Power conversion system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9321369-B2
Application number	US-201414198149-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2014
Priority date	Mar 22, 2013
Publication date	Apr 26, 2016
Grant date	Apr 26, 2016

Abstract

A power conversion system includes: a switching element; an output circuit that outputs a transmission signal for transmitting information on a physical quantity that indicates a state of the switching element and for transmitting information on abnormality of the switching element; an isolating element that transmits the transmission signal in an electrically isolated state; a filter that deletes the information on the physical quantity from a signal transmitted through the isolating element; a control circuit to which the signal transmitted through the isolating element but not through the filter is input; and a shutdown circuit that shuts down power supply to the switching element on the basis of the signal through the filter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power conversion system, comprising:
a switching element;
an output circuit that outputs a transmission signal for transmitting information on a physical quantity that indicates a state of the switching element and for transmitting information on abnormality of the switching element;
an isolating element that transmits the transmission signal in an electrically isolated state;
a filter that deletes the information on the physical quantity from a signal transmitted through the isolating element;
a control circuit to which the signal transmitted through the isolating element but not through the filter is input, wherein the output of the isolating element is directly connected to the filter and the control circuit; and
a shutdown circuit that shuts down power supply to the switching element based on the signal transmitted through the filter.

2. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein the shutdown circuit shuts down the power supply to the switching element when the signal transmitted through the filter contains the information on abnormality.

3. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein the output circuit changes a frequency of the transmission signal between a case where the information on the physical quantity is transmitted and a case where the information on abnormality is transmitted.

4. The power conversion system according to claim 3 , wherein the output circuit changes the frequency of the transmission signal in the case where the information on abnormality of the switching element is transmitted to be lower than that in the case where the information on the physical quantity is transmitted.

5. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein the output circuit stops transmitting the information on the physical quantity and starts transmitting the information on abnormality by fixing a level of the transmission signal for a predetermined time period or longer.

6. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein the filter has a cutoff frequency that is equal to or lower than an inverse of a minimum pulse width of the transmission signal.

7. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein a minimum pulse width of the transmission signal is equal to or longer than a transmission delay time in the isolating element.

8. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , further comprising a drive circuit that drives the switching element, wherein the shutdown circuit stops the drive circuit from driving the switching element.

9. The power conversion system according to claim 8 , wherein the shutdown circuit shuts down supply of a command signal for driving the switching element from the control circuit to the drive circuit.

10. A power conversion system, comprising:
a switching element;
an output circuit that outputs a transmission signal for transmitting information on a physical quantity that indicates a state of the switching element and for transmitting information on abnormality of the switching element;
an isolating element that transmits the transmission signal in an electrically isolated state;
a filter that deletes the information on the physical quantity from a signal transmitted through the isolating element;
a control circuit having an input that receives a signal transmitted from the isolated element, wherein the isolated element does not receive a signal that goes through the filter; and
a shutdown circuit that shuts down power supply to the switching element based on the signal transmitted through the filter.

11. The power conversion system according to claim 10 , wherein the shutdown circuit shuts down the power supply to the switching element when the signal transmitted through the filter contains the information on abnormality.

12. The power conversion system according to claim 10 , wherein the output circuit changes a frequency of the transmission signal between a case where the information on the physical quantity is transmitted and a case where the information on abnormality is transmitted.

13. The power conversion system according to claim 12 , wherein the output circuit changes the frequency of the transmission signal in the case where the information on abnormality of the switching element is transmitted to be lower than that in the case where the information on the physical quantity is transmitted.

14. The power conversion system according to claim 10 , wherein the output circuit stops transmitting the information on the physical quantity and starts transmitting the information on abnormality by fixing a level of the transmission signal for a predetermined time period or longer.

15. The power conversion system according to claim 10 , wherein the filter has a cutoff frequency that is equal to or lower than an inverse of a minimum pulse width of the transmission signal.

16. The power conversion system according to claim 10 , wherein a minimum pulse width of the transmission signal is equal to or longer than a transmission delay time in the isolating element.

17. The power conversion system according to claim 10 , further comprising a drive circuit that drives the switching element, wherein the shutdown circuit stops the drive circuit from driving the switching element.

18. The power conversion system according to claim 17 , wherein the shutdown circuit shuts down supply of a command signal for driving the switching element from the control circuit to the drive circuit.

Assignees

• Onishi Yukio
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Onishi Yukio

Classifications

• B60L2240/525

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• H02M1/08

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• H02M1/32

  Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection · CPC title

• B60L2240/526

  Operating parameters · CPC title

• B60L15/007 Primary

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