DC-DC converter having parallel converter circuits

• US 5,267,136 A
• Filed: 11/12/1991
• Issued: 11/30/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Suga, Ikuro, Koyama, Masato
• Primary Examiner(s): STERRETT, JEFFREY L
• Application Number:
  US07/790,270
• Time in Patent Office: 749 Days
• Field of Search: 307/74, 307/75, 307/82, 307/5, 307/6, 323/268, 323/269, 323/270, 323/271, 323/272, 363/20, 363/21, 363/59, 363/60, 363/62, 363/65, 363/71
• US Class Current: 363/65
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/563 including two stages of regulation at least one of which is output level responsive, e.g. coarse and fine regulation
• 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 3/285 Single converters with a plurality of output stages connected in parallel parallel operation of a plurality of converters in dc distribution networks H02J1/10
• 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

Abstract

A DC-DC converter for outputting dc voltage whose peak value is higher than an input dc voltage value and high-frequency voltage corresponding to a command value is superimposed. An insulated switching power supply 27 and a series regulator 26 are connected in parallel to a dc power supply 1. The insulated switching power supply 27 generates output voltage V₂ having a certain level, and the series regulator 26, output voltage V₁ whose voltage varies depending on a command value (command voltage varying at a high frequency). Then, the sum of the output voltages V₁ and V₂ is fed to the load 9.

Claims

1. A DC-DC converter connected between a dc power supply and a load, comprising:

a first converter circuit which converts input voltage fed from said dc power supply according to a rapidly varying first command signal and generates a lower output voltage than said input voltage, said circuit having a pair of input terminals connected to said dc power supply and a pair of output terminals for outputting said output voltage; and

at least one second converter circuit which receives input voltage from said dc power supply and generates a constant output voltage converted at a given ratio, said second converter circuit having a pair of input terminals connected to said dc power supply and a pair of output terminals for outputting said constant output voltage;

said pairs of input terminals of said first and second converter circuits being connected in parallel to said dc power supply, and said output terminals of each circuit being connected in series to said load so that the sum of their output voltages is supplied to said load.

2. A DC-DC converter according to claim 1, wherein said second converter circuit includes an insulated switching power supply capable of stepping up or down said input voltage according to a second command signal, and said first converter circuit includes a series regulator whose input is provided with a filter for eliminating ripple voltage that is included in said input voltage fed from said dc power supply by influence of said switching power supply.

3. A DC-DC converter according to claim 2 wherein said insulated switching power supply capable of stepping up or down said input voltage is a forward converter.

4. A DC-DC converter according to claim 2 wherein said insulated switching power supply capable of stepping up or down said input volatage is a flyback converter.

5. A DC-DC converter according to claim 1 wherein said at least one second converter circuit includes at least one switched capacitor circuit for generating output voltage of almost the same voltage as that of said input voltage fed from said dc power supply, and said first converter circuit includes a series regulator whose input terminal is provided with a filter for eliminating ripple voltage that is includes in said input voltage from said dc power supply by influence of said swtiched capacitor circuit.

6. A DC-DC converter according to claim 1 wherein said at least one second converter circuit includes at least one switched capacitor circuit capable of stepping down said input voltage at a given ratio, and said first converter circuit includes a series regulator whose input terminal is provided with a filter for eliminating ripple voltage that is included in said input voltage from said dc power supply by the influence of said switched capacitor circuit.

7. A DC-DC converter according to claim 1, wherein the load is a saturation-type amplifier of a portable telephone set as a drain voltage control power supply for supplying drain voltage to an output-stage field effect transistor in said saturation-type amplifier for amplifying high-frequency power, thus implementing high-frequency power amplification based on a drain voltage control.

8. A DC-DC converter according to claim 1 further comprising:

means for detecting input voltage fed from said dc power supply and suspending the operation of said second converter circuit when said input voltage is higher than a given voltage to be supplied to said load.