Device for control of the oscillating circuit of a voltage inverter operating under quasi-resonance with pulse modulation regulation

• US 5,486,994 A
• Filed: 03/11/1994
• Issued: 01/23/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electricitã© De France
• Original Assignee: Electricitã© De France
• Inventors: Elloumi, Khaled, Pouliquen, Herve
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, MATTHEW VAN
• Application Number:
  US08/208,524
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• Field of Search: 363/16, 363/17, 363/18, 363/97, 363/98, 363/131, 363/132, 323/222, 323/282, 323/235, 323/319
• US Class Current: 363/98
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/4826 operating from a resonant DC source, i.e. the DC input voltage varies periodically, e.g. resonant DC-link inverters

Abstract

Pulse width modulation quasi-resonant voltage inverter including a bridge (2) and an oscillating circuit consisting of an inductance (5) in series with the voltage source (1) and of a capacitor (6) in parallel with the bridge (2), the sampling period was much greater than the resonance period, characterized in that it includes a controlled component operating in blocked/saturated mode (7) in parallel with the capacitor (6) and a voltage sensor (8) parallel with the capacitor (6), the component (7) being controlled by the sensor (8) so as to short-circuit the capacitor (6) when the voltage across the latter'"'"'s terminals is zero and to enable the transitions of the signal for control of the pulse width modulation regulation.

Claims

1. Voltage inverter operating under quasi-resonance with pulse width modulation regulation, including a monophase or polyphase bridge (2) with controlled components (3) operating in blocked/saturated (energizing/de-energizing) mode under control of a control signal, and an oscillating circuit arranged on a DC voltage side and consisting of an inductance (5) in series with a DC voltage source (1) and a capacitor (6) connected in parallel with the controlled-component bridge (2), in which pulse width modulation regulation is carried out, a sampling period for which is much greater than a resonance period of the oscillating circuit, characterized in that said inverter includes a switching element (7) for sustaining resonance and comprising a plurality of series-connected controlled components (9) operating in blocked/saturated mode, said switching element being connected in parallel with the capacitor (6) of the oscillating circuit and a voltage sensor (8) connected in parallel with the capacitor (6) of the oscillating circuit, said resonance switching element (7) being controlled by said voltage sensor (8) so as to short-circuit the capacitor (6) of the oscillating circuit when the voltage across the terminals of the capacitor is zero and to enable the transitions of the signal for control of the pulse width modulation regulation.

2. Voltage inverter operating under quasi-resonance according to claim 1, characterized in that the series of controlled components (9) consists of bipolar transistors.

3. Voltage inverter operating under quasi-resonance according to claim 1, characterized in that the series of controlled components (9) consists of insulated-gate bipolar transistors.

4. Voltage inverter operating under quasi-resonance according to claim 1, characterized in that the series of controlled components (9) consists of MOS transistors.

5. Voltage inverter operating under quasi-resonance according to claim 1, characterized in that said inverter includes a clipper (8, 12-15) joined in parallel with the capacitor (6) of the oscillating circuit, said clipper limiting the voltage across the terminals of the capacitor of the oscillating circuit to a threshold voltage.

6. Voltage inverter operating under quasi-resonance according to claim 5, characterized in that said clipper consists of a series circuit consisting of a clipping capacitor (13) and of a controlled interrupter (14) consisting of a controlled component operating in blocked/saturated mode and furnished with an anti-parallel-configured diode (15), said series circuit being joined in parallel with the inductance (5) of the oscillating circuit, the controlled interrupter (14) being controlled by the voltage sensor (8) joined across the terminals of the capacitor (6) of the oscillating circuit so as to place said clipping capacitor (13) in parallel with the inductance (5) when the sensor detects a voltage greater than the threshold voltage.

7. Voltage inverter operating under quasi-resonance according to claim 1, characterized in that said inverter includes a diode element (11) which consists of diodes in parallel and which is joined in antiparallel configuration to the controlled component (7) charged with sustaining the resonance (6) of the oscillating circuit.