Synchronous voltage modulation circuit for resonant power converter

• US 20070297198A1
• Filed: 01/16/2007
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Acbel Polytech Incorporated, Zcbel Polytech Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acbel Polytech Incorporated
• Inventors: Chang, Shun-Te
• Application Number:
  US11/654,227
• Publication Number:
  US 20070297198A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 363/17
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/01 Resonant DC/DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33561 having more than one ouput with independent control
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33571 Half-bridge at primary side of an isolation transformer
• 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 synchronous voltage modulation circuit for resonance power converter has a resonance current extracting unit and at least one duty cycle modulation circuit. The resonance current extracting unit extracts the resonance current of the transformer for each duty cycle modulation circuit. The duty cycle modulation circuit controls the conduction period of the electronic switch on the secondary side of the transformer according to the power usage of the load connected to the power output and the resonance frequency of the resonance current on the transformer detected by the resonance current extracting unit. The conduction period increases or decreases symmetrically with respect to the central axis. The power converter output of the resonance power converter converter forms a closed loop control, thereby providing stable power to its load.

Claims

1. A power converter, comprising:

a transformer having a primary side and at least one secondary side;

at least one electronic switch each of which is connected to the corresponding secondary side;

a resonant controller connected to the primary side;

at least one power output connected to output of the secondary side;

a resonant current extracting unit adapted to couple to the transformer for extracting the resonant current waveform of the transformer; and

at least one duty cycle modulation circuit, each of which is connected to the corresponding power output, and to the resonant current extracting unit, and to the corresponding electronic switches to control a conduction period of the corresponding electronic switches according to voltage of the corresponding power output and the resonant current extracting unit;

wherein each of the at least one duty cycle modulation circuit comprises;

a period modulator, which is connected to the corresponding electronic switches on the secondary side of the transformer; and

an output voltage detector, whose input terminal is connected to the corresponding power output to obtain a voltage variation thereon, and whose output terminal is connected to the period modulator for outputting a relative voltage for the power output to the period modulator, wherein the period modulator further controls the conduction period of each electronic switch according to the relative voltage for the power output.

2. The power converter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the output voltage detector is a negative feedback circuit comprised of an operational amplifier, comprising

two input terminals, wherein one is connected to the corresponding power output;

and

an output terminal connected to one of input terminals of the operational amplifier and the corresponding electronic switch on the secondary side.

3. The power converter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the output voltage detector comprises a negative feedback circuit comprised of an operational amplifier, which comprises:

two input terminals, wherein one is connected to the corresponding power output; and

an output terminal of the operational amplifier connected to the other input terminals of the operational amplifier, a reference voltage circuit used to provide a fixed reference voltage, and the corresponding electronic switch on the secondary side.

4. The power converter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the output voltage detector comprises a comparator whose one input terminal is connected to the corresponding power output, whose other terminal is connected to a reference voltage circuit used to provide a fixed reference voltage, and whose input terminals are connected to input terminals of the period modulator.

5. The power converter as claimed in claim 3, wherein the reference voltage circuit comprises a voltage regulator and a voltage divider, the voltage divider being connected to an input of the voltage regulator for providing the fixed reference voltage to the input terminal.

6. The power converter as claimed in claim 4, wherein the reference voltage circuit comprises a voltage regulator and a voltage divider, the voltage divider being connected to and input of the voltage regulator for providing the fixed reference voltage to the input terminal.

7. The power converter as claimed in claim 2, wherein the period modulator comprises a comparator whose two input terminals are connected respectively to the output terminal of the output voltage detector and the resonance current extracting unit and whose output terminal is connected to the corresponding electronic switches of the secondary side.

8. The power converter as claimed in claim 3, wherein the period modulator comprises a comparator whose two input terminals are connected respectively to the output terminal of the output voltage detector and the resonance current extracting unit and whose output terminal is connected to the corresponding electronic switches of the secondary side.

9. The power converter as claimed in claim 4, wherein the period modulator comprises a comparator whose two input terminals are connected respectively to the output terminal of the output voltage detector and the resonance current extracting unit and whose output terminal is connected to the corresponding electronic switches of the secondary side.

10. The power converter as claimed in claim 5, wherein the period modulator comprises a comparator whose two input terminals are connected respectively to the output terminal of the output voltage detector and the resonance current extracting unit and whose output terminal is connected to the corresponding electronic switches of the secondary side.

11. The power converter as claimed in claim 6, wherein the period modulator comprises a comparator whose two input terminals are connected respectively to the output terminal of the output voltage detector and the resonance current extracting unit and whose output terminal is connected to the corresponding electronic switches of the secondary side.

12. The power converter as claimed in claim 10, wherein the output terminal of the period modulator is connected to a driver of the corresponding electronic switches via a Schottky diode.

13. The power converter as claimed in claim 11, wherein the output terminal of the period modulator is connected to a driver of the corresponding electronic switches via a Schottky diode.

14. The power converter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the resonant current extracting unit is adapted to couple to the primary side of the transformer.

15. The power converter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the resonant current extracting unit is adapted to couple to the corresponding secondary side of the transformer.

16. The power converter as claimed in claim 14, wherein the resonant current extracting unit comprises:

a first coil connected in series to the transformer for extracting the resonance current thereon; and

a second coil, which induces the resonant current on the first coil to produce an inductance current, converts the inductance current using a full-wave rectifier and a resistor connected in parallel to output terminals to provide a corresponding voltage, and outputs the voltage to the input terminal of the period modulator.

17. The power converter as claimed in claim 15, wherein the resonance current extracting unit comprises:

a first coil connected in series to the transformer r for extracting the resonance current thereon; and

a second coil, which induces the resonance current on the first coil to produce an inductance current, converts the inductance current using a full-wave rectifier and a resistor connected in parallel to output terminals to provide a corresponding voltage, and outputs the voltage to the input terminal of the period modulator.

18. The power converter as claimed in claim 14, wherein the resonant current extracting unit comprises a resistor connected to the transformer for outputting the resonance current thereof to the period modulator.

19. The power converter as claimed in claim 15, wherein the resonant current extracting unit comprises a resistor connected to the transformer for outputting the resonance current thereof to the period modulator.

20. A power converter, comprising:

a transformer having a primary side and at least one secondary side;

at least one electronic switch each of which is connected to the corresponding secondary side;

a resonant controller connected to the primary side;

at least one power output connected to output of the secondary side;

a resonant current extracting unit adapted to couple to the transformer for extracting the resonant current waveform of the transformer; and

at least one duty cycle modulation circuit, each of which is connected to the corresponding power output, and to the resonant current extracting unit, and to the corresponding electronic switches to control a conduction period of the corresponding electronic switches according to voltage of the corresponding power output and the resonant current extracting unit;

wherein each of the at least one duty cycle modulation circuit comprises a period modulator, which is connected to the corresponding electronic switches on the secondary side of the transformer.

21. The power converter as claimed in claim 20, wherein the period modulator comprises a comparator whose two input terminals are connected respectively to the output terminal of the output voltage detector and the resonance current extracting unit, and whose output terminal is connected to the corresponding electronic switches of the secondary side.

22. The power converter as claimed in claim 20, wherein the resonant current extracting unit comprises:

a first coil connected in series to the transformer for extracting the resonance current thereon; and

a second coil, which induces the resonant current on the first coil to produce an inductance current, converts the inductance current using a full-wave rectifier and a resistor connected in parallel to output terminals to provide a corresponding voltage, and outputs the voltage to the input terminal of the period modulator.

23. The power converter as claimed in claim 21, wherein the resonant current extracting unit comprises:

a first coil connected in series to the transformer for extracting the resonance current thereon; and

a second coil, which induces the resonant current on the first coil to produce an inductance current, converts the inductance current using a full-wave rectifier and a resistor connected in parallel to output terminals to provide a corresponding voltage, and outputs the voltage to the input terminal of the period modulator.

24. The power converter as claimed in claim 20, wherein the resonant current extracting unit comprises a resistor connected to the transformer for outputting the resonance current thereof to the period modulator.

25. The power converter as claimed in claim 21, wherein the resonant current extracting unit comprises a resistor connected to the transformer for outputting the resonance current thereof to the period modulator.

26. The power converter as claimed in claim 21, wherein the output terminal of the comparator is connected to a driver of the corresponding electronic switches via a Schottky diode.