary capacitor;
a second auxiliary capacitor having a first end electrically connected to a second end of the first auxiliary capacitor;
a third semiconductor component electrically connected between the first center point and a first end of the first auxiliary capacitor;
a fourth semiconductor component electrically connected between the first center point and a second end of the second auxiliary capacitor;
N fifth semiconductor components, wherein the n th of the fifth semiconductor components is electrically connected between a first end of the n th flying capacitor and the first end of the first auxiliary capacitor; and
N sixth semiconductor components, wherein the n th of the sixth semiconductor components is electrically connected between a second end of the n th flying capacitor and the second end of the second auxiliary capacitor.

14. The precharge device according to claim 13 , further comprising:
N first resistors, wherein the n th of the fifth semiconductor components is electrically connected to the first end of the n th flying capacitor through the n th of the first resistors; and
N second resistors, wherein the n th of the sixth semiconductor components is electrically connected to the second end of the n th flying capacitor through the n th of the second resistors.

15. A frequency converter, comprising a flying capacitor type multi-level converter circuit and a precharge device, wherein the multi-level converter circuit comprises:
a flying capacitor, a bus capacitor, a first semiconductor component and a second semiconductor component, wherein the first semiconductor component is electrically connected between a first end of the flying capacitor and a first end of the bus capacitor, and the second semiconductor component is electrically connected between a second end of the flying capacitor and a second end of the bus capacitor; and
the precharge device comprises:
an AC source; and
an auxiliary circuit electrically connected with the AC source,
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Assignees

• Delta Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Ying Jianping
• Liu Teng
• Zhang Yi
• Zeng Yong

Classifications

• H02M5/4585 Primary

  having a rectifier with controlled elements · CPC title

• H02M1/34 Primary

  Snubber circuits · CPC title

• H02M1/4216 Primary

  operating from a three-phase input voltage (H02M1/4233 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02M1/36

  Means for starting or stopping converters · CPC title

• Y02B70/10

  Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes · CPC title