Staggered parallel three-level DC/DC converter and AC/DC converter

• US 9,520,792 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2013
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: He, Bo, Lv, Yihang, Jie, Weiping
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhang, Jue
• Application Number:
  US14/141,811
• Publication Number:
  US 20140111016A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,082 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/01 Resonant DC/DC converters
• 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 3/335 using semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33569 having several active switching elements H02M3/3353 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/487 Neutral point clamped inverters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/10 Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes

Abstract

A staggered parallel three-level DC/DC converter and an AC/DC converter includes: at least one input power supply, N-phase three-level DC/DC circuits, N resonant inductors, N resonant capacitors, N transformers, N rectifier circuits, a first inductor, and an output circuit; one end of an i th resonant inductor is connected to an i th-phase three-level DC/DC circuit, the other end of the i th resonant inductor is connected to an excitation inductor of an i th transformer; one end of an i th resonant capacitor is connected to the i th-phase three-level DC/DC circuit, and the other end of the i th resonant capacitor is connected to the excitation inductor of the i th transformer; or one end of the first inductor is connected to the input power supply, and the other end of the first inductor is connected to the N-phase three-level DC/DC circuit; where N is an integer and is greater than or equal to 2, and i is an integer and 1≦i≦N.

Claims

1. A staggered parallel three-level DC/DC converter, comprising:

at least one input power supply;

N-phase three-level DC/DC circuits, N resonant inductors, N resonant capacitors, N transformers, and N rectifier circuits;

a first inductor; and

an output circuit;

wherein one end of an i th resonant inductor is connected to an i th-phase three-level DC/DC circuit, and the other end of the i th resonant inductor is connected to an excitation inductor of an i th transformer;

wherein one end of an i th resonant capacitor is connected to the i th-phase three-level DC/DC circuit, and the other end of the i th resonant capacitor is connected to the excitation inductor of the i th transformer;

wherein one end of the first inductor is connected to one input end of the output circuit, the other end of the first inductor is connected to one output end of each of the N transformers via one of the corresponding N rectifier circuits that are respectively connected to the N transformers, and another output end of each of the N transformers is connected to another input end of the output circuit;

wherein N is an integer and is greater than or equal to 2;

wherein i is an integer and 1≦

i≦

N; and

wherein each i th-phase three-level DC/DC circuit comprises;

a first voltage dividing unit, a second voltage dividing unit, a first diode, a second diode, a first inverter, a second inverter, a third inverter, and a fourth inverter, wherein;

the first voltage dividing unit and the second voltage dividing unit are connected in series;

the first diode and the second diode are connected in series;

the first inverter, the second inverter, the third inverter, and the fourth inverter are in series connected in sequence;

the positive end of the first inverter is connected to one end of the first voltage dividing unit, and the negative end of the first inverter is connected to the cathode of the first diode;

the positive end of the second inverter is connected to the cathode of the first diode, and the negative end of the second inverter is connected to one end of the i th resonant inductor;

the positive end of the third inverter is connected to one end of the i th resonant inductor, and the negative end of the third inverter is connected to the anode of the second diode; and

the positive end of the fourth inverter is connected to the anode of the second diode, and the negative end of the fourth inverter is connected to one end of the second voltage dividing unit.

2. The staggered parallel three-level DC/DC converter according to claim 1, wherein the i th-phase three-level DC/DC circuit further comprises:

a first drive unit, connected to the first inverter and configured to output a first drive signal to the first inverter;

a second drive unit, connected to the second inverter and configured to output a second drive signal to the second inverter;

a third drive unit, connected to the third inverter and configured to output a third drive signal to the third inverter; and

a fourth drive unit, connected to the fourth inverter and configured to output a fourth drive signal to the fourth inverter;

wherein, the first drive signal and the second drive signal are complementary, the third drive signal and the fourth drive signal are complementary, time for turning off a power switch in the first drive signal is earlier than time for turning off a power switch in the second drive signal, and time for turning off a power switch in the fourth drive signal is earlier than time for turning off a power switch in the third drive signal.

3. The staggered parallel three-level DC/DC converter according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of drive signals in each-phase three-level DC/DC circuit is staggered by M degrees from each other, and M=360/2N.

4. The staggered parallel three-level DC/DC converter according to claim 1, wherein:

one end of the i th resonant inductor is connected to the i th-phase three-level DC/DC circuit, and the other end of the i th resonant inductor is connected to the excitation inductor of the i th transformer;

that one end of the i th resonant capacitor is connected to the i th-phase three-level DC/DC circuit and the other end of the i th resonant capacitor is connected to the excitation inductor of the i th transformer comprises;

one end of the i th resonant capacitor being connected to the other end of the excitation inductor of the i th transformer, and the other end of the i th resonant capacitor being connected to the anode of the first diode, the cathode of the second diode, the other end of the first voltage dividing unit, and the other end of the second voltage dividing unit.

5. The staggered parallel three-level DC/DC converter according to claim 1, wherein each converter comprises:

a power switch, a body diode, and a junction capacitor, wherein the power switch, the body diode, and the junction capacitor are connected in parallel.

6. The staggered parallel three-level DC/DC converter according to claim 1, wherein the rectifier circuits are central tap full-wave rectifier circuits or bridge rectifier circuits.

7. The staggered parallel three-level DC/DC converter according to claim 6, wherein each of the rectifier circuits is formed by a rectifier diode or a power switch.

8. An AC/DC (alternating current/direct current) converter, comprising:

a power factor rectifier circuit; and

a staggered parallel three-level DC/DC (direct current/direct current) converter which comprises;

at least one input power supply, N-phase three-level DC/DC circuits, N resonant inductors, N resonant capacitors, N transformers, N rectifier circuits, a first inductor, and an output circuit;

wherein one end of an i th resonant inductor is connected to an i th-phase three-level DC/DC circuit, and the other end of the i th resonant inductor is connected to an excitation inductor of an i th transformer;

wherein one end of an i th resonant capacitor is connected to the i th-phase three-level DC/DC circuit, and the other end of the i th resonant capacitor is connected to the excitation inductor of the i th transformer;

wherein one end of the first inductor is connected to one input end of the output circuit, the other end of the first inductor is connected to one output end of each of the N transformers via one of the corresponding N rectifier circuits that are respectively connected to the N transformers, and another output end of each of the N transformers is connected to another input end of the output circuit;

wherein N is an integer and is greater than or equal to 2;

wherein i is an integer and 1≦

i ≦

N; and

wherein each i th-phase three-level DC/DC circuit comprises;

a first voltage dividing unit, a second voltage dividing unit, a first diode, a second diode, a first inverter, a second inverter, a third inverter, and a fourth inverter, wherein;

the first voltage dividing unit and the second voltage dividing unit are connected in series;

the first diode and the second diode are connected in series;

the first inverter, the second inverter, the third inverter, and the fourth inverter are in series connected in sequence;

the positive end of the first inverter is connected to one end of the first voltage dividing unit, and the negative end of the first inverter is connected to the cathode of the first diode;

the positive end of the second inverter is connected to the cathode of the first diode, and the negative end of the second inverter is connected to one end of the i th resonant inductor;

the positive end of the third inverter is connected to one end of the i th resonant inductor, and the negative end of the third inverter is connected to the anode of the second diode; and

the positive end of the fourth inverter is connected to the anode of the second diode, and the negative end of the fourth inverter is connected to one end of the second voltage dividing unit.

9. The AC/DC converter according to claim 8, wherein the i th-phase three-level DC/DC circuit further comprises:

a first drive unit, connected to the first inverter and configured to output a first drive signal to the first inverter;

a second drive unit, connected to the second inverter and configured to output a second drive signal to the second inverter;

a third drive unit, connected to the third inverter and configured to output a third drive signal to the third inverter; and

a fourth drive unit, connected to the fourth inverter and configured to output a fourth drive signal to the fourth inverter;

wherein, the first drive signal and the second drive signal are complementary;

the third drive signal and the fourth drive signal are complementary;

time for turning off a power switch in the first drive signal is earlier than time for turning off a power switch in the second drive signal; and

, time for turning off a power switch in the fourth drive signal is earlier than time for turning off a power switch in the third drive signal.

10. The AC/DC converter according to claim 9, wherein a plurality of drive signals in each-phase three-level DC/DC circuit is staggered by M degrees from each other, and M=360/2N.

11. The AC/DC converter according to claim 8, wherein:

one end of the i th resonant inductor is connected to the i th-phase three-level DC/DC circuit, and the other end of the i th resonant inductor is connected to the excitation inductor of the i th transformer;

that one end of the i th resonant capacitor is connected to the i th-phase three-level DC/DC circuit and the other end of the i th resonant capacitor is connected to the excitation inductor of the i th transformer comprises;

tone end of the i th resonant capacitor being connected to the other end of the excitation inductor of the i th transformer, and the other end of the i th resonant capacitor being connected to the anode of the first diode, the cathode of the second diode, the other end of the first voltage dividing unit, and the other end of the second voltage dividing unit.

12. The AC/DC converter according to claim 8, wherein each converter comprises:

a power switch, a body diode, and a junction capacitor, wherein the power switch, the body diode, and the junction capacitor are connected in parallel.

13. The AC/DC converter according to claim 8, wherein the rectifier circuits are central tap full-wave rectifier circuits or bridge rectifier circuits.

14. The AC/DC converter according to claim 13, wherein each of the rectifier circuits is formed by a rectifier diode or a power switch.