DC/DC converter and control method of DC/DC converter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9559604-B2
Application number	US-201514614959-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2015
Priority date	Feb 28, 2014
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

A DC/DC converter and a control method thereof are disclosed. The DC/DC converter comprises: an output voltage regulation circuit configured to regulate an output voltage of the DC/DC converter, so as to output a duty cycle regulation signal; a PWM generator electrically coupled to the output voltage regulation circuit and configured to generate a first duty cycle signal according to a first clock signal and the duty cycle regulation signal; a detection circuit configured to output a control signal according to a second clock signal and a feedback signal, wherein the feedback signal is configured to detect whether or not the transient change of an input voltage of the DC/DC converter occurs; and a CBC regulation circuit electrically coupled to the PWM generator and the detection circuit, and configured to receive the first duty cycle signal and the control signal and output a second duty cycle signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A DC/DC converter comprising:
an output voltage regulation circuit configured to regulate an output voltage of the DC/DC converter, so as to output a duty cycle regulation signal;
a PWM generator electrically coupled to the output voltage regulation circuit, and configured to generate a first duty cycle signal according to a first clock signal and the duty cycle regulation signal;
a detection circuit configured to output a control signal according to a second clock signal and a feedback signal, wherein the second clock signal and the first clock signal keep the first duty cycle signal and the control signal in a same frequency, and the feedback signal is used to detect whether or not a transient change of an input voltage of the DC/DC converter occurs; and
a CBC regulation circuit electrically coupled to the PWM generator and the detection circuit, and configured to output a second duty cycle signal according to the first duty cycle signal and the control signal,
wherein when a transient change of the input voltage occurs, the control signal is a square wave signal, and the second duty cycle signal is a signal which is obtained by performing a logic AND operation with the first duty cycle signal and the control signal.

2. The DC/DC converter according to claim 1 , wherein the feedback signal is at least one selected from the input voltage of the DC/DC converter, the output voltage of the DC/DC converter, and an output current of the DC/DC converter.

3. The DC/DC converter according to claim 1 , wherein the detection circuit comprises:
a saw-tooth wave generator configured to generate a saw-tooth wave signal and regulate a slope, a level or an average level of the saw-tooth wave signal according to the second clock signal and the feedback signal; and
a comparator electrically coupled to the saw-tooth wave generator and configured to compare the saw-tooth wave signal with a first reference voltage so as to generate the control signal.

4. The DC/DC converter according to claim 1 , wherein the CBC regulation circuit comprises a logic AND gate circuit.

5. The DC/DC converter according to claim 1 , wherein the detection circuit is configured to generate the control signal according to each clock period of the second clock signal.

6. The DC/DC converter according to claim 3 , wherein the output voltage regulation circuit, the PWM generator, the comparator and the CBC regulation circuit are integrated into a digital PWM controller, and the first reference voltage is generated inside the digital PWM controller.

7. The DC/DC converter according to claim 4 , wherein when the input voltage is stable, the control signal is at a high level, and the second duty cycle signal is consistent with the first duty cycle signal.

8. A DC/DC converter comprising a transformer, a primary power circuit, a secondary bridge synchronous regulation circuit, an output inductor and a control circuit, wherein
the transformer comprises a magnetic core, a primary winding electrically coupled to an output terminal of the primary power circuit, and a secondary winding electrically coupled to the secondary bridge synchronous regulation circuit;
the primary power circuit is configured to receive an input voltage of the DC/DC converter, and transmit symmetric power stream toward the secondary side of the transformer during a positive switch cycle and a negative switch cycle, wherein magnetic flux in the magnetic core of the transformer reaches a balance through the transmission process of symmetric power stream;
the secondary bridge synchronous regulation circuit comprises:
a first switch having a first terminal electrically coupled to a terminal of the output inductor, and a second terminal electrically coupled to a first terminal of the secondary winding of the transformer;
a second switch having a first terminal electrically coupled to the second terminal of the first switch;
a third switch having a first terminal electrically coupled to the first terminal of the first switch, and a second terminal electrically coupled to a second terminal of the secondary winding;
a fourth switch having a first terminal electrically coupled to the second terminal of the third switch, and a second terminal electrically coupled to a second terminal of the second switch; and

the control circuit comprises a time sequence circuit, an output voltage regulation circuit, a PWM generator, a detection circuit and a CBC regulation circuit, wherein the time sequence circuit is configured to provide a primary drive signal for the primary power circuit and provide a secondary drive signal for the secondary bridge synchronous regulation circuit; the output voltage regulation circuit is configured to regulate an output voltage of the DC/DC converter to output a duty cycle regulation signal; the PWM generator is electrically coupled to the output voltage regulation circuit and is configured to generate a first duty cycle signal according to a first clock signal and the duty cycle regulation signal; the detection circuit is configured to output a control signal according to a second clock signal and a feedback signal; the first clock signal and the second clock signal are configured to keep the first duty cycle signal and the control signal in a same frequency; the feedback signal is configured to detect whether or not a transient change of the input voltage of the DC/DC converter occurs; the CBC regulation circuit is electrically coupled to the PWM generator and the detection circuit, and is configured to output a second duty cycle signal according to the first duty cycle signal and the control signal,
wherein when a transient change of the input voltage occurs, the control signal is a square wave signal, and the second duty cycle signal is a signal which is obtained by performing a logic AND operation with the first duty cycle signal and the control signal.

9. The DC/DC converter according to claim 8 , wherein when an output voltage of the primary power circuit is substantially zero, the control circuit is configured to control each of the first switch, the second switch, the third switch and the fourth switch to be turned on.

10. The DC/DC converter according to claim 8 , wherein the detection circuit comprises a saw-tooth wave generator and a comparator, wherein
the saw-tooth wave generator is configured to generate a saw-tooth wave signal and regulate a slope, a level or an average level of the saw-tooth wave signal according to the feedback signal and the second clock signal; and
the comparator is electrically coupled to the saw-tooth wave generator and is configured to compare the saw-tooth wave signal with a first reference voltage so as to generate the control signal.

11. The DC/DC converter according to claim 8 , wherein the detection circuit is configured to generate the control signal according to each clock period of the second clock signal.

12. The DC/DC converter according to claim 8 , wherein the output voltage regulation circuit, the PWM generator and the CBC regulation circuit are integrated into a digital PWM controller.

13. The DC/DC converter according to claim 8 , wherein the CBC regulation circuit is electrically coupled to the time sequence circuit, and the time sequence circuit is configured to generate a time sequence between the primary drive signal and the secondary drive signal according to the second duty cycle signal.

14. The DC/DC converter according to claim 10 , wherein the CBC regulation circuit comprises a logic AND gate circuit.

15. The DC/DC converter according to claim 14 , wherein when the input voltage is stable, t

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Shanghai Co
• Delta Electronics Shanghai Co

Inventors

• Yang Zhongwang
• Lu Shengli
• Zhang Qiong
• Huang Guisong

Classifications

• H02M3/33592

  having a synchronous rectifier circuit or a synchronous freewheeling circuit at the secondary side of an isolation transformer · CPC title

• H02M3/33507

  with automatic control of the output voltage or current, e.g. flyback converters (H02M3/33561, H02M3/33569 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02M3/3376 Primary

  with automatic control of output voltage or current · CPC title

• H02M3/335

  using semiconductor devices only · CPC title

• Y02B70/1475

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic