Power conversion device and control circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10879786-B2
Application number	US-202016794281-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2020
Priority date	Jun 30, 2017
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

A power conversion device according to one or more embodiments may include: a microcomputer; and an output circuit controlled by the microcomputer, including an output unit that converts an input power into a predetermined power and outputs the predetermined power, an internal power source that supplies a power source to the microcomputer, a driver that drives the output unit by a signal from the microcomputer, and a microcomputer stop transition unit that, when an operation of the power conversion device is stopped, outputs a microcomputer stop signal to the microcomputer and causes an operation of the microcomputer to transition to a stop state. In one or more embodiments, after the microcomputer stop transition unit causes the operation of the microcomputer to transition to a stop state, the microcomputer or the output circuit may stop an output of the internal power source.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of stopping a power conversion device comprising: a microcomputer; an output unit that converts, based on a signal from the microcomputer, an input power into a predetermined power and outputs the predetermined power; and an internal power source that outputs a power supply to the microcomputer, the method comprising:
detecting an abnormality in the power conversion device;
determining whether the detected abnormality comprises an abnormality that prevents the microcomputer from stopping the output of the power supply from the internal power source; and
when it is determined that the detected abnormality comprises the abnormality that prevents the microcomputer from stopping the output of the power supply from the internal power source, stopping, in response to the determination, the internal power source, which causes a stop of the output of the power supply from the internal power source to the microcomputer, to stop the microcomputer, so as to stop the power conversion device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising
when it is determined that the detected abnormality does not comprise the abnormality that prevents the microcomputer from stopping the output of the power supply from the internal power source, causing, in response to the determination, the microcomputer to transit to a stopped state.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the abnormality that prevents the microcomputer from stopping the output of the power supply from the internal power source comprises an input of a signal that causes the power conversion device to transit to a stand-by state.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the abnormality that prevents the microcomputer from stopping the output of the power supply from the internal power source comprises an input of a signal that controls an operation mode of the power conversion device.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the abnormality that prevents the microcomputer from stopping the output of the power supply from the internal power source comprises an input of a signal indicating that the output unit is in an overheated state.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the abnormality that prevents the microcomputer from stopping the output of the power supply from the internal power source comprises an input of a signal indicating that an input of a power supply to the internal power source is less than a threshold.

Assignees

• Sanken Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takada Junichi
• Yoshinaga Mitsutomo
• Nakano Toshihiro
• Imai Koki
• Ohtake Osamu

Classifications

• Y02B70/10

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