REDUNDANT POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

• US 20190312449A1
• Filed: 02/21/2019
• Published: 10/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: MATSUSHITA, Naoto
• Granted Patent: US 10,992,165 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/03 for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems or for circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 1/08 Three-wire systems; Systems having more than three wires
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 1/102 being switching converters H02J1/108, H02J1/12 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/40 The network being an on-board power network, i.e. within a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0013 acting upon several batteries simultaneously or sequentially H02J7/1423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0025 Sequential battery discharge in systems with a plurality of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/00 Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/155 using semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/92 Energy efficient charging or discharging systems for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors specially adapted for vehicles

Abstract

The redundant power supply system, in which a predetermined power is supplied via a first DC-DC converter (DDC) to a first battery and a first load of a primary system and the predetermined power is supplied via a second DDC to a second battery and a second load of a secondary system independent of the primary system, includes: a first switching element interposed between the second DDC and the second battery; a first diode which is connected in parallel to the first switching element and performs rectification in a direction from the second battery toward the second DDC; and a control section which turns off the first switching element when the second battery is in a first state where a stored power amount thereof is not smaller than a predetermined first threshold value, and turns on the first switching element when a state other than the first state is assumed.

Claims

1. A redundant power supply system in which a predetermined power is supplied via a first DC-DC converter to a first battery and a first load of a primary system, and the predetermined power is supplied via a second DC-DC converter to a second battery and a second load of a secondary system independent of the primary system,

the redundant power supply system comprising:

a first switching element interposed between the second DC-DC converter and the second battery;

a first diode connected in parallel to the first switching element and configured to perform rectification in a direction from the second battery toward the second DC-DC converter; and

a control section configured to turn off the first switching element when the second battery is in a first state where a stored power amount thereof is equal to or larger than a predetermined first threshold value, and to turn on the first switching element when the second battery is in a state other than the first state.

2. The redundant power supply system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second switching element interposed between the second DC-DC converter and the second battery so as to be connected in series to the first switching element; and

a second diode connected in parallel to the second switching element and configured to perform rectification in a direction from the second DC-DC converter toward the second battery, wherein

the control section

turns off the second switching element when the second battery is in a second state where the stored power amount thereof is equal to or smaller than a predetermined second threshold value which is smaller than the first threshold value, and

turns on the second switching element when the second battery is in a state other than the second state.

3. The redundant power supply system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a power storage section; and

a third DC-DC converter via which the second battery and the power storage section are connected to each other so as to be chargeable and dischargeable, wherein,

in the first state where the first switching element is turned off, the control section causes the third DC-DC converter to discharge, with use of the power storage section, a part of power stored in the second battery, thereby determining a deterioration state of the second battery.

4. The redundant power supply system according to claim 1, further comprising a third DC-DC converter via which the second battery and the first battery are connected to each other so as to be chargeable and dischargeable, wherein,

in the first state where the first switching element is turned off, the control section causes the third DC-DC converter to discharge, with use of the first battery, a part of power stored in the second battery, thereby determining a deterioration state of the second battery.

5. The redundant power supply system according to claim 1, wherein

a structure in which the first switching element and the first diode are connected in parallel, and a structure in which the second switching element and the second diode are connected in parallel, are each implemented by a field effect transistor having a body diode formed between a source and a drain.

6. The redundant power supply system according to claim 2, wherein

a structure in which the first switching element and the first diode are connected in parallel, and a structure in which the second switching element and the second diode are connected in parallel, are each implemented by a field effect transistor having a body diode formed between a source and a drain.

7. The redundant power supply system according to claim 3, wherein

a structure in which the first switching element and the first diode are connected in parallel, and a structure in which the second switching element and the second diode are connected in parallel, are each implemented by a field effect transistor having a body diode formed between a source and a drain.

8. The redundant power supply system according to claim 4, wherein

a structure in which the first switching element and the first diode are connected in parallel, and a structure in which the second switching element and the second diode are connected in parallel, are each implemented by a field effect transistor having a body diode formed between a source and a drain.

9. The redundant power supply system according to claim 2, further comprising:

a power storage section; and

a third DC-DC converter via which the second battery and the power storage section are connected to each other so as to be chargeable and dischargeable, wherein,

in the first state where the first switching element is turned off, the control section causes the third DC-DC converter to discharge, with use of the power storage section, a part of power stored in the second battery, thereby determining a deterioration state of the second battery.

10. The redundant power supply system according to claim 2, further comprising a third DC-DC converter via which the second battery and the first battery are connected to each other so as to be chargeable and dischargeable, wherein,

in the first state where the first switching element is turned off, the control section causes the third DC-DC converter to discharge, with use of the first battery, a part of power stored in the second battery, thereby determining a deterioration state of the second battery.

11. The redundant power supply system according to claim 9, wherein

a structure in which the first switching element and the first diode are connected in parallel, and a structure in which the second switching element and the second diode are connected in parallel, are each implemented by a field effect transistor having a body diode formed between a source and a drain.

12. The redundant power supply system according to claim 10, wherein

a structure in which the first switching element and the first diode are connected in parallel, and a structure in which the second switching element and the second diode are connected in parallel, are each implemented by a field effect transistor having a body diode formed between a source and a drain.