Power conversion apparatus and solar power generation system

• US 20040223351A1
• Filed: 04/26/2004
• Published: 11/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Takehara, Nobuyoshi, Toyomura, Fumitaka, Kurokami, Seiji
• Application Number:
  US10/831,321
• Publication Number:
  US 20040223351A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 363/65
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/35 with light sensitive cells
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0077 Plural converter units whose outputs are connected in series
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/28 using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate ac
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/56 Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers

Abstract

In a power conversion apparatus having a plurality of transformers, each of the plurality of transformers includes an input terminal having a first polarity, an input terminal having a second polarity, a wiring unit to connect one end of a primary winding of the transformer to the input terminal having the first polarity and the other end of the primary winding of the transformer to the input terminal having the second polarity, and a switching element which is arranged in series between the wiring unit and the other end to control voltage application to the primary winding of the transformer. Part of the wiring unit is connected to one end or the other end to surround the transformer connected to the wiring unit. A solar power generation system includes a solar cell and the above power conversion apparatus.

Claims

1. A power conversion apparatus having a plurality of transformers, each of said plurality of transformers comprising:

an input terminal having a first polarity;

an input terminal having a second polarity;

a wiring unit to connect one end of a primary winding of said transformer to said input terminal having the first polarity and the other end of the primary winding of said transformer to said input terminal having the second polarity; and

a switching element which is arranged in series between said wiring unit and said other end to control voltage application to the primary winding of said transformer,

wherein part of said wiring unit is connected to one of said one end and said other end to surround said transformer connected to said wiring unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said one end and said other end of the primary winding of said transformer are arranged to oppose with respect to a core of said transformer, and

said one end of said transformer is more separated from said input terminal than said other end.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said one end and said other end of the primary winding of said transformer are arranged to oppose with respect to a core of said transformer, and

said other end of said transformer is more separated from said input terminal than said one end.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a control circuit which is arranged between two of said plurality of transformers to control an operation of said switching element.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transformer is a push-pull transformer, and

a first end which is one end of a first primary winding of the primary windings and is connected to said input terminal having the first polarity and a second end which is one end of a second primary winding and is connected to said input terminal having the first polarity are connected to said input terminal having the first polarity by part of said wiring unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transformer is a push-pull transformer, and the first other end which is other end of a first primary winding of the primary windings and is connected to said input terminal having the second polarity and the second other end which is other end of a second primary winding and is connected to said input terminal having the second polarity are connected to said input terminal having the second polarity by part of said wiring unit.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a power from a solar cell is input to said input terminals.

8. A solar power generation system comprising a solar cell and a power conversion apparatus of claim 1.