Insulation detecting circuit, power converting device and insulation impedance value detecting method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9906134-B1
Application number	US-201715628631-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 20, 2017
Priority date	Aug 4, 2016
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

An insulation detecting circuit includes a first switching unit, a second switching unit, a detecting resistor, a processing unit, and a voltage detecting unit. The second switching unit is electrically coupled to the first switching unit. The processing unit is configured to control the first and the second switching units. The voltage detecting unit obtains a first voltage value across the detecting resistor when the processing unit controls the first switching unit to be on and the second switching unit to be off. The voltage detecting unit obtains a second voltage value across the detecting resistor when the processing unit controls the first switching unit to be off and the second switching unit to be on. The processing unit operates in a first mode and configured to calculate an insulation impedance value of a power converting device according to the first and the second voltage values.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An insulation detecting circuit, comprising:
a first switching unit;
a second switching unit electrically coupled to the first switching unit;
a detecting resistor;
a processing unit configured to control the first switching unit and the second switching unit; and
a voltage detecting unit configured to obtain a first voltage value across the detecting resistor when the processing unit controls the first switching unit to be on and the second switching unit to be off, wherein
the voltage detecting unit is further configured to obtain a second voltage value across the detecting resistor when the processing unit controls the first switching unit to be off and the second switching unit to be on, and wherein
the processing unit is further configured to operate in a first mode and calculate an insulation impedance value of a power converting device according to the first voltage value and the second voltage value.

2. The insulation detecting circuit of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first resistor electrically coupled in parallel to the second switching unit.

3. The insulation detecting circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first switching unit and the second switching unit are electrically coupled at a node, and the insulation detecting circuit further comprises:
a second resistor electrically coupled between the detecting resistor and the node.

4. The insulation detecting circuit of claim 3 , further comprising:
a third resistor, wherein a first terminal of the third resistor is electrically coupled to the second resistor, and a second terminal of the third resistor is electrically coupled to the detecting resistor.

5. The insulation detecting circuit of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first resistor, wherein a first terminal of the first resistor is electrically coupled to a first terminal of the second switching unit, and a second terminal of the first resistor is electrically coupled to a second terminal of the second switching unit; and
a second resistor, wherein a first terminal of the second resistor is electrically coupled to the second terminal of the first resistor, and a second terminal of the second resistor is electrically coupled to a first terminal of the detecting resistor;
wherein a first terminal of the first switching unit is electrically coupled to the first terminal of the second resistor, and a second terminal of the first switching unit is electrically coupled to a second terminal of the detecting resistor.

6. The insulation detecting circuit of claim 1 , wherein the voltage detecting unit is further configured to obtain a third voltage value across the detecting resistor when the processing unit controls the first switching unit to be off and the second switching unit to be off, and wherein
the processing unit is further configured to operate in a second mode and calculate the insulation impedance value of the power converting device according to the first voltage value and the third voltage value.

7. The insulation detecting circuit of claim 6 , configured to operate the processing unit in the first mode to calculate the insulation impedance value, if:
the processing unit operating in the second mode calculates the insulation impedance value to be smaller than a predetermined impedance value; or
the processing unit operating in the second mode calculates a difference between the first voltage value and the third voltage value to be smaller than a predetermined voltage value.

8. The insulation detecting circuit of claim 6 , wherein the processing unit is further configured to receive a mode selecting signal and operate in the first mode or the second mode according to the mode selecting signal.

9. A power converting device, comprising:
a dc-dc converting circuit configured to convert a dc input voltage to a dc bus voltage;
a dc-ac converting circuit electrically coupled to the dc-dc converting circuit and configured to convert the dc bus voltage to an ac voltage; and
an insulation detecting circuit electrically coupled to the dc-dc converting circuit, the insulation detecting circuit comprising:
a first switching unit;
a second switching unit electrically coupled to the first switching unit;
a detecting resistor;
a processing unit configured to control the first switching unit and the second switching unit; and
a voltage detecting unit configured to obtain a first voltage value across the detecting resistor when the processing unit controls the first switching unit to be on and the second switching unit to be off, wherein
the voltage detecting unit is further configured to obtain a second voltage value across the detecting resistor when the processing unit controls the first switching unit to be off and the second switching unit to be on, and wherein
the processing unit is further configured to operate in a first mode and calculate an insulation impedance value of the power converting device according to the first voltage value and the second voltage value.

10. The power converting device of claim 9 , wherein the insulation detecting circuit is electrically coupled to an input side of the dc-dc converting circuit and configured to receive the dc input voltage, so as to obtain the first voltage value and the second voltage value according to the dc input voltage.

11. The power converting device of claim 10 , wherein the voltage detecting unit is further configured to obtain a third voltage value across the detecting resistor when the processing unit controls the first switching unit to be off and the second switching unit to be off, and wherein
the processing unit is further configured to operate in a second mode and calculate the insulation impedance value of the power converting device according to the first voltage value and the third voltage value.

12. The power converting device of claim 9 , wherein the insulation detecting circuit is electrically coupled to an output side of the dc-dc converting circuit and electrically coupled between the dc-dc converting circuit and the dc-ac converting circuit, and configured to receive the dc bus voltage, so as to obtain the first voltage value and the second voltage value according to the dc bus voltage.

13. The power converting device of claim 12 , wherein the voltage detecting unit is further configured to obtain a third voltage value across the detecting resistor when the processing unit controls the first switching unit to be off and the second switching unit to be off, and wherein
the processing unit is further configured to operate in a second mode and calculate the insulation impedance value of the power converting device according to the first voltage value and the third voltage value.

14. The power converting device of claim 9 , further comprising a capacitor unit, wherein the dc bus voltage is transmitted from the dc-dc converting circuit to the dc-ac converting circuit via a positive power line and a negative power line, and wherein a first terminal of the capacitor unit is electrically coupled to the positive power line and a second terminal of the capacitor unit is electrically coupled to the negative power line.

15. The power converting device of claim 14 , wherein a first terminal of the second switching unit is electrically coupled to the positive power line; a second terminal of the second switching unit is electrically coupled to a first terminal of the first switching unit; and a second terminal of the first switching unit is electrically coupled to the negative power line.

16. The power converting device of claim 14 , wherein the insulation detecting circuit fur

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Tsai Tsung Han
• Hou Po Jen
• Lin Xin Hung

Classifications

• H02M3/158 Primary

  including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load · CPC title

• H02M7/40

  by combination of static with dynamic converters; by combination of dynamo-electric with other dynamic or static converters · CPC title

• H02H1/0046

  Commutating the detecting means in dependance of the fault, e.g. for reducing their number · CPC title

• H02J9/061

  for DC powered loads · CPC title

• G05D9/12

  characterised by the use of electric means · CPC title