Switching device driving apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9712148-B2
Application number	US-201514620932-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2015
Priority date	Oct 22, 2012
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

A switching device driving apparatus for preventing arm short circuit is provided, including: a first switching device driving unit for receiving a control signal for controlling a first switching device and a second switching device so that they will not turn ON at the same time and outputting an ON/OFF drive signal to the first switching device; and a second switching device driving unit for receiving the control signal and outputting an ON/OFF drive signal to the second switching device, in which the first switching device driving unit outputs a drive signal for increasing the delay of the ON timing of the first switching device with respect to the OFF timing of the second switching device with increase in ambient temperature.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A switching device driving apparatus for performing synchronous rectification control of first and second switching devices connected in series included in a switching apparatus, the switching device driving apparatus comprising:
a first control signal input terminal to which a control signal of the first switching device is input;
a second control signal input terminal to which a control signal of the second switching device is input;
a first switching device driving unit for receiving the control signal from the first control signal input terminal and outputting an ON/OFF drive signal to the first switching device, the first switching device driving unit comprising a thermistor, a diode, and a resistor, the thermistor being arranged in a parallel path connection with the diode and the resistor for varying a resistance value of the parallel path connection depending on ambient temperature, the drive signal for decreasing the ON switching speed with the increase in the ambient temperature corresponding with the resistance value varying; and
a second switching device driving unit for receiving the control signal from the second control signal input terminal and outputting an ON/OFF drive signal to the second switching device,
wherein the control signals input to the first and second control signal input terminals are control signals for controlling the first switching device and the second switching device so that they will not turn ON at the same time,
wherein the first switching device driving unit outputs a drive signal for decreasing the ON switching speed of the first switching device with respect to the OFF switching speed of the second switching device with an increase in ambient temperature.

2. The switching device driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second switching device driving unit outputs a drive signal for decreasing the ON switching speed of the second switching device with respect to the OFF switching speed of the first switching device with the increase in the ambient temperature.

3. A switching device driving apparatus for performing synchronous rectification control of first and second switching devices connected in series included in a switching apparatus, the switching device driving apparatus comprising:
a first control signal input terminal to which a control signal of the first switching device is input;
a second control signal input terminal to which a control signal of the second switching device is input;
a first switching device driving unit for receiving the control signal from the first control signal input terminal and outputting an ON/OFF drive signal to the first switching device, the first switching device driving unit comprising a thermistor, a diode, and a resistor, the thermistor being arranged in a parallel path connection with the diode and the resistor for varying a resistance value of the parallel path connection depending on ambient temperature, the drive signal for decreasing the ON switching speed with the increase in the ambient temperature corresponding with the resistance value varying; and
a second switching device driving unit for receiving the control signal from the second control signal input terminal and outputting an ON/OFF drive signal to the second switching device,
wherein the control signals input to the first and second control signal input terminals are control signals for controlling the first switching device and the second switching device so that they will not turn ON at the same time,
wherein the second switching device driving unit outputs a drive signal for decreasing the ON switching speed of the second switching device with respect to the OFF switching speed of the first switching device with an increase in ambient temperature.

4. A switching device driving apparatus for performing synchronous rectification control of first and second switching devices connected in series included in a switching apparatus, the switching device driving apparatus comprising:
a first control signal input terminal to which a control signal of the first switching device is input;
a second control signal input terminal to which a control signal of the second switching device is input;
a first switching device driving unit for receiving the control signal from the first control signal input terminal and outputting an ON/OFF drive signal to the first switching device; and
a second switching device driving unit for receiving the control signal from the second control signal input terminal and outputting an ON/OFF drive signal to the second switching device,
wherein the control signals input to the first and second control signal input terminals are control signals for controlling the first switching device and the second switching device so that they will not turn ON at the same time,
wherein the first switching device driving unit outputs a drive signal for decreasing the ON switching speed of the first switching device with respect to the OFF switching speed of the second switching device with an increase in ambient temperature,
wherein the driving signal for decreasing the ON switching speed with the increase in the ambient temperature corresponds to a resistance value varying depending on the ambient temperature, and
wherein the first switching device driving unit has a different hardware configuration than the second switching device driving unit.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Daigo Toru

Classifications

• H03K17/14

  Modifications for compensating variations of physical values, e.g. of temperature · CPC title

• H03K17/161

  in field-effect transistor switches · CPC title

• H03K17/04123

  in field-effect transistor switches · CPC title

• H03K17/04126 Primary

  in bipolar transistor switches · CPC title