Optical-control driving circuit for high utility power

• US 10,454,473 B2
• Filed: 07/25/2018
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Voltronic Power Technology Corp.
• Original Assignee: Voltronic Power Technology Corp.
• Inventors: Lu, Yu-Cheng, Liu, Tao, Luo, Feng, Hsieh, Juor-Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Donovan, Lincoln D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mattison, Dave
• Application Number:
  US16/044,850
• Publication Number:
  US 20190288684A1
• Time in Patent Office: 454 Days
• Field of Search: 327428
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/79 controlling bipolar semiconductor switches with more than two PN-junctions, or more than three electrodes, or more than one electrode connected to the same conductivity region
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/7955 using phototransistors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/10 Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes

Abstract

An optical-controlled driving circuit adapts to a high utility power environment with high voltages, large currents and severe surges, and includes an optical-controlled switch circuit, an SCR with optical-controlled driver and a main circuit. The optical-controlled switch circuit includes an optical-controlled component and a first switching transistor that are connected in serial. The SCR with optical-controlled driver includes at least two switching transistors that are connected in serial and a plurality of diodes, and is coupled to the main circuit. The optical-controlled driving circuit generates a driving current according to the voltage of a utility power. When the optical-controlled driving circuit is used in a DC converter using an SCR as a switch element, the optical-controlled driving circuit helps to increase the operation efficiency when the DC converter works under a light load.

Claims

1. An optical-controlled driving circuit, working under a high utility power environment with high voltages, large currents and surges, comprising:

an optical-controlled switch circuit, including an optical-controlled component and a first switching transistor, and receiving a switch signal, wherein the optical-controlled component and the first switching transistor are connected in serial, and the optical-controlled component has at least four terminals;

an SCR with optical-controlled driver, receiving a utility power, coupled to the optical-controlled switch circuit, including;

a second switching element;

a third switching element, wherein a cathode of the third switching element is coupled to an anode of the second switching element and receives the utility power;

a first diode, wherein a cathode of the first diode is coupled to a gate of the second switching element, and an anode of the first diode is coupled to a third terminal of the optical-controlled component;

a second diode, wherein a cathode of the second diode is coupled to a gate of the third switching element, and an anode of the second diode is coupled to the anode of the first diode;

a third diode, wherein a cathode of the third diode is coupled to the anode of the second switching element, and an anode of the third diode is coupled to a fourth terminal of the optical-controlled component; and

a fourth diode, wherein a cathode of the fourth diode is coupled to an anode of the third switching element, and an anode of the fourth diode is coupled to the anode of the third diode; and

a main circuit, coupled to the SCR with optical-controlled driver, and having an A terminal, a B terminal and a ground terminal, wherein the A terminal of the main circuit is coupled to the cathode of the second switching element, and the B terminal is coupled to the anode of the third switching element;

wherein the SCR with optical-controlled driver further includes;

a third equalizing resistor and a fourth equalizing resistor, wherein a first end of the third equalizing resistor is coupled to the third terminal of the optical-controlled component, a second end of the third equalizing resistor is coupled to a first end of the fourth equalizing resistor and a fifth terminal of the optical-controlled component, and a second end of the fourth equalizing resistor is coupled to the fourth terminal of the optical-controlled component.

2. The optical-controlled driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the SCR with optical-controlled driver further includes:

a second capacitor and a seventh resistor, wherein the second capacitor and the seventh resistor are connected in parallel, a first end of the second capacitor is coupled to the cathode of the second switching element, and a second end of the second capacitor is coupled to the gate of the second switching element; and

a third capacitor and an eighth resistor, wherein the third capacitor and the eighth resistor are connected in parallel, a first end of the third capacitor is coupled to the cathode of the third switching element, and a second end of the third capacitor is coupled to the gate of the third switching element.

3. The optical-controlled driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the SCR with optical-controlled driver further includes:

a fifth resistor and a sixth resistor, wherein a first end of the fifth resistor is coupled to the gate of the second switching element, a second end of the fifth resistor is coupled to the cathode of the first diode, a first end of the sixth resistor is coupled to the gate of the third switching element, and a second end of the sixth resistor is coupled to the cathode of the second diode.

4. The optical-controlled driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the optical-controlled component has two optical-controlled thyristors connected in serial, a first terminal of the optical-controlled component receives a direct power, a drain of the first switching transistor is coupled to a second terminal of the optical-controlled component, a source of the first switching transistor is grounded and connected to a ground wire of the direct power, and a gate of the first switching transistor receives the switch signal.

5. The optical-controlled driving circuit according to claim 4, wherein optical-controlled component includes:

a first optical-controlled thyristor, wherein a first end of the first optical-controlled thyristor receives the direct power, and a third end of the first optical-controlled thyristor is coupled to the anode of the first diode; and

a second optical-controlled thyristor, wherein a first end of the second optical-controlled thyristor is coupled to a second end of the first optical-controlled thyristor, a second end of the second optical-controlled thyristor is coupled to the drain of the first switching transistor, a third end of the second optical-controlled thyristor is coupled to a fourth end of the first optical-controlled thyristor, and a fourth end of the second optical-controlled thyristor is coupled to the anode of the fourth diode.

6. The optical-controlled driving circuit according to claim 4, wherein the optical-controlled switch circuit further includes a voltage regulating element and a first resistor, the a cathode of the voltage regulating element receives the switch signal, an anode of the voltage regulating element is coupled to the gate of the first switching transistor, and the first resistor is coupled between the direct power and the first terminal of the optical-controlled component.

7. The optical-controlled driving circuit according to claim 6, wherein the optical-controlled switch circuit further includes a first capacitor and a second a second resistor, the first capacitor and the second resistor are connected in parallel, a first end of the first capacitor is coupled to the gate of the first switching transistor, and a second end of the first capacitor is coupled to the source of the first switching transistor.