Temperature protection circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10727664-B2
Application number	US-201916410151-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2019
Priority date	Jun 11, 2018
Publication date	Jul 28, 2020
Grant date	Jul 28, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a temperature protection circuit for a power converter, including a plurality of temperature protection branches, each of the temperature protection branches comprises a resistor, a voltage source, a temperature switch, and an isolation transformer, and each of the temperature protection branches corresponds to one of the power semiconductor switch blocks, and a first end of the resistor of each of the temperature protection branches is coupled to an output electrode of the power semiconductor switch block, and a second end of the resistor is coupled to a first end of the voltage source and coupled to a first end of the contact of the temperature switch via a primary winding of the isolation transformer, a second end of the voltage source and a second end of the contact of the temperature switch are respectively coupled to the potential midpoint of the power converter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A temperature protection circuit for a power converter, the power converter comprising a control circuit, a plurality of driving circuits, a plurality of power semiconductor switch blocks connected in series, and a heat sink, each of the power semiconductor switch blocks comprising at least one power semiconductor switch, wherein
the power converter further comprises a voltage-withstanding clamping circuit connected between a potential midpoint of the power converter and the heat sink;
the temperature protection circuit comprises a plurality of temperature protection branches, each of the temperature protection branches comprises a resistor, a voltage source, a temperature switch, and an isolation transformer, the temperature switch comprises a contact of the temperature switch and a base, and the base is disposed on the heat sink; and
each of the temperature protection branches corresponds to one of the power semiconductor switch blocks, and a first end of the resistor of each of the temperature protection branches is coupled to an output electrode of the power semiconductor switch block, and a second end of the resistor is coupled to a first end of the voltage source and coupled to a first end of the contact of the temperature switch via a primary winding of the isolation transformer, a second end of the voltage source and a second end of the contact of the temperature switch are respectively coupled to the potential midpoint of the power converter, and two ends of a secondary winding of the isolation transformer are respectively coupled to the driving circuit corresponding to the corresponding power semiconductor switch or coupled to the control circuit.

2. The temperature protection circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the power semiconductor switch block comprises a power semiconductor switch, and the output electrode of the power semiconductor switch block is a collector or an emitter of the power semiconductor switch in the power semiconductor switch block.

3. The temperature protection circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the power semiconductor switch block comprises a plurality of power semiconductor switches, and the output electrode of the power semiconductor switch block is a collector or an emitter of one of the plurality of power semiconductor switches.

4. The temperature protection circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the power converter comprises N power semiconductor switch blocks, where N is a natural number;
when N is an odd number, the potential midpoint of the power converter is a connection point between the ((N−1)/2) th power semiconductor switch block and the ((N+1)/2) th power semiconductor switch block of the power converter, or a connection point between the ((N+1)/2) th power semiconductor switch block and the ((N+3)/2) th power semiconductor switch block of the power converter;
when N is an even number, the potential midpoint of the power converter is a connection point between the (N/2) th power semiconductor switch block and the (N/2+1) th power semiconductor switch block of the power converter.

5. The temperature protection circuit according to claim 1 , wherein when the contact of the temperature switch of at least one of the temperature protection branches is closed, the secondary winding of the isolation transformer of the temperature protection branch is configured to output a temperature protection signal to the driving circuit corresponding to the power semiconductor switch block which corresponds to the temperature protection branch, and the driving circuit is configured to output an turned-off driving signal to drive the power semiconductor switch corresponding to the driving circuit to be turned off.

6. The temperature protection circuit according to claim 5 , wherein the driving circuit is configured to transmit the received temperature protection signal to the control circuit to cause the control circuit to output a turn-off control signal, to control the power semiconductor switch in each of the power semiconductor switch blocks to be turned off.

7. The temperature protection circuit according to claim 1 , wherein when the contact of the temperature switch of at least one of the temperature protection branches is closed, the secondary winding of the isolation transformer of the temperature protection branch is configured to output a temperature protection signal to the control circuit, and the control circuit is configured to output a turned-off control signal to control the power semiconductor switch in each of the power semiconductor switch blocks to be turned off.

8. The temperature protection circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage source of each of the temperature protection branches comprises a Zener diode and a capacitor connected in parallel, a cathode of the Zener diode is coupled to a first end of the capacitor and a second end of the resistor, an anode of the Zener diode is coupled to a second end of the capacitor and the potential midpoint of the power converter.

9. The temperature protection circuit of claim 8 , wherein each of the temperature protection branches further comprises a diode, an anode of the diode is coupled to the second end of the resistor, and a cathode of the diode is coupled to the cathode of the Zener diode.

10. The temperature protection circuit according to claim 1 , wherein when a power semiconductor switch in the power semiconductor switch block is turned on or off, a potential difference occurs between the output electrode and the heat sink.

11. A temperature protection circuit for a power converter, the power converter comprising a control circuit, a plurality of driving circuits, a plurality of power module blocks connected in cascade, and a heat sink, each of the power module blocks comprising at least one power module, wherein
the power converter further comprises a voltage-withstanding clamping circuit connected between a potential midpoint of the power converter and the heat sink;
the temperature protection circuit comprises a plurality of temperature protection branches, each of the temperature protection branches comprises a resistor, a voltage source, a temperature switch, and an isolation transformer, the temperature switch comprises a contact of the temperature switch and a base, and the base is disposed on the heat sink; and
each of the temperature protection branches corresponds to one of the power module blocks, and a first end of the resistor of each of the temperature protection branches is coupled to a DC terminal of the power module block, and a second end of the resistor is coupled to a first end of the voltage source and coupled to a first end of the contact of the temperature switch via a primary winding of the isolation transformer, a second end of the voltage source and a second end of the contact of the temperature switch are respectively coupled to the potential midpoint of the power converter, and two ends of a secondary winding of the isolation transformer are respectively coupled to the driving circuit corresponding to the corresponding power module or coupled to the control circuit.

12. The temperature protection circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the power module block comprises a power module,
the power module comprises a DC bus capacitor, and the DC terminal of the power module is a positive terminal or a negative terminal of the DC bus capacitor; or
the power module comprises a DC bus capacitor block, the DC bus capacitor block comprises two DC bus capacitors connected in series, and the DC terminal of the power module block is a positive terminal or a negative terminal of the DC bus capacitor block or a connection point be

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Liu Teng
• Zeng Yong
• Ying Jianping
• Wang Ming
• Huang Xiaobo
• Liu Jun

Classifications

• H02M7/4835

  comprising two or more cells, each including a switchable capacitor, the capacitors having a nominal charge voltage which corresponds to a given fraction of the input voltage, and the capacitors being selectively connected in series to determine the instantaneous output voltage · CPC title

• H05K7/20945 Primary

  Thermal management, e.g. inverter temperature control · CPC title

• H02H7/122 Primary

  for inverters, i.e. DC/AC converters · CPC title

• H02M1/327

  against abnormal temperatures · CPC title

• H02H7/12

  for static converters or rectifiers {(for discharge lamp power supplies using static converters H05B41/2851, H05B41/2921, H05B41/2981)} · CPC title