Power supply circuit and power supply method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9859734-B2
Application number	US-201514913311-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2015
Priority date	Apr 9, 2015
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

The present invention provides a power supply circuit and a power supply method. The power supply circuit comprises: a charge control unit, a battery and battery protection unit, a voltage stabilizing unit and a voltage boosting unit; the voltage boosting unit comprises: a consumption reducing module for, at the moment of turning on or turning off a power device in the voltage boosting unit, enabling an electric current flowing through the power device to be zero. The present invention, by arranging the consumption reducing module, enables an electric current flowing through the power device to be zero at the moment of turning on or turning off the power device in the voltage boosting unit, which realizes zero current turn-on or turn-off of the power device, and reduces consumption of the electric energy.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power supply circuit, the power supply circuit comprises:
a charge control unit, a battery and battery protection unit, a voltage stabilizing unit and a voltage boosting unit;
the voltage boosting unit comprises: a consumption reducing module for, at the moment of turning on or turning off a power device in the voltage boosting unit, enabling an electric current flowing through the power device to be zero,
wherein the power device comprises a first transistor and a second transistor,
the voltage boosting unit comprises a third inductor, a first diode, the first transistor and the consumption reducing module,
the consumption reducing module comprises a first inductor, a second inductor, a first capacitor, a second diode, a third diode, a fourth diode and the second transistor;
a first end of the third inductor is connected with an input terminal of the voltage boosting unit, a second end of the third inductor is connected with a first node;
a first end of the second inductor is connected with the first node, a second end of the second inductor is connected with a positive electrode of the second diode, a negative electrode of the second diode is connected with a second node;
a first electrode of the first transistor is connected to the ground and is connected with a positive electrode of the first diode, a second electrode of the first transistor is connected with the first node, a negative electrode of the first diode is connected with the first node, a gate of the first transistor is connected with a first signal control terminal;
a first electrode of the second transistor is connected to the ground, a second electrode of the second transistor is connected with the second node, a gate of the second transistor is connected to a second signal control terminal;
a first end of the first inductor is connected with the second node, a second end of the first inductor is connected with a positive electrode of the third diode;
a positive electrode of the fourth diode is connected with the second node, a negative electrode of the fourth diode is connected with a negative electrode of the third diode;
a first end of the first capacitor is connected with a positive electrode of the third diode, a second end of the first capacitor is connected with a negative electrode of the third diode, the negative electrode of the third diode is connected with a third node, the third node is a voltage boosting output terminal.

2. The power supply circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage boosting unit further comprises a filter module for filtering a signal outputted by the voltage boosting output terminal, an input terminal of the filter module is connected with the voltage boosting output terminal, an output terminal of the filter module is connected with an output terminal of the voltage boosting unit.

3. The power supply circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the filter module comprises a second capacitor, a third capacitor and a fourth inductor;
a first end of the second capacitor is connected with the voltage boosting output terminal, a second end of the second capacitor is connected to the ground;
a first end of the fourth inductor is connected with the voltage boosting output terminal, a second end of the fourth inductor is connected with a first end of the third capacitor;
the first end of the third capacitor is connected with the output terminal of the voltage boosting unit, a second end of the third capacitor is connected to the ground.

4. The power supply circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the second capacitor is an electrolytic capacitor, the first end of the second capacitor is a positive end.

5. A power supply method, for use in a power supply circuit as claimed in claim 1 , the method comprising:
at a first phase (t 1 -t 2 ), controlling the first signal control terminal to enable the first transistor to be turned on, and controlling the second signal control terminal to keep the second transistor to be turned off;
at a second phase (t 2 -t 3 ), controlling the first signal control terminal to keep the first transistor to be turned on, and controlling the second signal control terminal to keep the second transistor to be turned off;
at a third phase (t 3 -t 4 ), controlling the first signal control terminal to keep the first transistor to be turned on, and controlling the second signal control terminal to enable the second transistor to be turned on;
at a fourth phase (t 4 -t 5 ), controlling the first signal control terminal to keep the first transistor to be turned on, and controlling the second signal control terminal to enable the second transistor to be turned off;
at a fifth phase (t 5 -t 6 ), controlling the first signal control terminal to enable the first transistor to be turned off, and controlling the second signal control terminal to keep the second transistor to be turned off;
at a sixth phase (t 6 -t 7 ), controlling the first signal control terminal to keep the first transistor to be turned off, and controlling the second signal control terminal to keep the second transistor to be turned off.

6. The power supply method according to claim 5 , wherein the voltage boosting unit further comprises a filter module for filtering a signal outputted by the voltage boosting output terminal, an input terminal of the filter module is connected with the voltage boosting output terminal, an output terminal of the filter module is connected with an output terminal of the voltage boosting unit.

7. The power supply method according to claim 6 , wherein the filter module comprises a second capacitor, a third capacitor and a fourth inductor;
a first end of the second capacitor is connected with the voltage boosting output terminal, a second end of the second capacitor is connected to the ground;
a first end of the fourth inductor is connected with the voltage boosting output terminal, a second end of the fourth inductor is connected with a first end of the third capacitor;
the first end of the third capacitor is connected with the output terminal of the voltage boosting unit, a second end of the third capacitor is connected to the ground.

8. The power supply method according to claim 7 , wherein the second capacitor is an electrolytic capacitor, the first end of the second capacitor is a positive end.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Beijing Boe Energy Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Han Xiaoyan
• Wang Qingmeng
• Fang Kunkun

Classifications

• H02J7/70

  characterised by the mechanical construction · CPC title

• H02J7/927 Primary

  with introduction of pulses during the charging process · CPC title

• H02J2207/20

  Charging or discharging characterised by the power electronics converter · CPC title

• H02M3/156

  with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators · CPC title

• H02M3/1588

  comprising at least one synchronous rectifier element (H02M3/1582, H02M3/1584 take precedence) · CPC title