Filter device, power converter and common mode noise suppression method

US9455646B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9455646-B2
Application numberUS-201313933799-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 2, 2013
Priority dateMar 18, 2013
Publication dateSep 27, 2016
Grant dateSep 27, 2016

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A filter device comprises: a filter capacitor portion having one set of ends connected to the AC voltage unit, and the other set of ends connected to DC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit via a low impedance element, wherein both set of ends of the filter capacitor portion and the DC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit are static ground terminals of the power converter; a filter inductance portion a first set of connection terminals connected to the AC voltage unit, a second set of connection terminals connected to the AC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit, a third set of connection terminals connected to one of the static ground terminals of the power converter, and a fourth set of connection terminals; and a compensation portion having one end connected to the fourth set of connection terminals and the other end connected to the ground.

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A filter device connected between an AC voltage unit and a semiconductor switching unit of a power converter for filtering common mode noise in a circuit, comprising: a filter capacitor portion having one set of ends connected to the AC voltage unit, and the other set of ends connected to DC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit via a low impedance element, wherein both sets of ends of the filter capacitor portion and the DC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit are static ground terminals of the power converter; a filter inductance portion having a first set of connection terminals connected to the AC voltage unit, a second set of connection terminals connected to AC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit, a third set of connection terminals connected to one of the static ground terminals of the power converter, and a fourth set of connection terminals; and a compensation portion having one end connected to the fourth set of connection terminals and the other end connected to the ground. 2. The filter device according to claim 1 , wherein the filter inductance portion comprises inductances each comprising: a primary winding whose ends correspondingly act as the first set of connection terminal and the second set of connection terminal; and an auxiliary winding coupled with the primary winding, having one end being a dotted terminal of the second set of connection terminal of the primary winding and acting as the third set of connection terminal of the filter inductance portion, and the other end as the fourth set of connection terminal of the filter inductance portion. 3. The filter device according to claim 2 , wherein the low impedance element has an impedance value less than ½ time of that of the primary winding of the filter inductance portion. 4. The filter device according to claim 2 , wherein a product of the compensation voltage of each of the auxiliary windings of the filter inductance portion and the equivalent impedance of the compensation portion equals to 0.5 to 1.5 times of a product of the equivalent common mode voltage and the equivalent common mode impedance of the semiconductor switching unit. 5. The filter device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor switching unit comprises at least one jumping terminal, the auxiliary winding of the filter inductance portion is coupled with the corresponding primary winding such that the auxiliary winding has a voltage in jumping direction opposite to that of the at least one jumping terminal of the power converter. 6. The filter device according to claim 1 , wherein the DC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit are at least one of a high potential terminal, a low potential terminal or a neutral potential terminal. 7. The filter device according to claim 1 , wherein the low impedance element is a wire or a capacitor. 8. The filter device according to claim 1 , wherein the compensation portion comprises a capacitive impedance element. 9. The filter device according to claim 8 , wherein the capacitive impedance element is a capacitor. 10. The filter device according to claim 8 , wherein the compensation portion further comprises a resistance to be connected in series with the capacitive impedance element. 11. The filter device according to claim 1 , wherein the AC voltage unit has three-phase AC voltages, and has three-phase AC terminals correspondingly connected to the first set of connection terminals of the filter inductance portion, and the AC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit consists of three AC terminals. 12. The filter device according to claim 11 , wherein the filter capacitor portion consists of three capacitors each has one end connected to a corresponding one of the three-phase AC terminals, and the other end connected with the other two capacitors to form a neutral point acting as one of the static ground terminals of the power converter. 13. The filter device according to claim 11 , wherein the filter inductance portion consists of a first inductance comprising a first primary winding and a first auxiliary winding, a second inductance comprising a second primary winding and a second auxiliary winding, and a third inductance comprising a third primary winding and a third auxiliary winding, each of the primary windings has a first end acting as the first set of connection terminal of the filter inductance portion and connected to a corresponding one of the three-phase AC terminals, and a second end acting as the second set of connection terminal of the filter inductance portion and connected to a corresponding one of the three AC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit, the first auxiliary winding has a first end acting as the third set of connection terminal of the filter inductance portion and connected to one of the static ground terminals of the power converter, the second auxiliary winding has a first end connected to a second end of the first auxiliary winding, the third auxiliary winding has a first end connected to a second end of the second auxiliary winding, and the third auxiliary winding has a second end acting as the fourth set of connection terminal of the filter inductance portion and connected to the compensation portion. 14. The filter device according to claim 11 , wherein the filter inductance portion comprises three inductances each having a primary winding and an auxiliary winding, the primary winding has a first end acting as the first set of connection terminal of the filter inductance portion and connected to a corresponding one of the three-phase AC terminals, and a second end acting as the second set of connection terminal of the filter inductance portion and connected to a corresponding one of three AC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit, the auxiliary winding has a first end acting as the third set of connection terminal of the filter inductance portion and connected to a corresponding one of the static ground terminals of the power converter, and a second end acting as the fourth set of connection terminal of the filter inductance portion and connected to the compensation portion. 15. The filter device according to claim 1 , wherein the AC voltage unit has a single-phase AC voltage, and has two AC terminals correspondingly connected to the first set of connection terminals of the filter inductance portion, and the AC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit consists of two AC terminals. 16. The filter device according to claim 15 , wherein the filter capacitor portion consists of two capacitors each has one end connected to a corresponding one of the two AC terminals, and the other end connected with the other capacitor to form the neutral point acting as one of the static ground terminals of the power converter. 17. The filter device according to claim 15 , wherein the filter inductance portion consists of a first inductance comprising a first primary winding and a first auxiliary winding, a second inductance comprising a second primary winding and a second auxiliary winding, each of the primary windings has a first end acting as the first set of connection terminal of the filter inductance portion and connected to a corresponding one of the two AC terminals, and a second end acting as the second set of connection terminal of the filter inductance portion and connected to a corresponding one of the two AC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit, the first auxiliary winding has a first end acting as the third set of connection terminal of the filter inductance portion and connected to one of the stat

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  • H02M7/797Primary

    using semiconductor devices only · CPC title

  • Arrangements for reducing harmonics from AC input or output · CPC title

  • Electricity · mapped topic

  • Suppression of common mode voltage or current · CPC title

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What does patent US9455646B2 cover?
A filter device comprises: a filter capacitor portion having one set of ends connected to the AC voltage unit, and the other set of ends connected to DC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit via a low impedance element, wherein both set of ends of the filter capacitor portion and the DC terminals of the semiconductor switching unit are static ground terminals of the power converter; a f…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Delta Electronics Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H02M7/797. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Sep 27 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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