ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION DEVICE

• US 20150162841A1
• Filed: 05/23/2013
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Masuda, Takuya, Sanuki, Maiya, Adachi, Masakazu, Kobayashi, Susumu, Masuda, Keisuke
• Granted Patent: US 9,209,698 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0074 Plural converter units whose inputs are connected in series
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0077 Plural converter units whose outputs are connected in series
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0093 wherein the output is created by adding a regulated voltage to or subtracting it from an unregulated input
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33507 with automatic control of the output voltage or current, e.g. flyback converters H02M3/33561, H02M3/33569 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33584 Bidirectional converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/3376 with automatic control of output voltage or current

Abstract

Electric power conversion device has first and second operation modes. First operation mode is of converting DC power from a first terminal into DC power having a desired voltage to be output to second terminal. Second operation mode is of converting DC power from the second terminal into DC power having a desired voltage to be output to first terminal. Switching section is configured to, in first operation mode, be turned on to cause short-circuiting between both ends of capacitor of rectifying circuit, and, in second operation mode, be turned off. First conversion part is configured to, in first operation mode, supply DC power-from first terminal, from first winding to second conversion part through a conversion circuit, and, in second operation mode, output to first terminal a voltage obtained by adding an output voltage of rectifying circuit to an output voltage of conversion circuit.

Claims

1. An electric power conversion device, comprising:

a transformer that is disposed between a first terminal and a second terminal;

a first conversion part that is disposed between the first terminal and a first winding of the transformer; and

a second conversion part that is disposed between the second terminal and a second winding of the transformer;

wherein the electric power conversion device has a first operation mode and a second operation mode,

the first operation mode being of converting DC power received from the first terminal into DC power having a desired voltage to be output to the second terminal,

the second operation mode being of converting DC power received from the second terminal into DC power having a desired voltage to be output to the first terminal,

wherein the first conversion part comprises;

a first conversion circuit that is configured to bidirectionally convert power between the first terminal and the first winding;

at least one first rectifying circuit that is configured to output DC power by receiving power supply from the first winding; and

at least one first switching section that is configured to switch a connection state of the first rectifying circuit with respect to the first terminal, based on the first operation mode or the second operation mode, and

wherein, by the first switching section switching the connection state of the first rectifying circuit, the first conversion part is configured to;

in the first operation mode, supply the DC power received from the first terminal into the second conversion part through the first conversion circuit and the transformer; and

in the second operation mode, output to the first terminal a voltage obtained by adding an output voltage of the first rectifying circuit to an output voltage of the first conversion circuit.

2. The electric power conversion device according to claim 1,

wherein the transformer comprises, as the first winding, a first main winding that is connected with the first conversion circuit, and a first auxiliary winding that is connected with the first rectifying circuit.

3. The electric power conversion device according to claim 2,

wherein the first conversion circuit comprises a first rectifier that is connected with the first main winding, and a first capacitor that is connected with a DC output of the first rectifier,

wherein the first rectifying circuit comprises a second rectifier that is connected with the first auxiliary winding, and a second capacitor that is connected with a DC output of the second rectifier,

wherein the first capacitor is connected in series with the second capacitor, a set of the first and second capacitors being connected to the first terminal, and

wherein the first switching section is a switching element that is connected between both ends of the second capacitor,

the first switching section being configured to, in the first operation mode, be turned on to cause short-circuiting between the both ends of the second capacitor, and, in the second operation mode, be turned off.

4. The electric power conversion device according to claim 3,

wherein the first rectifying circuit further comprises a first switch that is between the second capacitor and the first switching section,

the first rectifying circuit being configured to, in the first operation mode, turn off the first switch, and, in the second operation mode, turn on the first switch.

5. The electric power conversion device according to claim 4,

wherein the first and second capacitors have capacitances, depending on a turn ratio of the first main winding and the first auxiliary winding, so that electric charge amounts in the first and second capacitors are equal to each other in the second operation mode.

6. The electric power conversion device according to claim 1,

wherein the first rectifying circuit and the first conversion circuit are connected with the first terminal so that, in the second operation mode, a ripple generated in the output voltage of the first rectifying circuit has an inverse phase with respect to a phase of a ripple generated in the output voltage of the first conversion circuit.

7. The electric power conversion device according to claim 1,

wherein the at least one first rectifying circuit of the first conversion part comprises a plurality of first rectifying circuits, the at least one first switching section comprising a plurality of first switching sections, and

wherein, by the plurality of first switching sections respectively switching connection states of the plurality of first rectifying circuits with respect to the first terminal, the first conversion part is configured to, in the second operation mode, output to the first terminal a voltage obtained by adding an output voltage of at least one of the plurality of first rectifying circuits to the output voltage of the first conversion circuit.

8. The electric power conversion device according to claim 1,

wherein the second conversion part comprises:

a second conversion circuit that is configured to bidirectionally convert power between the second terminal and the second winding;

at least one second rectifying circuit that is configured to output DC power by receiving power supply from the second winding; and

at least one second switching section that is configured to switch a connection state of the second rectifying circuit with respect to the second terminal, based on the first operation mode or the second operation mode, and

wherein, by the second switching section switching the connection state of the second rectifying circuit, the second conversion part is configured to;

in the second operation mode, supply the DC power received from the second terminal into the first conversion part through the second conversion circuit and the transformer; and

in the first operation mode, output to the second terminal a voltage obtained by adding an output voltage of the second rectifying circuit to an output voltage of the second conversion circuit.

9. The electric power conversion device according to claim 8,

wherein the transformer comprises, as the second winding, a second main winding that is connected with the second conversion circuit, and a second auxiliary winding that is connected with the second rectifying circuit.

10. The electric power conversion device according to claim 9,

wherein the second conversion circuit comprises a third rectifier that is connected with the second main winding, and a third capacitor that is connected with a DC output of the third rectifier,

wherein the second rectifying circuit comprises a fourth rectifier that is connected with the second auxiliary winding, and a fourth capacitor that is connected with a DC output of the fourth rectifier,

wherein the third capacitor is connected in series with the fourth capacitor, a set of the third and fourth capacitors being connected to the second terminal, and

wherein the second switching section is a switching element that is connected between both ends of the fourth capacitor,

the second switching section being configured to, in the second operation mode, be turned on to cause short-circuiting between the both ends of the fourth capacitor, and, in the first operation mode, be turned off.

11. The electric power conversion device according to claim 10,

wherein the second rectifying circuit further comprises a second switch that is between the fourth capacitor and the second switching section,

the second rectifying circuit being configured to, in the second operation mode, turn off the second switch, and, in the first operation mode, turn on the second switch.

12. The electric power conversion device according to claim 11,

wherein the third and fourth capacitors have capacitances, depending on a turn ratio of the second main winding and the second auxiliary winding, so that electric charge amounts in the third and fourth capacitors are equal to each other in the first operation mode.

13. The electric power conversion device according to claim 8,

wherein the second rectifying circuit and the second conversion circuit are connected with the second terminal so that, in the first operation mode, a ripple generated in the output voltage of the second rectifying circuit has an inverse phase with respect to a phase of a ripple generated in the output voltage of the second conversion circuit.

14. The electric power conversion device according to claim 8,

wherein the at least one second rectifying circuit of the second conversion part comprises a plurality of second rectifying circuits, the at least one second switching section comprising a plurality of second switching sections, and

wherein, by the plurality of second switching sections respectively switching connection states of the plurality of second rectifying circuits with respect to the second terminal, the second conversion part is configured to, in the first operation mode, output to the second terminal a voltage obtained by adding an output voltage of at least one of the plurality of second rectifying circuits to the output voltage of the second conversion circuit.