Voltage converter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10630198-B2
Application number	US-201716469705-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2017
Priority date	Dec 22, 2016
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

An embodiment of the present application provides a voltage conversion device configured to convert an inputted alternating voltage into a direct voltage or current, the voltage conversion device including at least a first voltage connector and a second voltage connector, where the alternating voltage is fed to the voltage conversion device via either the first voltage connector or the second voltage connector, the voltage conversion device further including: an electromagnetic filter unit; a conversion unit; a determination unit configured to determine which one of the first voltage connector and the second voltage connector is used to feed the alternating voltage into the voltage conversion device; a control unit controlling the conversion unit based on a determination result of the determination unit such that the direct voltage or current outputted by the conversion unit corresponds to the determination result, wherein the determination unit is electrically connected the first voltage connector and the second voltage connector. This application can determine a voltage connector for feeding via a simple circuit and can perform corresponding control to output a corresponding direct voltage or current.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A voltage conversion device configured to convert an inputted alternating voltage into a direct voltage or current, the voltage conversion device including at least a first voltage connector and a second voltage connector, where the alternating voltage is fed to the voltage conversion device via either the first voltage connector or the second voltage connector,
the voltage conversion device further including:
an electromagnetic filter unit configured to electromagnetically filter an inputted alternating voltage;
a conversion unit configured to convert the voltage which has been electromagnetically filtered by the electromagnetic filter unit into a direct voltage or current and output the same;
a determination unit configured to determine which one of the first voltage connector and the second voltage connector is used to feed the alternating voltage into the voltage conversion device; and
a control unit controlling the conversion unit based on a determination result of the determination unit such that the direct voltage or current outputted by the conversion unit corresponds to the determination result, wherein the determination unit is electrically connected the first voltage connector and the second voltage connector; and wherein,
the determination unit includes a first switch element Q 1 and a second switch element Q 2 ,
when the alternating voltage is fed to the voltage conversion device via the first voltage connector, both of the first switch element Q 1 and the second switch element Q 2 are turned off; and
when the alternating voltage is fed to the voltage conversion device via the second voltage connector, the first switch element Q 1 is periodically turned on and the second switch element Q 2 is kept turned on.

2. The voltage conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein,
the determination unit further has a first diode D 1 and a second diode D 2 , wherein the first diode D 1 and the second diode D 2 are connected in parallel between the first voltage connector and the second voltage connector,
when the alternating voltage is fed to the voltage conversion device via the first voltage connector, both of the first diode D 1 and the second diode D 2 are turned off; and
when the alternating voltage is fed to the voltage conversion device via the second voltage connector, the first diode D 1 and the second diode D 2 are alternately conducting forward in accordance with a flow of the alternating current.

3. The voltage conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein,
the first switch element Q 1 is bipolar transistor, a base of the bipolar transistor is electrically connected to the second voltage connector via a first resistor R 1 and an emitter of the bipolar transistor is electrically connected to the first voltage connector.

4. The voltage conversion device according to claim 3 , wherein, a collector of the bipolar transistor is grounded via a second resistor R 4 .

5. The voltage conversion device according to claim 4 , wherein, when the alternating voltage is fed to the voltage conversion device via the second voltage connector, a voltage difference across the second resistor R 4 causes the second switch element Q 2 turned on.

6. The voltage conversion device according to claim 5 , wherein,
the determination unit further has a capacitor C 1 ,
when the alternating voltage is fed to the voltage conversion device via the second voltage connector, the capacitor C 1 maintains the voltage difference across the second resistor R 4 .

7. The voltage conversion device according to claim 5 , wherein,
the second switch element Q 2 is a metal oxide semiconductor field effect (MOS-FET) transistor, and a gate of the metal oxide semiconductor field effect (MOS-FET) transistor and an ungrounded end of the second resistor R 4 are electrically connected.

Assignees

• Tridonic Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Mao Egbert
• Zhong Scotty
• Chen Steven
• Zhang David

Classifications

• H02M7/217 Primary

  using semiconductor devices only · CPC title

• H02M1/44

  Circuits or arrangements for compensating for electromagnetic interference in converters or inverters · CPC title

• H05B45/37

  Converter circuits · CPC title

• H02M7/125

  Avoiding or suppressing excessive transient voltages or currents · CPC title

• H02M1/126

  using passive filters · CPC title