Power supply control device and LLC resonant converter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11005356-B2
Application number	US-201916674773-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2019
Priority date	Nov 7, 2018
Publication date	May 11, 2021
Grant date	May 11, 2021

Abstract

A power control device for controlling driving of an LLC resonant converter including a first switching element to one end of which an input voltage is applied, a second switching element of which one end is connected to the other end of the first switching element, and a primary winding and a resonant capacitor connected in series between a first connection node at which the first and second switching elements are connected together and the other end of the second switching element includes an on-timing controller that detects variation of a switching voltage detection signal based on a switching voltage appearing at the first connection node rising up to the input voltage and falling down to 0 V and that, based on the result of the detection, generates a high-side on-signal for turning on the first switching element and a low-side on-signal for turning on the second switching element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power control device for controlling driving of an LLC resonant converter including:
a first switching element to one end of which an input voltage is applied;
a second switching element of which one end is connected to another end of the first switching element; and
a primary winding and a resonant capacitor connected in series between a first connection node at which the first and second switching elements are connected together and another end of the second switching element,
the power control device comprising an on-timing controller configured:
to detect variation of a switching voltage detection signal based on a rise of a switching voltage appearing at the first connection node up to the input voltage and a fall of the switching voltage down to 0 V, and
to generate, based on a result of the detection, a high-side on-signal for turning on the first switching element and a low-side on-signal for turning on the second switching element,

wherein:
one end of a first capacitor is connected to the first connection node,
one end of a first resistor is connected to another end of the first capacitor,
the switching voltage detection signal appears at a second connection node at which the first capacitor and the first resistor are connected together,
the first capacitor and the first resistor are connected together via a second resistor, and
the first and second resistors are connected together at the second connection node.

2. The power control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a switching controller configured to generate
a first driving signal for driving the first switching element based on the high-side on- signal and
a second driving signal for driving the second switching element based on the low- side on-signal,

wherein
the switching controller includes:
a first counting part configured to start counting of a first predetermined period when the second driving signal turns to an off level,
a first AND circuit to which the high-side on-signal and an output of the first count part are fed,
a second counting part configured to start counting of a second predetermined period when the first driving signal turns to an off level, and
a second AND circuit to which the low-side on-signal and an output of the second counting part are fed.

3. The power control device according to claim 1 as an IC package,
wherein
a first external terminal for application of the switching voltage detection signal is included in a terminal group of a same withstand voltage arranged along a same side of the IC package.

4. The power control device according to claim 3 , further comprising along the same side:
a second external terminal connected via a diode to a terminal for application of an alternating-current voltage for generating the input voltage; and
a third external terminal which is a non-connect terminal,
wherein
the third external terminal is arranged between the terminal group and the second external terminal.

5. An LLC resonant converter including the power control device according to claim 1 .

6. The LLC resonant converter according to claim 5 , comprising:
a first capacitor of which one end is connected to the first connection node; and
a first resistor of which one end is connected to another end of the first capacitor is connected,
wherein
the switching voltage detection signal appears at a second connection node at which the first capacitor and the first resistor are connected together.

7. A power control device for controlling driving of an LLC resonant converter including:
a first switching element to one end of which an input voltage is applied;
a second switching element of which one end is connected to another end of the first switching element; and
a primary winding and a resonant capacitor connected in series between a first connection node at which the first and second switching elements are connected together and another end of the second switching element,
the power control device comprising an on-timing controller configured:
to detect variation of a switching voltage detection signal based on a rise of a switching voltage appearing at the first connection node up to the input voltage and a fall of the switching voltage down to 0 V, and
to generate, based on a result of the detection, a high-side on-signal for turning on the first switching element and a low-side on-signal for turning on the second switching element,

wherein the on-timing controller includes:
a first comparator configured to compare a signal based on the switching voltage detection signal with a positive reference voltage,
a second comparator configured to compare a signal based on the switching voltage detection signal with a negative reference voltage,
a first inverter to which an output of the first comparator is fed,
a second inverter to which an output of the second comparator is fed,
a first D flip-flop having
a clock terminal via which an output of the first inverter is fed in,
a reset terminal via which an output of the second inverter is fed in, and
an output terminal via which the high-side on-signal is fed out, and

a second D flip-flop having
a clock terminal via which the output of the second inverter is fed in,
a reset terminal via which the output of the first inverter is fed in, and
an output terminal via which the low-side on-signal is fed out.

8. The power control device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the on-timing controller includes a first transistor to which the switching voltage detection signal is fed, the first transistor having a control terminal to which a predetermined first reference voltage is applied.

9. The power control device according to claim 7 ,
wherein
the on-timing controller includes a level detector configured to detect a level of a resonant current detection signal, and
the reference voltage varies in accordance with a result of the detection by the level detector.

10. An LLC resonant converter comprising:
a power control device for controlling driving of an LLC resonant converter including:
a first switching element to one end of which an input voltage is applied;
a second switching element of which one end is connected to another end of the first switching element; and
a primary winding and a resonant capacitor connected in series between a first connection node at which the first and second switching elements are connected together and another end of the second switching element,
the power control device comprising an on-timing controller configured
to detect variation of a switching voltage detection signal based on a rise of a switching voltage appearing at the first connection node up to the input voltage and a fall of the switching voltage down to 0 V and
to generate, based on a result of the detection, a high-side on-signal for turning on the first switching element and a low-side on-signal for turning on the second switching element,

wherein the LLC resonant converter further comprises:
a first capacitor of which one end is connected to the first connection node; and
a first resistor of which one end is connected to another end of the first capacitor is connected,
wherein the switching voltage detection signal appears at a second connection node at which the first capacitor and the first resistor are connected together, and
a second resistor via which the first capacitor and the first resistor are connected together,
wherein the first and the second resistors are connected together at the second connection node.

11. An LLC resonant converter comprising:
a power control device for controlling driving of an LLC resonant conver

Assignees

• Rohm Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kikuchi Hiroki
• Hatano Hiroyuki

Classifications

• H02M1/4225

  using a non-isolated boost converter · CPC title

• H02M1/38 Primary

  Means for preventing simultaneous conduction of switches · CPC title

• H02M3/33571

  Half-bridge at primary side of an isolation transformer · CPC title

• H02M3/01

  Resonant DC/DC converters · CPC title

• H02M1/083 Primary

  for the ignition at the zero crossing of the voltage or the current · CPC title