Control method for voltage boosting circuit

• US 20060198169A1
• Filed: 10/17/2005
• Published: 09/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Liao, Jen-Chuan, Tsai, Wen-Che
• Granted Patent: US 7,301,248 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 363/34
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/062 for AC powered loads
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/158 including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load

Abstract

A control method for a voltage boosting circuit adapted to be used in an uninterruptible power supply is proposed. The uninterruptible power supply includes a battery module and a voltage boosting circuit comprising a plurality of switch elements, in which the uninterruptible power supply is operating under a battery supply mode. The control method includes the following steps: detecting an output voltage of the battery module and a regulated predetermined output voltage of the voltage boosting circuit; and when the output voltage of the battery module is higher than the regulated predetermined output voltage of the voltage boosting circuit, sending a switching signal to regulate the switching operation of the switch elements of the voltage boosting circuit, so that the output voltage of the voltage boosting circuit is substantially equal to the output voltage of the battery module.

Claims

1. A control method for a voltage boosting circuit used in an uninterruptible power supply, wherein the uninterruptible power supply comprises a battery module and a voltage boosting circuit having a plurality of switch elements, and is operating under a battery power supply mode, the control method comprises the steps of:

detecting an output voltage of the battery module and a regulated predetermined output voltage of the voltage boosting circuit;

when the output voltage of the battery module is lower than the regulated predetermined output voltage of the voltage boosting circuit, sending a first switching signal to regulate the switching operation of the switch elements of the voltage boosting circuit; and

when the output voltage of the battery module is higher than the regulated predetermined output voltage of the voltage boosting circuit, sending a second switching signal to regulate the switching operation of the switch elements of the voltage boosting circuit, in order that the output voltage of the voltage boosting circuit is substantially equal to the output voltage of the battery module.

2. The control method according to claim 1 wherein the battery module comprises a plurality of batteries.

3. The control method according to claim 1 wherein the voltage boosting circuit is a dual-output step-up circuit.

4. The control method according to claim 1 wherein the voltage boosting circuit is a DC/DC converter.

5. The control method according to claim 4 wherein the DC/DC converter comprises two switch elements.

6. The control method according to claim 1 wherein the first switching signal is a high-frequency switching signal compared to the second switching signal.

7. The control method according to claim 1 wherein the second switching signal is a low-frequency switching signal compared to the first switching signal.

8. The control method according to claim 7 wherein a switching rate of the low-frequency switching signal is 240 Hz.

9. The control method according to claim 1 wherein the uninterruptible power supply is an on-line uninterruptible power supply.

10. A control method for a voltage boosting circuit used in an uninterruptible power supply, wherein the uninterruptible power supply comprises a battery module and a voltage boosting circuit having a plurality of switch elements, and is operating under a battery power supply mode, the control method comprises the steps of:

detecting an output voltage of the battery module and a regulated predetermined output voltage of the voltage boosting circuit; and

when the output voltage of the battery module is higher than the regulated predetermined output voltage of the voltage boosting circuit, sending a switching signal to regulate the switching operation of the switch elements of the voltage boosting circuit, in order that the output voltage of the voltage boosting circuit is substantially equal to the output voltage of the battery module.