DC-DC converter

• US 9,425,695 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Shinohara, Hidenori, Nakazawa, Tatsuya, Fukumasu, Keisuke, Yamashita, Yoshiharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Berhane, Adolf
• Assistant Examiner(s): DEMISSE, AFEWORK S
• Application Number:
  US14/419,067
• Publication Number:
  US 20150194898A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,152 Days
• Field of Search: 363/17, 361/623
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/44 Circuits or arrangements for compensating for electromagnetic interference in converters or inverters
• 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 3/33576 having at least one active switching element at the secondary side of an isolation transformer
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20927 Liquid coolant without phase change
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 9/0037 Housings with compartments containing a PCB, e.g. partitioning walls
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

There is provided a device in which superimposition of noise radiated from a circuit is reduced, and a noise reducing effect of a filter is ensured. A DC-DC converter according to the present invention includes a transformer, a high voltage-side switching circuit section, a low voltage-side switching circuit section, a noise filter circuit section electrically disposed between the low voltage-side switching circuit section and the low voltage-side circuit section, a metallic case that houses the transformer, the high voltage-side switching circuit section, the low voltage-side switching circuit section, and the noise filter circuit section, a drive circuit board having a drive circuit that drives the low voltage-side switching circuit section, and a metallic base board having the drive circuit board mounted thereon. The case has a metallic partition wall connected to the case. The partition wall is disposed between the low voltage-side switching circuit section and the noise filter circuit section. The partition wall is connected to the base board.

Claims

1. A DC-DC converter comprising:

a transformer;

a high voltage-side switching circuit section electrically disposed between the transformer and a high voltage-side circuit section;

a low voltage-side switching circuit section electrically disposed between the transformer and a low voltage-side circuit section;

a noise filter circuit section electrically disposed between the low voltage-side switching circuit section and the low voltage-side circuit section;

a metallic case that houses the transformer, the high voltage-side switching circuit section, the low voltage-side switching circuit section, and the noise filter circuit section;

a drive circuit board having a drive circuit that drives the low voltage-side switching circuit section; and

a metallic base board having the drive circuit board mounted thereon,

wherein the case has a metallic partition wall disposed in an interior portion of the case and connected to the case;

the partition wall is disposed between, and completely separates from each other, the low voltage-side switching circuit section and the noise filter circuit section; and

the partition wall is connected to the base board.

2. The DC-DC converter according to claim 1,

wherein the base board is disposed at a position opposite a bottom surface of the case, which interpose the low voltage-side switching circuit section.

3. The DC-DC converter according to claim 1,

wherein the low voltage-side switching circuit section includes a first bus bar;

the transformer includes a second bus bar, and the low voltage-side switching circuit section is disposed on a bottom surface of the case;

the transformer is disposed on the bottom surface of the case at a side of the low voltage-side switching circuit section;

the first bus bar is provided erect from the low voltage-side switching circuit section to bend toward a direction in which the transformer is arranged;

the low voltage-side switching circuit section and the transformer are electrically coupled by bonding the first and the second bus bars; and

a bonded section between the first and the second bus bars is formed so that an end side surface of the first bus bar and an end side surface of the second bus bar are laminated while facing the base board.

4. The DC-DC converter according to claim 1,

wherein the case includes a ground terminal for grounding;

and

a connection section between the partition wall and the base board is positioned in a space between the noise filter circuit section and the ground terminal.

5. The DC-DC converter according to claim 1, comprising a metallic presser board that presses the transformer toward the bottom surface of the case,

wherein the presser board is disposed in a space between the base board and the transformer.