Uninterruptible power supply and DC-DC converter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9564775-B2
Application number	US-201314143106-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2013
Priority date	Jan 17, 2012
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

An uninterruptable power supply (UPS) and a direct current-direct current (DC-DC) converter. An input end of the DC-DC converter is connected to a BUS+, a BUS−, and an N wire, and a load in the DC-DC converter is connected to a switch tube through an inductor rather than being directly connected to the switch tube.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An uninterruptible power supply, comprising:
a rectifier;
an inverter; and
a direct current-direct current (DC-DC) converter,
wherein an input end of the rectifier is connected to a power grid and an output end thereof is connected to the inverter and the DC-DC converter,
wherein the rectifier is configured to convert an alternating current provided by the power grid into a direct current and output the direct current to the inverter or the DC-DC converter,
wherein an input end of the inverter is connected to the output end of the rectifier,
wherein the inverter is configured to invert the direct current obtained by the rectifier to an alternating current,
wherein an input end of the DC-DC converter is connected to the output end of the rectifier and an output end thereof is connected to a battery,
wherein the DC-DC converter is configured to charge the battery using the power supply output by the rectifier,
wherein the output end of the rectifier comprises a positive bus BUS+, a negative bus BUS−, and an N wire,
wherein an output end of the battery is connected to the rectifier, and a voltage output by the battery, after being boosted by the rectifier, provides a direct current to the inverter,
wherein the DC-DC converter comprises a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a first switch tube, a second switch tube, a first inductor, a second inductor, a third switch tube, and a fourth switch tube,
wherein the positive bus BUS+ is connected to a first node through the first switch tube,
wherein the negative bus BUS− is connected to a second node through the second switch tube,
wherein two ends of the first capacitor are respectively connected to the BUS+ and the N wire; two ends of the second capacitor are respectively connected to the BUS− and the N wire,
wherein the third switch tube is connected between the first node and the N wire,
wherein the fourth switch tube is connected between the second node and the N wire,
wherein the first inductor, the battery, and the second inductor connected in series are connected in sequence between the first node and the second node,
wherein two ends of the third capacitor are respectively connected to the first node and the second node, or, the third capacitor is connected in parallel at two ends of the battery, or, one end of the third capacitor is connected to the first node and the other end thereof is connected to a common end of the battery and the second inductor, or, one end of the third capacitor is connected to the second node and the other end thereof is connected to a common end of the battery and the first inductor,
wherein working modes of the first switch tube and the second switch tube in a positive semi-cycle and a negative semi-cycle of a power grid voltage are the same, and
wherein driving pulse signals of the first switch tube and the second switch tube drive through interleaving pulse width modulations (PWMs).

2. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 1 , wherein both the third switch tube and the fourth switch tube are uncontrollable diodes and are a third diode and a fourth diode respectively, wherein a cathode of the third diode is connected to the first node and an anode thereof is connected to the N wire, and wherein a cathode of the fourth diode is connected to the N wire and an anode thereof is connected to the second node.

3. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 1 , wherein the first inductor and the second inductor are integrated together.

4. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 1 , wherein the first switch tube and the second switch tube work alternatively in a positive semi-cycle and a negative semi-cycle of a power grid voltage, wherein in the positive semi-cycle of the power grid voltage, the first switch tube works and the second switch tube is turned off, wherein when the first switch tube is turned on, a current flow direction is: positive bus BUS+-first switch tube-first inductor-batty-second inductor-second diode-N wire, wherein when the first switch tube is cut off, a current flow direction is: first inductor battery-second inductor-second diode-first diode, wherein in the negative semi-cycle of the power grid voltage, the first switch tube is turned off and the second switch tube works, wherein when the second switch tube is turned on, a current flow direction is: N wire-first diode-first inductor battery-second inductor-second switch tube-negative bus BUS−, and wherein when the second switch tube is cut off, a current flow direction is: first inductor battery-second inductor-second diode-first diode.

5. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 1 , wherein the driving pulse signals of the first switch tube and the second switch tube drive through PWMs with a phase difference of 180 degrees, and the first switch tube and the second switch tube work alternatively, wherein in a first switch period, the first switch tube works and the second switch tube is turned off, wherein when the first switch tube is turned on, a current flow direction is: positive bus BUS+-first switch tube-first inductor battery-second inductor-second diode-N wire, wherein when the first switch tube is cut off, a current flow direction is: first inductor battery-second inductor-second diode-first diode, wherein in a second switch period, the first switch tube is turned off and the second switch tube works, wherein when the second switch tube is turned on, a current flow direction is: N wire-first diode-first inductor battery-second inductor-second switch tube-negative bus BUS−, and wherein when the second switch tube is cut off, a current flow direction is: first inductor battery-second inductor-second diode-first diode.

6. An uninterruptible power supply, comprising:
a rectifier;
an inverter; and
a direct current-direct current (DC-DC) converter,
wherein an input end of the rectifier is connected to a power grid and an output end thereof is connected to the inverter and the DC-DC converter,
wherein the rectifier is configured to convert an alternating current provided by the power grid into a direct current and output the direct current to the inverter or the DC-DC converter,
wherein an input end of the inverter is connected to the output end of the rectifier,
wherein the inverter is configured to invert the direct current obtained by the rectifier to an alternating current,
wherein an input end of the DC-DC converter is connected to the output end of the rectifier and an output end thereof is connected to a battery,
wherein the DC-DC converter is configured to charge the battery using the power supply output by the rectifier,
wherein the output end of the rectifier comprises a positive bus BUS+, a negative bus BUS−, and an N wire,
wherein an output end of the battery is connected to the rectifier, and a voltage output by the battery, after being boosted by the rectifier, provides a direct current to the inverter,
wherein the DC-DC converter comprises a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a first switch tube, a second switch tube, a first inductor, a second inductor, a third switch tube, and a fourth switch tube,
wherein the positive bus BUS+ is connected to a first node through the first switch tube,
wherein the negative bus BUS− is connected to a second node through the second switch tube,
wherein two ends of the first capacitor are respectively connected to the BUS+ and the N wire; two ends of the second capacitor are respectively connected to the BUS− and the N wire,
wherein the third switch tube is connected between the first node and the N wire,
wherein the fourth switch tube is connected between the second node and the N wire,
wherein the first inductor, the battery, and the second inductor

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Peiguo
• Fei Zhenfu
• Zhou Yanan

Classifications

• H02J9/063

  Common neutral, e.g. AC input neutral line connected to AC output neutral line and DC middle point · CPC title

• H02M3/1584

  with a plurality of power processing stages connected in parallel · CPC title

• H02M2003/1586

  Electricity · mapped topic

• Y10T307/32

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H02M1/4225

  using a non-isolated boost converter · CPC title