DC/DC conversion apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10193465-B2
Application number	US-201615279777-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2016
Priority date	Sep 30, 2015
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

A DC/DC conversion apparatus includes a DC voltage source that outputs a DC power supply voltage, an oscillation circuit electrically connected to the DC voltage source, switch elements, a switch controller that connects or disconnects electrical connection between the DC voltage source and the oscillation circuit by switching turn-on and turn-off of the switch elements, and switches a direction of a voltage applied to the oscillation circuit between a first direction and a second direction, and a transformation circuit that outputs a current generated in the oscillation circuit and converts the current into a DC current. The switch controller disconnects the electrical connection between the oscillation circuit and the DC voltage source before the direction of the voltage applied to the oscillation circuit is switched from the first direction to the second direction, and connects the electrical connection between the oscillation circuit and the DC voltage source and switches the direction of the voltage applied to the oscillation circuit to the second direction after a current flowing through the oscillation circuit has been outputted to the transformation circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A DC/DC conversion apparatus, comprising:
a DC voltage source that outputs a DC power supply voltage;
an oscillation circuit electrically connected to the DC voltage source;
a plurality of switch elements;
a switch controller that connects an electrical connection between the DC voltage source and the oscillation circuit and disconnects the electrical connection between the DC voltage source and the oscillation circuit during a time other than a dead-zone time, wherein the dead-zone time occurs when switching turn-on and turn-off of the plurality of switch elements, and switches a direction of a voltage applied to the oscillation circuit between a first direction and a second direction by switching turn-on and turn-off of the plurality of switch elements; and
a transformation circuit that outputs a current generated in the oscillation circuit and converts the current into a DC current; wherein
the switch controller disconnects the electrical connection between the oscillation circuit and the DC voltage source before the direction of the voltage applied to the oscillation circuit is switched from the first direction to the second direction, and connects the electrical connection between the oscillation circuit and the DC voltage source and switches the direction of the voltage applied to the oscillation circuit to the second direction after a current flowing through the oscillation circuit has been outputted to the transformation circuit.

2. The DC/DC conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the switch controller connects the electrical connection between the oscillation circuit and the DC voltage source and switches the direction of the voltage applied to the oscillation circuit to the second direction, when the current flowing through the oscillation circuit has been outputted to the transformation circuit and then after passing through a specified latency.

3. The DC/DC conversion apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the switch controller disconnects the electrical connection between the oscillation circuit and the DC voltage source before the direction of the voltage applied to the oscillation circuit is switched from the second direction to the first direction, and connects the electrical connection between the oscillation circuit and the DC voltage source and switches the direction of the voltage applied to the oscillation circuit to the first direction after the current flowing through the oscillation circuit has been outputted to the transformation circuit.

4. The DC/DC conversion apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the switch controller connects the electrical connection between the oscillation circuit and the DC voltage source and switches the direction of the voltage applied to the oscillation circuit to the first direction, when the current flowing through the oscillation circuit has been outputted to the transformation circuit and then after passing through the specified latency.

5. The DC/DC conversion apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the switch controller connects the electrical connection between the oscillation circuit and the DC voltage source and switches the direction of the voltage applied to the oscillation circuit to the first direction before the current flowing through the oscillation circuit is outputted to the transformation circuit, such that a parasitic capacitance on a switch element being turned on when the direction of the voltage applied to the oscillation circuit is switched to the first direction is charged by a remaining portion of the current flowing through the oscillation circuit.

6. The DC/DC conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the switch controller connects the electrical connection between the oscillation circuit and the DC voltage source and switches the direction of the voltage applied to the oscillation circuit to the second direction before the current flowing through the oscillation circuit is outputted to the transformation circuit, such that a parasitic capacitance on a switch element being turned on when the direction of the voltage applied to the oscillation circuit is switched to the second direction is charged by a remaining portion of the current flowing through the oscillation circuit.

7. The DC/DC conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of switch elements include a first switch element, a second switch element, a third switch element, and a fourth switch element, in which:
a connection point between the first switch element and the third switch element is connected with a positive side of the DC voltage source;
a connection point between the second switch element and the fourth switch element is connected with a negative side of the DC voltage source;
a connection point between the first switch element and the second switch element is connected with one terminal of the oscillation circuit; and
a connection point between the third switch element and the fourth switch element is connected with the other terminal of the oscillation circuit.

8. The DC/DC conversion apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein actions of turn-on or turn-off of the first switch element and the second switch element are opposite and actions of turn-on or turn-off of the third switch element and the fourth switch element are opposite within one cycle.

9. The DC/DC conversion apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein time lengths of turn-on or turn-off of the first switch element and the third switch element are equal or substantially equal, time lengths of turn-on or turn-off of the second switch element and the fourth switch element are equal or substantially equal, and time lengths of turn-on of the second switch element and the fourth switch element are greater than time lengths of turn-on of the first switch element and the third switch element within one cycle.

10. The DC/DC conversion apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the first switch element is turned off and the second switch element is turned on when the first switch element and the fourth switch element are turned on and the second switch element and the third switch element are turned off, and the fourth switch element is turned off and the third switch element is turned on when the current flowing through the oscillation circuit is reduced to zero; and
the third switch element is turned off and the fourth switch element is turned on when the second switch element and the third switch element are turned on and the first switch element and the fourth switch element are turned off, and the second switch element is turned off and the first switch element is turned on when the current flowing through the oscillation circuit is reduced to zero.

11. The DC/DC conversion apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein an inductor is provided in the oscillation circuit and a first detector is provided on the inductor, the first detector detects a first current flowing through the inductor and the switch controller determines whether the first current is reduced to zero.

12. The DC/DC conversion apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein
the transformation circuit includes a transformer, a primary side of the transformer being connected in series with the oscillation circuit, and a parasitic capacitance is provided at the primary side of the transformer; and
a second detector is provided on the primary side of the transformer, the second detector detects a second current flowing through the parasitic capacitance and the switch controller determines whether a difference between the first current and the second current is reduced to zero.

13. The DC/DC conversion apparatus according to claim

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Dai Jiale
• Cao Yu
• Wang Kezhi

Classifications

• H02M2001/0032

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02M2001/0058

  Electricity · mapped topic

• Y02B70/1491

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H02M1/32

  Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection · CPC title

• Y02B70/16

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic