Voltage conversion circuit, voltage converter, and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023327560-A1
Application number	US-202318325946-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 30, 2023
Priority date	Nov 30, 2020
Publication date	Oct 12, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

This application discloses a voltage conversion circuit, a voltage converter, and an electronic device. The voltage conversion circuit mainly includes a detection circuit having a first detection resistor and a second detection resistor, and a buck-boost circuit of an H-bridge structure. The first detection resistor is connected between one input end of the buck-boost circuit and one bridge arm of the H-bridge structure, the second detection resistor is connected between one output end of the buck-boost circuit and the other bridge arm of the H-bridge structure, and the detection circuit may output a current detection signal based on resistor voltages of the first detection resistor and the second detection resistor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A voltage conversion circuit, comprising a detection circuit having a first resistor and a second resistor, and a buck-boost circuit having an H-bridge structure, wherein:
the buck-boost circuit comprises a first bridge arm, a second bridge arm, and an inductor coupled between the first bridge arm and the second bridge arm, two ends of the first bridge arm are connected to two ends of the second bridge arm in a one-to-one correspondence, one end of the first bridge arm is connected to one input end of the buck-boost circuit through the first detection resistor, the other end of the first bridge arm is connected to the other input end of the buck-boost circuit, one end of the second bridge arm is connected to one output end of the buck-boost circuit through the second detection resistor, and the other end of the second bridge arm is connected to the other output end of the buck-boost circuit; and the detection circuit is configured to:
separately performing voltage sampling on a first resistor voltage of the first detection resistor and a second resistor voltage of the second detection resistor; and
output a current detection signal based on a maximum voltage in the first resistor voltage and the second resistor voltage, wherein the maximum voltage in the first resistor voltage and the second resistor voltage is a voltage of a detection resistor through which an inductor current of the inductor passes, and the current detection signal is used to indicate a value of the inductor current.

2 . The voltage conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein one end of the first bridge arm is connected to a low-potential input end of the buck-boost circuit through the first detection resistor, and the other end of the first bridge arm is connected to a high-potential input end of the buck-boost circuit; and
one end of the second bridge arm is connected to a low-potential output end of the buck-boost circuit through the second detection resistor, and the other end of the second bridge arm is connected to a high-potential output end of the buck-boost circuit.

3 . The voltage conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the buck-boost circuit further comprises an input capacitor, one end of the input capacitor is connected to the high-potential input end of the buck-boost circuit, the other end of the input capacitor is connected to the low-potential input end of the buck-boost circuit, and the first detection resistor is located between the input capacitor and the first bridge arm.

4 . The voltage conversion circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the buck-boost circuit further comprises an input capacitor, one end of the input capacitor is connected to the high-potential input end of the buck-boost circuit, the other end of the input capacitor is connected to the low-potential input end of the buck-boost circuit, and the first detection resistor is located between the input capacitor and the first bridge arm.

5 . The voltage conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the buck-boost circuit further comprises an output capacitor, one end of the output capacitor is connected to the high-potential output end of the buck-boost circuit, the other end of the output capacitor is connected to the low-potential output end of the buck-boost circuit, and the second detection resistor is located between the output capacitor and the second bridge arm.

6 . The voltage conversion circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the detection circuit further comprises a first sampling circuit, a second sampling circuit, and a combiner circuit;
the first sampling circuit is separately connected to two ends of the first detection resistor and the combiner circuit, and the second sampling circuit is separately connected to two ends of the second detection resistor and the combiner circuit; the first sampling circuit is configured to output a first sampled signal to the combiner circuit based on the first resistor voltage of the first detection resistor, wherein a voltage of the first sampled signal meets a positive correlation with the first resistor voltage; the second sampling circuit is configured to output a second sampled signal to the combiner circuit based on the second resistor voltage of the second detection resistor, wherein a voltage of the second sampled signal meets a positive correlation with the second resistor voltage; and the combiner circuit is configured to output the current detection signal based on a maximum voltage in the first sampled signal and the second sampled signal.

7 . The voltage conversion circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the first sampling circuit comprises a first operational amplifier circuit, one input end of the first operational amplifier circuit is connected to one end of the first resistor, the other input end of the first operational amplifier circuit is connected to the other end of the first resistor, and an output end of the first operational amplifier circuit is configured to output the first sampled signal.

8 . The voltage conversion circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the second sampling circuit comprises a second operational amplifier circuit, one input end of the second operational amplifier circuit is connected to one end of the second resistor, the other input end of the second operational amplifier circuit is connected to the other end of the second resistor, and an output end of the second operational amplifier circuit is configured to output the second sampled signal.

9 . The voltage conversion circuit according to claim 7 , wherein the second sampling circuit comprises a second operational amplifier circuit, one input end of the second operational amplifier circuit is connected to one end of the second resistor, the other input end of the second operational amplifier circuit is connected to the other end of the second resistor, and an the second operational amplifier circuit is configured to output the second sampled signal.

10 . The voltage conversion circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the combiner circuit comprises a first diode and a second diode, an anode of the first diode is connected to the first sampling circuit, an anode of the second diode is connected to the second sampling circuit, a cathode of the first diode is connected to a cathode of the second diode through a first connection point, and the first connection point is configured to output the current detection signal.

11 . The voltage conversion circuit according to claim 7 , wherein the combiner circuit comprises a first diode and a second diode, an anode of the first diode is connected to the first sampling circuit, an anode of the second diode is connected to the second sampling circuit, a cathode of the first diode is connected to a cathode of the second diode through a first connection point, and the first connection point is configured to output the current detection signal.

12 . The voltage conversion circuit according to claim 10 , wherein the combiner circuit further comprises a third operational amplifier circuit and a fourth operational amplifier circuit;
one input end of the fourth operational amplifier circuit is connected to the second sampling circuit, and is configured to receive the second sampled signal; the other input end of the fourth operational amplifier circuit is connected to the cathode of the second diode, and an output end of the fourth operational amplifier circuit is connected to the anode of the second diode; one input end of the third operational amplifier circuit is connected to the first sampling circuit, and is configured to receive the first sampled signal; and the other input end of the thi

Assignees

• Huawei Digital Power Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Wenguang
• Lv Zejie
• Ke Yulian

Classifications

• H02M3/1582 Primary

  Buck-boost converters (H02M3/1584 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01R19/04

  Measuring peak values {or amplitude or envelope} of AC or of pulses · CPC title

• H02M1/0009

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

• G01R19/2509 Primary

  Details concerning sampling, digitizing or waveform capturing · CPC title

• H02M1/32

  Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection · CPC title