Power conversion device and voltage control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12294286-B2
Application number	US-202217822141-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2022
Priority date	Dec 6, 2021
Publication date	May 6, 2025
Grant date	May 6, 2025

Abstract

The invention discloses a power conversion device and a voltage control method. The power conversion device includes a first stage circuit configured to generate a first output voltage, a second stage circuit configured to receive the first output voltage and generate an output current and a second output voltage, and a control unit configured to control the first stage circuit according to a set value of the output current, thereby adjusting the first output voltage. The invention can be adapted to a wide range load voltage by adjusting the first output voltage of the first stage circuit according to the set value of the output current of the second stage circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power conversion device, comprising:
a first stage circuit configured to generate a first output voltage;
a second stage circuit configured to receive the first output voltage and generate an output current and a second output voltage; and
a control unit configured to control the first stage circuit according to a set value of the output current, thereby adjusting the first output voltage,
wherein the first stage circuit receives an input voltage, and the control unit is configured to further control the first stage circuit according to the input voltage, thereby adjusting the first output voltage,
when the input voltage is less than a second threshold, and the set value of the output current is less than a first threshold, the control unit is configured to adjust the first output voltage to a first voltage;
when the input voltage is less than the second threshold, and the set value of the output current is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the control unit is configured to adjust the first output voltage to a second voltage; and
when the input voltage is greater than or equal to the second threshold, the control unit is configured to adjust the first output voltage to the first voltage.

2. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein when the set value of the output current is in different ranges, the first output voltage is adjusted to different voltages.

3. The power conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein,
when the set value of the output current is less than a first threshold, the first output voltage is adjusted to a first voltage; and
when the set value of the output current is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the first output voltage is adjusted to a second voltage, which is less than the first voltage.

4. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a setting unit configured for a user to set the set value of the output current and transmit the set value of the output current to the control unit.

5. The power conversion device according to claim 4 , wherein the setting unit is a human-computer interaction interface, and communicates with the control unit via serial ports.

6. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit comprises:
a processing unit for receiving the set value of the output current and outputting a first processing signal and a second processing signal;
a first stage circuit control unit for receiving the first processing signal and outputting a first control signal to control the first stage circuit; and
a second stage circuit control unit for receiving the second processing signal and outputting a second control signal to control the second stage circuit.

7. The power conversion device according to claim 6 , wherein the first stage circuit control unit comprises:
a first output voltage sampling circuit configured to sample the first output voltage and generate a first output voltage sampling signal; and
a first controller configured to receive the first output voltage sampling signal and generate the first control signal to control the first stage circuit,
wherein the first processing signal is configured to adjust a sampling ratio of the first output voltage sampling circuit, thereby adjusting the first output voltage.

8. The power conversion device according to claim 6 , wherein the second stage circuit control unit is a digital control unit.

9. The power conversion device according to claim 6 , wherein the second stage circuit control unit is an analog integrated circuit unit, comprising:
an output current sampling circuit configured to sample the output current and generate an output current sampling signal;
a reference voltage generating circuit configured to receive the second processing signal and generate a reference signal;
an operational amplifier configured to generate a feedback signal according to the output current sampling signal and the reference signal; and
a second controller configured to receive the feedback signal and generate the second control signal to control the second stage circuit.

10. A voltage control method applied to a power conversion device, the power conversion device comprising a first stage circuit, a second stage circuit and a control unit, wherein the voltage control method comprises:
configuring the first stage circuit to generate a first output voltage;
configuring the second stage circuit to receive the first output voltage and generate an output current and a second output voltage; and
configuring the control unit to control the first stage circuit according to a set value of the output current, thereby adjusting the first output voltage,
configuring the control unit to further control the first stage circuit according to an input voltage of the first stage circuit, thereby adjusting the first output voltage,
when the input voltage is less than a second threshold, and the set value of the output current is less than a first threshold, the control unit is configured to adjust the first output voltage to a first voltage;
when the input voltage is less than the second threshold, and the set value of the output current is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the control unit is configured to adjust the first output voltage to a second voltage; and
when the input voltage is greater than or equal to the second threshold, the control unit is configured to adjust the first output voltage to the first voltage.

11. The voltage control method according to claim 10 , wherein when the set value of the output current is in different ranges, the first output voltage is adjusted to different voltages.

12. The voltage control method according to claim 11 , wherein,
when the set value of the output current is less than a first threshold, the control unit is configured to adjust the first output voltage to a first voltage; and
when the set value of the output current is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the control unit is configured to adjust the first output voltage to a second voltage, which is less than the first voltage.

13. The voltage control method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
configuring a setting unit for a user to set the set value of the output current and transmit the set value of the output current to the control unit.

14. The voltage control method according to claim 13 , wherein the setting unit is a human-computer interaction interface, and communicates with the control unit via serial ports.

15. The voltage control method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
configuring a processing unit to receive the set value of the output current and output a first processing signal and a second processing signal;
configuring a first stage circuit control unit to receive the first processing signal and output a first control signal to control the first stage circuit; and
configuring a second stage circuit control unit to receive the second processing signal and output a second control signal to control the second stage circuit.

16. The voltage control method according to claim 15 , wherein configuring the first stage circuit control unit to receive the first processing signal and output the first control signal to control the first stage circuit comprises:
configuring a first output voltage sampling circuit to sample the first output voltage and generate a first output voltage sampling signal; and
configuring a first control circuit to receive the first output voltage sampling signal and generate the first control signal to c

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Shanghai Co

Inventors

• Fu Xiaoping
• Zhang Xinghua

Classifications

• H02M1/0009

  Devices or circuits for detecting current in a converter · CPC title

• H02M1/0012

  Control circuits using digital or numerical techniques (in DC/DC converters H02M3/157, H02M3/33515; in DC-AC converters H02M7/53873) · CPC title

• H02M1/4291

  by using a Buck converter to switch the input current · CPC title

• H02M1/0025 Primary

  Arrangements for modifying reference values, feedback values or error values in the control loop of a converter · CPC title

• H02M1/007

  Plural converter units in cascade (push-pull DC/DC converters with pre-regulator H02M3/3374; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC stage including a high frequency transformer H02M7/4807; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC conversion stage generating periodically varying voltages H02M7/4826) · CPC title