Power supply system, soft-start circuit, and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12395069-B2
Application number	US-202318318815-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2023
Priority date	Nov 18, 2020
Publication date	Aug 19, 2025
Grant date	Aug 19, 2025

Abstract

This application discloses a power supply system, including: A first end of a bus capacitor is connected to a first end of a power supply, and a second end of the bus capacitor is connected to a second end of a semiconductor switch device. A first end of the semiconductor switch device is connected to a second end of the power supply. An input end of a power conversion circuit is connected to the bus capacitor. Two ends of a resistor are respectively connected to the first end and the second end of the semiconductor switch device. When the semiconductor switch device is switched off, the power supply supplies power to the bus capacitor by using the resistor. When a voltage of the bus capacitor is greater than a first preset voltage, an auxiliary power supply is powered on and the semiconductor switch device is switched off.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power supply system, comprising a semiconductor switch device, a resistor, a controller, a bus capacitor, an auxiliary power supply, and a power conversion circuit, wherein the auxiliary power supply is configured to supply power to the controller;
a first end of the bus capacitor is connected to a first end of a power supply, and a second end of the bus capacitor is connected to a second end of the semiconductor switch device; and a first end of the semiconductor switch device is connected to a second end of the power supply;
a first input end of the power conversion circuit is connected to the first end of the bus capacitor, and a second input end of the power conversion circuit is connected to the second end of the bus capacitor;
two ends of the resistor are separately connected to the first end and the second end of the semiconductor switch device; and when the semiconductor switch device is switched off, the power supply supplies power to the bus capacitor by using the resistor;
when a voltage of the bus capacitor is greater than a first preset voltage, the auxiliary power supply is powered on and the semiconductor switch device is switched off; and
the controller controls the semiconductor switch device to be switched on when the voltage of the bus capacitor is greater than a second preset voltage, wherein the second preset voltage is greater than the first preset voltage; and after the semiconductor switch device is switched on, the power supply supplies power to the bus capacitor by using the semiconductor switch device.

2. The power supply system according to claim 1 , further comprising a drive module, wherein
a first end of the drive module is connected to the controller, and a second end of the drive module is connected to a control end of the semiconductor switch device; and when the auxiliary power supply is powered on, the auxiliary power supply is configured to supply power to the drive module, so that the drive module drives the semiconductor switch device to be switched off.

3. The power supply system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is specifically configured to send a first drive signal to the drive module when the voltage of the bus capacitor is greater than the second preset voltage; and
the drive module is configured to control, based on the first drive signal, the semiconductor switch device to be switched on.

4. The power supply system according to claim 2 , further comprising an isolator, wherein
the isolator is connected between the controller and the drive module.

5. The power supply system according to claim 4 , wherein the isolator is an optical coupler; and
the controller is specifically configured to: control the optical coupler to be switched on when the voltage of the bus capacitor is greater than the second preset voltage; and control the optical coupler to be switched off when the voltage of the bus capacitor is not greater than the second preset voltage.

6. The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the power conversion circuit to be switched on after the semiconductor switch device is switched on.

7. The power supply system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the power conversion circuit to be switched off when a voltage of the power supply is less than a third preset voltage.

8. The power supply system according to claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to send a second drive signal to the drive module when the voltage of the power supply or a bus voltage is less than a fourth preset voltage, wherein the drive module controls, based on the second drive signal, the semiconductor switch device to be switched off, and the fourth preset voltage is less than the third preset voltage.

9. The power supply system according to claim 8 , wherein when the voltage of the power supply or the bus voltage is less than a fifth preset voltage, the auxiliary power supply is powered off, and the fifth preset voltage is less than the fourth preset voltage.

10. A soft-start circuit, comprising a semiconductor switch device, a resistor, an auxiliary power supply, and a controller, wherein the auxiliary power supply is configured to supply power to the controller;
a second end of the semiconductor switch device is connected to a second end of a bus capacitor; a first end of the semiconductor switch device is connected to a second end of a power supply; and a first end of the bus capacitor is connected to a first end of the power supply;
two ends of the resistor are separately connected to the first end and the second end of the semiconductor switch device; and when the semiconductor switch device is switched off, the power supply supplies power to the bus capacitor by using the resistor;
when a voltage of the bus capacitor is greater than a first preset voltage, the auxiliary power supply is powered on and the semiconductor switch device is switched off; and
the controller is configured to control the semiconductor switch device to be switched on when the voltage of the bus capacitor is greater than a second preset voltage, wherein the second preset voltage is greater than the first preset voltage; and after the semiconductor switch device is switched on, the power supply supplies power to the bus capacitor by using the semiconductor switch device.

11. The circuit according to claim 10 , further comprising a drive module, wherein
a first end of the drive module is connected to the controller, and a second end of the drive module is connected to a control end of the semiconductor switch device; and when the auxiliary power supply is powered on, the auxiliary power supply is configured to supply power to the drive module, so that the drive module drives the semiconductor switch device to be switched off.

12. The circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the controller is specifically configured to send a first drive signal to the drive module when the voltage of the bus capacitor is greater than the second preset voltage; and
the drive module is configured to control, based on the first drive signal, the semiconductor switch device to be switched on.

13. The circuit according to claim 12 , further comprising an optical coupler connected between the controller and the drive module, wherein
the controller is specifically configured to: control the optical coupler to be switched on when the voltage of the bus capacitor is greater than the second preset voltage; and control the optical coupler to be switched off when the voltage of the bus capacitor is not greater than the second preset voltage.

14. The circuit according to claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to send a second drive signal to the drive module when a voltage of the power supply or the voltage of the bus capacitor is less than a fourth preset voltage, wherein the drive module controls, based on the second drive signal, the semiconductor switch device to be switched off.

15. A control method of a soft-start circuit, wherein the soft-start circuit comprises a semiconductor switch device, a resistor, and a controller; a second end of the semiconductor switch device is connected to a second end of a bus capacitor; a first end of the semiconductor switch device is connected to a second end of a power supply; a first end of the bus capacitor is connected to a first end of the power supply; two ends of the resistor are separately connected to the first end and the second end of the semiconductor switch device; when the semiconductor switch device is switched off, the po

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Song Weiping
• Wang Jinlong
• Zhang Zhongshu
• Liu Ling

Classifications

• H02J2105/10

  Local stationary networks having a local or delimited stationary reach · CPC title

• H02J7/62

  against overcurrent · CPC title

• H02M1/08

  Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters · CPC title

• H02M1/0058

  by employing soft switching techniques, i.e. commutation of transistors when applied voltage is zero or when current flow is zero (using an auxiliary actively switched resonant commutation circuit connected to an intermediate DC voltage or between two push-pull branches of an inverter bridge H02M7/4811; in resonant inverters H02M7/4815; in inverters operating from a resonant DC source H02M7/4826) · CPC title

• H02M1/36 Primary

  Means for starting or stopping converters · CPC title