Insulated DC/DC converter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10193463-B2
Application number	US-201615768517-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2016
Priority date	Oct 16, 2015
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

The invention concerns an isolated DC/DC converter comprising an isolated circuit having:
a first arm having a first switch, in series with a second switch; a magnetic component having two primary circuits and a secondary circuit that are separated by at least one electrical isolation barrier, said magnetic component being configured so as, during the conversion of an input voltage of the isolated DC/DC converter into an output voltage, to operate as a transformer from the primary circuits to the secondary circuit and as an impedance that stores energy in the primary circuits, and in which: the first arm comprises a first capacitance in series with the two switches and situated between the two switches, one of said primary circuits, called the second primary circuit, is connected between a first end terminal of the first arm and the connection point, called the second connection point, between the second switch of the first arm and the first capacitance, the first end terminal of the first arm corresponding to the terminal of the first switch that is not connected to the first capacitance; and the other primary circuit, called the first primary circuit, is connected between a second end terminal of the first arm and the connection point, called the first connection point, between the first switch and the first capacitance, the second end terminal of the first arm corresponding to the terminal of the second switch that is not connected to the first capacitance.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An isolated DC/DC converter comprising an isolated circuit having:
a first arm having a first switch, in series with a second switch;
a magnetic component having two primary circuits and a secondary circuit that are separated by at least one electrical isolation barrier, said magnetic component being configured so as, during the conversion of an input voltage of the isolated DC/DC converter into an output voltage, to operate as a transformer from the primary circuits to the secondary circuit and as an impedance that stores energy in the primary circuits, and in which:
the first arm comprises a first capacitance in series with the two switches and situated between the two switches,
one of said primary circuits, called the second primary circuit, is connected between a first end terminal of the first arm and the connection point, called the second connection point, between the second switch of the first arm and the first capacitance, the first end terminal of the first arm corresponding to the terminal of the first switch that is not connected to the first capacitance; and
the other primary circuit, called the first primary circuit, is connected between a second end terminal of the first arm and the connection point, called the first connection point, between the first switch and the first capacitance, the second end terminal of the first arm corresponding to the terminal of the second switch that is not connected to the first capacitance.

2. The isolated DC/DC converter according to claim 1 , in which the magnetic component is configured so that:
over a first portion of an operating period of the converter, first respective portions of the primary circuits transfer an energy to a first portion of the secondary circuit, and second respective portions of the primary circuits produce inductances storing energy;
over a second portion of the operating period of the converter, the second respective portions of the primary circuits transfer an energy to a second portion (L 22 ) of the secondary circuit, and the first respective portions of the primary circuits produce inductances storing energy.

3. The isolated DC/DC converter according to claim 1 , in which the input of the isolated circuit ( 3 ) is at the first end terminal of the first arm.

4. The isolated DC/DC converter according to claim 1 , comprising a regulating circuit connected to the first end terminal of the first arm and configured to regulate a voltage delivered to the first arm, the regulating circuit being configured to control the output voltage of the isolated DC/DC converter by modifying the voltage delivered to the first arm, the duty cycle of the first arm remaining substantially constant.

5. The isolated DC/DC converter according to claim 4 , in which a second capacitance is connected between the first end terminal of the first arm and the second end terminal of the first arm.

6. The isolated DC/DC converter according to claim 1 , comprising:
a second arm having a first switch and a second electronic element in series, the free terminal of the second electronic element being connected to the second end terminal of the first arm,
an inductance connected between the second connection point and a third connection point, the third connection point corresponding to the terminal of the second electronic element that is close to the first switch of the second arm,
a second capacitance connected between the first end terminal of the first arm and the second end terminal of the first arm,
the second electronic element being a second switch or a diode having its cathode connected to the third connection point,
and in which successions of opening and closing operations of the switch(es) of the second arm allow an input voltage to be converted into an output voltage by means of the magnetic component.

7. The isolated DC/DC converter according to claim 6 , in which the second arm is configured to control the output voltage of the isolated DC/DC converter by modifying an electrical parameter of a signal flowing through the inductance.

8. The isolated DC/DC converter according to claim 7 , in which the electrical parameter is an average current.

9. The isolated DC/DC converter according to claim 7 , in which the first arm configured so that its duty cycle has a nominal value and varies around this nominal value according to a difference between a value of the electrical parameter of the signal flowing through the inductance and a value of the electrical parameter of the signal flowing through the magnetic component.

10. The isolated DC/DC converter according to claim 9 , in which the first arm is configured so that its duty cycle has a nominal value and varies around this nominal value so that the value of the electrical parameter of the signal flowing through the inductance and the value of the electrical parameter of the signal flowing through the magnetic component are equal.

11. The isolated DC/DC converter according to claim 6 , in which the duty cycle of the first arm remains substantially constant at a nominal value.

12. The isolated DC/DC converter according to claim 6 , moreover comprising:
a third capacitance in series between the first switch of the second arm and the second electronic element of the second arm, the third capacitance being connected between the third connection point and a fourth connection point corresponding to the terminal of the first switch that is close to the second electronic element of the second arm,
another inductance connected between the first connection point and the fourth connection point.

13. The isolated DC/DC converter according to claim 1 , in which
the isolated circuit moreover comprises at least one third arm comprising a first switch, a second switch and a fourth capacitance in series with the two switches and situated between the two switches; and in which the magnetic component comprises at least two supplementary primary circuits separated from one another and from the secondary circuit by at least one electrical isolation barrier,
one of said supplementary primary circuits, called the first supplementary primary circuit, is connected between a first end terminal of the third arm and the connection point between the second switch of the third arm and the fourth capacitance, the first end terminal of the third arm corresponding to the terminal of the first switch of the third arm that is not connected to the fourth capacitance; and
the other of said supplementary primary circuits, called the second supplementary primary circuit, is connected between a second end terminal of the third arm and the connection point between the first switch of the third arm and the fourth capacitance, the second end terminal of the third arm corresponding to the terminal of the second switch of the third arm that is not connected to the fourth capacitance,
the end terminals of the first and third arms being respectively connected to one another.

14. A voltage conversion method using an isolated DC/DC converter according to claim 6 , in which control of the output voltage of the isolated DC/DC converter comprises the steps consisting in:
modifying an electrical parameter of a signal flowing through the inductance by varying the duty cycle of the second arm,
varying the duty cycle of the first arm around a nominal value according to a difference between a value of the electrical parameter of the signal flowing through the inductance and a value of the electrical parameter of the signal flowing through the magnetic component.

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes De Controle Moteur

Inventors

• De Sousa Luis

Classifications

• H02M3/005

  using Cuk converters · CPC title

• H02M2001/0058

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02M3/33584 Primary

  Bidirectional converters · CPC title

• H02M3/33507

  with automatic control of the output voltage or current, e.g. flyback converters (H02M3/33561, H02M3/33569 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02M1/0064

  Magnetic structures combining different functions, e.g. storage, filtering or transformation · CPC title