Two-stage converter and method for starting the same, LLC converter, and application system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11239746-B2
Application number	US-202016783310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2020
Priority date	Jun 24, 2019
Publication date	Feb 1, 2022
Grant date	Feb 1, 2022

Abstract

A two-stage converter, a method for starting the two-stage converter, an LLC converter, and an application system are provided. A controller of the LLC converter of the two-stage converter first controls a main circuit of the LLC converter to perform hiccup charging on a direct current bus of a later-stage converter at a preset interval, so that the direct current bus voltage of the later-stage converter gradually increases, until an auxiliary power supply of the later-stage converter starts to operate, to supply power to the controller of the later-stage converter. After the controller of the later-stage converter reports the detected direct current bus voltage, the controller of the LLC converter determines whether the output voltage of the LLC converter increases to a hiccup starting voltage. If so, the controller of the LLC converter controls the main circuit to operate in a hiccup voltage stabilization phase.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for starting a two-stage converter, applied to a controller of an LLC converter of the two-stage converter, and the method comprising:
controlling a main circuit of the LLC converter to perform hiccup charging on a direct current bus of a latter-stage converter at a preset time interval, to operate an auxiliary power supply of the latter-stage converter to supply power to a controller of the latter-stage converter, wherein the main circuit of the LLC converter comprises an LLC topology;
determining whether an output voltage of the LLC converter increases to a hiccup starting voltage based on a direct current bus voltage of the latter-stage converter, where the direct current bus voltage is detected and reported by the controller of the latter-stage converter to the controller of the LLC converter; and
controlling the main circuit of the LLC converter to operate in a hiccup voltage stabilization phase, if the output voltage of the LLC converter increases to the hiccup starting voltage.

2. The method for starting a two-stage converter according to claim 1 , wherein
the preset time interval comprises a charging section and a waiting section; and
the controlling a main circuit of the LLC converter to perform hiccup charging on a direct current bus of a latter-stage converter at a preset time interval comprises:
controlling the main circuit of the LLC converter to charge the direct current bus of the latter-stage converter during the charging section; and
performing gate-driver blocking control on the main circuit of the LLC converter during the waiting section.

3. The method for starting a two-stage converter according to claim 2 , wherein the controlling the main circuit of the LLC converter to charge the direct current bus of the latter-stage converter comprises one of:
controlling, in a fixed-frequency modulation manner, a phase shift angle of each of a left bridge arm and a right bridge arm in the main circuit of the LLC converter to gradually decrease from 180°, to charge the direct current bus of the latter-stage converter;
controlling, in a fixed-frequency modulation manner, a duty cycle of a drive signal of the main circuit of the LLC converter to gradually increase from zero, to charge the direct current bus of the latter-stage converter; and
controlling, in a variable-frequency modulation manner, a switching frequency of the main circuit of the LLC converter to gradually decrease from a preset initial value, to charge the direct current bus of the latter-stage converter.

4. The method for starting a two-stage converter according to claim 1 , wherein the controlling the main circuit of the LLC converter to operate in a hiccup voltage stabilization phase comprises:
performing gate-driver blocking control on the main circuit of the LLC converter if the output voltage of the LLC converter increases to a hiccup peak voltage; and
controlling the main circuit of the LLC converter to restart charging if the output voltage of the LLC converter decreases to a hiccup valley voltage.

5. The method for starting a two-stage converter according to claim 4 , wherein the controlling the main circuit of the LLC converter to restart charging comprises one of:
controlling, in a fixed-frequency modulation manner, a phase shift angle of each of a left bridge arm and a right bridge arm in the main circuit of the LLC converter to gradually decrease from 180°, to start charging;
controlling, in a fixed-frequency modulation manner, a duty cycle of a drive signal of the main circuit of the LLC converter to gradually increase from zero, to start charging; and
controlling, in a variable-frequency modulation manner, a switching frequency of the main circuit of the LLC converter to gradually decrease from a preset initial value, to start charging.

6. The method for starting a two-stage converter according to claim 1 , wherein after the controlling a main circuit of the LLC converter to perform hiccup charging on a direct current bus of a latter-stage converter at a preset time interval, the method further comprises:
determining whether communication information from the latter-stage converter is received;
establishing a communication connection with the latter-stage converter, and performing the determining whether an output voltage of the LLC converter increases to a hiccup starting voltage based on a direct current bus voltage of the latter-stage converter, if the communication information from the latter-stage converter is received by the controller of the LLC converter; and
performing gate-driver blocking control on the main circuit of the LLC converter if no communication information from the latter-stage converter is received by the controller of the LLC converter in a preset time period.

7. The method for starting a two-stage converter according to claim 6 , wherein the preset time period is equal to N times the preset time interval, where N is a positive integer.

8. An LLC converter of a two-stage converter, comprising:
a main circuit, wherein the main circuit comprises an LLC topology;
an auxiliary power supply; and
a controller, wherein
the controller is configured to:
control the main circuit of the LLC converter to perform hiccup charging on a direct current bus of a latter-stage converter at a preset time interval, to operate an auxiliary power supply of the latter-stage converter to supply power to a controller of the latter-stage converter;
determine whether an output voltage of the LLC converter increases to a hiccup starting voltage based on a direct current bus voltage of the latter-stage converter, wherein the direct current bus voltage is detected and reported by the controller of the latter-stage converter; and
control the main circuit of the LLC converter to operate in a hiccup voltage stabilization phase, if the output voltage of the LLC converter increased to the hiccup starting voltage; and
a direct current bus at an input end of the main circuit is configured to supply power to the controller of the LLC converter via the auxiliary power supply of the LLC converter.

9. A two-stage converter, comprising:
the LLC converter according to claim 8 ; and
the latter-stage converter connected to an output end of the LLC converter, wherein
the controller of the LLC converter is in a communication connection with the controller of the latter-stage converter; and
the controller of the latter-stage converter is powered by a direct current bus at an input end of a main circuit of the latter-stage converter via another auxiliary power supply.

10. The two-stage converter according to claim 9 , wherein the latter-stage converter is an H-bridge converter.

11. An application system comprising the two-stage converter according to claim 9 .

Assignees

• Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhao Tao
• Zhuang Fushuai
• Wang Xinyu
• Zhuang Jiacai
• Wang Mingda
• Zhuang Yuan

Classifications

• H02J2101/24

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• H02M3/33573

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• H02M3/01

  Resonant DC/DC converters · CPC title

• H02M7/4815

  Resonant converters (H02M7/4811 and H02M7/4826 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02M1/36 Primary

  Means for starting or stopping converters · CPC title