Quasi-resonant magnetron power supply

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9831791-B2
Application number	US-201514962366-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2015
Priority date	Dec 8, 2014
Publication date	Nov 28, 2017
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017

Abstract

A power supply comprises at least one input to couple the power supply to a power source. The power supply also comprises at least one switched-mode power circuit configured to extract electrical energy from the power source, the electrical energy to be transferred to a load. The power supply additionally comprises at least one control module coupled between the at least one input and the at least one switched-mode power circuit. The control module is configured to control operation of the switched-mode power circuit to regulate a voltage-to-current ratio at the at least one input of the power supply.

First claim

What I claim is:

1. A power supply, comprising:
at least one input to couple the power supply to a power source;
at least one switched-mode power circuit configured to extract power from the power source, wherein the power is to be transferred to a load; and
at least one control module coupled between the at least one input and to the at least one switched-mode power circuit, the at least one control module having
an input for obtaining a voltage signal representative of a voltage wave shape supplied by the power source, and an input for obtaining a current signal representative of a current wave shape supplied by the power source,
a control unit configured to generate at least one control signal based on a difference between the voltage wave shape and the current wave shape supplied by the power source, and
an output for providing the at least one control signal to the at least one switched-mode power circuit to control operation of the switched-mode power circuit to regulate a voltage-to-current ratio at the at least one input of the power supply.

2. The power supply of claim 1 , wherein the power source is a three-phase mains power source, and wherein
the at least one input comprises respective inputs to couple the power supply to respective phases of the three-phase mains power source,
the at least one switched-mode power circuit comprises respective switched-mode power circuits to extract electrical energy from the respective phases of the three-phase mains power source, and
the at least one control module comprises respective control modules configured to control operation of the respective switched-mode power circuits, wherein each of the respective control module is configured to regulate a voltage-to-current ratio at the corresponding input of the power supply.

3. The power supply of claim 2 , further comprising
respective power transformers coupled to outputs of the respective switched-mode power circuits, and
respective rectifier circuits coupled to outputs of the respective power transformers, and wherein
outputs of the respective rectifier circuits are connected in series to produce a single power supply output to couple the power supply to the load.

4. The power supply of claim 1 , wherein the control module is configured to regulate the voltage-to-current ratio at the input of the power supply to make the power supply appear as a linear resistive load to the power source.

5. The power supply of claim 1 , further comprising an error amplifier having an output coupled to the control unit, wherein:
the error amplifier is configured to
detect the difference between the voltage wave shape and the current wave shape supplied by the power source, and
adjust a signal at the output of the error amplifier in accordance with the detected difference between the voltage wave shape and the current wave shape, and

the control unit is configured to generate the at least one control signal based on the signal at the output of the error amplifier.

6. The power supply of claim 5 , wherein the control unit comprises a voltage controlled oscillator coupled to a field effect transistor driver circuit, wherein a frequency of the voltage controlled oscillator is controlled by the signal at the output of the error amplifier.

7. The power supply of claim 1 , wherein the control module includes a digital signal processor configured to generate the at least one control signal.

8. The power supply of claim 1 , wherein the control module is isolated from the switched-mode power circuit, and wherein the power supply further comprises at least one optocoupler to transfer the at least one control signal from the control module to the switched-mode power circuit.

9. The power supply of claim 1 , wherein the load is a magnetron.

10. A power supply, comprising:
a respective input to couple the power supply to each of three phase outputs of a three-phase power source;
a respective switched-mode power circuit configured to extract power from a respective phase of the power source; and
at least one control module including
an input for obtaining a voltage signal representative of a voltage wave shape supplied by each phase of the power source, and an input for obtaining a current signal representative of a current wave shape supplied by each phase of the power source,
a control unit configured to generate at least one control signal based on respective differences between respective voltage wave shapes and corresponding current wave shapes supplied by the phase of the power source, and
an output for providing the at least one control signal to the respective switched-mode power circuits to control operation of the respective switched-mode power circuits to regulate a voltage-to-current ratio at each of the respective inputs of the power supply.

11. The power supply of claim 10 , wherein the at least one control module further comprises an error amplifier having an output coupled to the control unit, and wherein:
the error amplifier is configured to
detect a difference between a voltage wave shape and a current wave shape supplied by a phase of the power supply, and
adjust a signal at the output of the error amplifier in accordance with the detected difference between the voltage wave shape and the current wave shape, and

the control unit is configured to generate the at least one control signal based at least in part on the signal at the output of the error amplifier.

12. The power supply of claim 11 , wherein the control unit comprises a voltage controlled oscillator coupled to a field effect transistor driver circuit, wherein the voltage controlled oscillator is configured to control operation of the field effect transistor driver circuit, and wherein a frequency of the voltage controlled oscillator is controlled by the output signal.

13. The power supply of claim 10 , wherein the control unit comprises a digital signal processor configured to generate the at least one control signal.

14. The power supply of claim 10 , wherein the at least one control module is isolated from the respective switched-mode power circuits, and wherein the power supply further comprises at least one optocoupler to transfer the at least one control signals from the at least one control module to the respective switched-mode power circuits.

15. A method of regulating a power supply having an input to couple the power supply to a power source and a switched-mode power circuit to extract power from the power source, wherein the power is to be provided to a load, the method comprising:
obtaining a first signal indicative of a voltage wave shape at the input of the power supply;
obtaining a second signal indicative of a current wave shape at the input of the power supply;
comparing the first signal and the second signal to detect a difference between the first signal and the second signal;
generating at least one control signal based on the difference between the first signal and the second signal, and
controlling, using the at least one control signal, operation of the switched-mode power circuit to regulate a voltage-to-current ratio at the input of the power supply.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein obtaining the first signal comprises obtaining the first signal from a rectified voltage signal at the input of the power supply.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein obtaining the second signal comprises sensing a current signal at the input of the power supply using a current sense resistor.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein obtaining the second signal compr

Assignees

• Be Aerospace Inc

Inventors

• Lidström Kjell

Classifications

• H02M1/15

  using active elements · CPC title

• H02M3/285

  Single converters with a plurality of output stages connected in parallel (parallel operation of a plurality of converters in DC distribution networks H02J1/10) · CPC title

• H02M1/4258

  using a single converter stage both for correction of AC input power factor and generation of a regulated and galvanically isolated DC output voltage (H02M1/4241 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02M3/3376 Primary

  with automatic control of output voltage or current · CPC title

• H05B6/685

  the measurements being made at the low voltage side of the circuit · CPC title