RESONANT DC CONVERTER

• US 20140112026A1
• Filed: 11/26/2012
• Published: 04/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
• Original Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
• Inventors: Pan, Ching-Tsai, Chen, Po-Yen, Cheng, Ming-Chieh, Cheng, Ching-Hsiang
• Application Number:
  US13/684,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20140112026A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 363/21.02
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0058 by employing soft switching techniques, i.e. commutation of transistors when applied voltage is zero or when current flow is zero using an auxiliary actively switched resonant commutation circuit connected to an intermediate DC voltage or between two push-pull branches of an inverter bridge H02M7/4811; in resonant inverters H02M7/4815; in inverters operating from a resonant DC source H02M7/4826
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/01 Resonant DC/DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/07 using capacitors charged and discharged alternately by semiconductor devices with control electrode , e.g. charge pumps
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33571 Half-bridge at primary side of an isolation transformer
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33573 Full-bridge at primary side of an isolation transformer
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/103 Containing passive elements (capacitively coupled) which are ordered in cascade on one source
• 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

A resonant DC converter, combines a voltage type auto charge pump circuit with a full-bridge or half-bridge resonant DC conversion circuit at a primary side of a transformer, combines a double-voltage rectifier circuit at a secondary side of the transformer, and grants the circuit of the invention with characteristics of variable circuit architecture by means of the design of circuit parameters and the action of the LC resonant circuit. Integration of switching elements of the converter circuit and the use of characteristics of automatically changing the circuit architecture contribute to reduce the switching losses and increase the circuit conversion efficiency. Low output voltage ripple enables the circuit of the invention to avoid using large-capacitance electrolytic capacitors and be able to extend the service life of the transformer. The operation of the circuit of the invention at boost or buck mode can be controlled by adjusting the circuit parameters.

Claims

1. A resonant DC converter, used to convert a DC input voltage into a DC output voltage in order to provide a load with power supply, comprising:

a front-end conversion circuit, comprising a half-bridge resonant DC conversion circuit and a voltage-type auto charge pump circuit, wherein the half-bridge resonant conversion circuit is provided with a positive voltage terminal and a negative voltage terminal at an input side respectively connecting a first active switching element and a second active switching element to a positive voltage terminal of a first inductor, the positive voltage terminal of the first inductor is coupled to one common node between the first active switching element and the second active switching element, a negative voltage terminal of the first inductor;

is coupled in series to a semi-resonant circuit of the voltage-type auto charge pump circuit, the semi-resonant circuit contains a second inductor and a first capacitor coupled with the second inductor in parallel, and the voltage-type auto charge pump circuit further includes a second capacitor coupled in series to the semi-resonant circuit; and

a transformer, wherein a primary side of the transformer is coupled to the front-end conversion circuit and to the second capacitor in parallel, a secondary side of the transformer is coupled to a rear-end conversion circuit which is electrically coupled with the front-end conversion circuit through the transformer.

2. The resonant DC converter of claim 1, wherein the secondary side of the transformer is coupled with the rear-end conversion circuit which is a full-bridge rectifier circuit constituted by four diodes and a capacitor.

3. The resonant DC converter of claim 1, wherein the secondary side of the transformer is coupled with the rear-end conversion circuit which is a double-voltage rectifier circuit constituted by two diodes and two capacitors.

4. The resonant DC converter of claim 1, wherein the transformer is a multi-winding transformer, and the secondary side of the transformer is coupled with the rear-end conversion circuit which is a rectifier circuit constituted by two diodes and one capacitor.

5. The resonant DC converter of claim 1, wherein the transformer is a multi-winding transformer, and the secondary side of the transformer is coupled with the rear-end conversion circuit which is a triple-voltage rectifier circuit constituted by four diodes and three capacitors.

6. The resonant DC converter of claim 1, wherein the transformer is a multi-winding transformer, and the secondary side of the transformer is coupled with the rear-end conversion circuit which is a four times-voltage rectifier circuit constituted by four diodes and four capacitors.

7. The resonant DC converter of claim 1, wherein the transformer is a multi-winding transformer, and the secondary side of the transformer is coupled with the rear-end conversion circuit which is a five times-voltage rectifier circuit constituted by six diodes and five capacitors.

8. The resonant DC converter of claim 1, wherein the transformer is a multi-winding transformer, and the secondary side of the transformer is coupled with the rear-end conversion circuit which is a six times-voltage rectifier circuit constituted by six diodes and six capacitors.

9. A resonant DC converter, used to convert a DC input voltage into a DC output voltage in order to provide a load with power supply, comprising:

a front-end conversion circuit, comprising a full-bridge resonant DC conversion circuit and a voltage-type auto charge pump circuit, wherein the full-bridge resonant conversion circuit is provided with a positive voltage terminal at an input side in coupling with a first active switching element and a second active switching element in parallel, and a negative voltage terminal at the input side in coupling with a third active switching element and a fourth active switching element in parallel, the first active switching element and the third active switching element are coupled in series with a positive voltage terminal of a first inductor, the positive voltage terminal of the first inductor is coupled with one common node between the first active switching element and the third active switching element, a negative voltage terminal of the first inductor is coupled in series to a semi-resonant circuit of the voltage-type auto charge pump circuit, the semi-resonant circuit contains a second inductor and a capacitor coupled with the second inductor in parallel, the voltage-type auto charge pump circuit further includes a second capacitor coupled in series with the semi-resonant circuit, and the second capacitor is coupled with one common node between the second active switching element and the fourth active switching element; and

a transformer, wherein a primary side of the transformer is coupled to the front-end conversion circuit and to the second capacitor in parallel, a secondary side of the transformer is coupled to a rear-end conversion circuit which is electrically coupled with the front-end conversion circuit through the transformer.

10. The resonant DC converter of claim 9, wherein the secondary side of the transformer is coupled with the rear-end conversion circuit which is a full-bridge rectifier circuit constituted by four diodes and a capacitor.

11. The resonant DC converter of claim 9, wherein the secondary side of the transformer is coupled with the rear-end conversion circuit which is a double-voltage rectifier circuit constituted by two diodes and two capacitors.

12. The resonant DC converter of claim 9, wherein the transformer is a multi-winding transformer, and the secondary side of the transformer is coupled with the rear-end conversion circuit which is a rectifier circuit constituted by two diodes and one capacitor.

13. The resonant DC converter of claim 9, wherein the transformer is a multi-winding transformer, and the secondary side of the transformer is coupled with the rear-end conversion circuit which is a triple-voltage rectifier circuit constituted by four diodes and three capacitors.

14. The resonant DC converter of claim 9, wherein the transformer is a multi-winding transformer, and the secondary side of the transformer is coupled with the rear-end conversion circuit which is a four times-voltage rectifier circuit constituted by four diodes and four capacitors.

15. The resonant DC converter of claim 9, wherein the transformer is a multi-winding transformer, and the secondary side of the transformer is coupled with the rear-end conversion circuit which is a five times-voltage rectifier circuit constituted by six diodes and five capacitors.

16. The resonant DC converter of claim 9, wherein the transformer is a multi-winding transformer, and the secondary side of the transformer is coupled with the rear-end conversion circuit which is a six times-voltage rectifier circuit constituted by six diodes and six capacitor.