POWER CONVERSION DEVICE, ISOLATED DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND ISOLATED DRIVING METHOD

• US 20150168983A1
• Filed: 12/15/2014
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Delta Electronics Company Limited (Delta Electronics Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Delta Electronics Company Limited (Delta Electronics Incorporated)
• Inventors: YIN, Guo-Dong, KE, Zhong-Wei, CHEN, Yun-Hui
• Application Number:
  US14/571,253
• Publication Number:
  US 20150168983A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0085 Partially controlled bridges
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/08 Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/4225 using a non-isolated boost converter
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/61 using transformer coupling
• 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 power conversion device, an isolated driving circuit, and an isolated driving method are disclosed herein. The isolated driving circuit includes a control module, a transformer, a rectifying circuit, and a driving auxiliary circuit. The control module is configured to generate a first pulse width modulation (PWM) signal and a second PWM signal according to the output signal. The transformer is configured to receive the first and second pulse PWM signals to generate a first control signal. The rectifying circuit is configured to generate a second control signal according to the first control signal. The driving auxiliary circuit is configured to generate a driving control signal according to the second control signal to drive the at least one power switch.

Claims

1. An isolated driving circuit for driving a power converter, wherein the power converter comprises a driving ground, a reference ground and at least one power switch, the power converter being configured to generate an output signal according to an input signal, the output signal being electrically coupled to the reference ground, and the at least one power switch being electrically coupled to the driving ground, the isolated driving circuit comprising:

a control module configured to generate a first pulse width modulation signal and a second pulse width modulation signal according to the output signal;

a transformer configured to receive the first pulse width modulation signal and the second pulse width modulation signal to generate a first control signal;

a rectifying circuit configured to generate a second control signal according to the first control signal; and

a driving auxiliary circuit configured to generate a driving control signal according to the second control signal, so as to drive the at least one power switch.

2. The isolated driving circuit of claim 1, wherein a voltage level of the driving ground is varied when the at least one power switch is turned on and off, or the voltage level of the driving ground is varied during a positive period and a negative period of the input signal when the input signal is an AC signal.

3. The isolated driving circuit of claim 1, wherein when a voltage level of the driving control signal is at a first voltage level, the driving auxiliary circuit turns on the at least one power switch by the driving control signal, and when the voltage level of the driving control signal is at a second voltage level, the driving auxiliary circuit turns off the at least one power switch by the driving control signal.

4. The isolated driving circuit of claim 3, wherein the driving auxiliary circuit comprises:

a diode, a first terminal of the diode being electrically coupled to a control voltage node, and a second terminal of the diode being electrically coupled to a control terminal of the at least one power switch;

a bias resistor, a first terminal of the bias resistor being electrically coupled to the second terminal of the diode; and

a switching unit, a first terminal of the switching unit being electrically coupled to a second terminal of the bias resistor, a second terminal of the switching unit being electrically coupled to the driving ground, and a control terminal of the switching unit being electrically coupled to the control voltage node.

5. The isolated driving circuit of claim 4, wherein the driving auxiliary circuit further comprises:

a first resistor, a first terminal of the first resistor being configured to receive the second control signal, and a second terminal of the first resistor being electrically coupled to the control voltage node; and

a second resistor, a first terminal of the second resistor being electrically coupled to the control voltage node, and a second terminal of the second resistor being electrically coupled to the driving ground.

6. The isolated driving circuit of claim 1, wherein the frequency of the first pulse width modulation signal and the frequency of the second pulse width modulation signal are half of the frequency of the driving control signal, and the first pulse width modulation signal is complementary to the second pulse width modulation signal.

7. The isolated driving circuit of claim 1, wherein the control module comprises:

a sampling circuit configured to generate a feedback voltage according to the output signal;

an error amplifier configured to generate an error signal according to the feedback voltage and a reference voltage;

a compensator configured to generate a pulse control signal according to the error signal;

a pulse width modulator configured to generate a pulse signal according to the pulse control signal; and

a pulse width modulation signal generator configured to generate the first pulse width modulation signal and the second pulse width modulation signal according to the pulse signal.

8. The isolated driving circuit of claim 1, wherein the control module comprises a digital signal processor and a driver chip, the digital signal processor being configured to control the driver chip to generate the first pulse modulation signal and the second pulse modulation signal according to the output signal.

9. The isolated driving circuit of claim 1, wherein the transformer comprises:

a primary side winding, a first terminal of the primary side winding being configured to receive the first pulse width modulation signal, and a second terminal of the primary side winding being configured to receive the second pulse width modulation signal; and

a secondary side winding magnetically coupled to the primary side winding and configured to generate the first control signal.

10. The isolated driving circuit of claim 1, wherein the power converter comprises a buck converter or an H-bridge power factor corrector.

11. A power conversion device, comprising:

a power converter configured to generate an output signal according to an input signal, the power converter comprising a driving ground, a reference ground and at least one power switch, wherein the output signal is electrically coupled to the reference ground, and the at least one power switch is electrically coupled to the driving ground; and

an isolated driving circuit configured to generate a driving control signal according to the output signal, so as to drive the at least one power switch,

wherein when the voltage level of the driving control signal is at a first voltage level, the at least one power switch is turned on, and when the voltage level of the driving control signal is at a second voltage level, the at least one power switch is turned off.

12. The power conversion device of claim 11, wherein the isolated driving circuit comprises:

a control module configured to generate a first pulse width modulation signal and a second pulse width modulation signal according to the output signal;

a transformer configured to receive the first pulse width modulation signal and the second pulse width modulation signal to generate a first control signal;

a rectifying circuit configured to generate a second control signal according to the first control signal; and

a driving auxiliary circuit configured to generate the driving control signal to a control terminal of the at least one power switch according to the second control signal, so as to drive the at least one power switch.

13. The power conversion device of claim 12, wherein the driving auxiliary circuit comprises:

a first resistor, a first terminal of the first resistor being configured to receive the second control signal, and a second terminal of the first resistor being electrically coupled to a control voltage node;

a second resistor, a first terminal of the second resistor being electrically coupled to the control voltage node, and a second terminal of the second resistor being electrically coupled to the driving ground;

a diode, a first terminal of the diode being electrically coupled to the control voltage node, and a second terminal of the diode being electrically coupled to the control terminal of the at least one power switch;

a bias resistor, a first terminal of the bias resistor being electrically coupled to the second terminal of the diode; and

a switching unit, a first terminal of the switching unit being electrically coupled to a second terminal of the bias resistor, a second terminal of the switching unit being electrically coupled to the driving ground, and a control terminal of the switching unit being electrically coupled to the control voltage node.

14. The power conversion device of claim 12, wherein the control module comprises:

a sampling circuit configured to generate a feedback voltage according to the output signal;

an error amplifier configured to generate an error signal according to the feedback voltage and a reference voltage;

a compensator configured to generate a pulse control signal according to the error signal;

a pulse width modulator configured to generate a pulse signal according to the pulse control signal; and

a pulse width modulation signal generator configured to generate the first pulse width modulation signal and the second pulse width modulation signal according to the pulse signal.

15. The power conversion device of claim 14, wherein the sampling circuit comprises:

a first sampling resistor, a first terminal of the first sampling resistor being configured to receive the output signal, and a second terminal of the first sampling resistor being configured to generate the feedback voltage; and

a second sampling resistor, a first terminal of the second sampling resistor being electrically coupled to the second terminal of the first sampling resistor, and a second terminal of the second sampling resistor being electrically coupled to the reference ground.

16. The power conversion device of claim 12, wherein the frequency of the first pulse width modulation signal and the frequency of the second pulse width modulation signal are half of the frequency of the driving control signal, and the first pulse width modulation signal is complementary to the second pulse width modulation signal.

17. The power conversion device of claim 12, wherein the control module comprises a digital signal processor and a driver chip, the digital signal processor being configured to control the driver chip to generate the first pulse modulation signal and the second pulse modulation signal according to the output signal.

18. The power conversion device of claim 12, wherein the transformer comprises:

a primary side winding, a first terminal of the primary side winding being configured to receive the first pulse width modulation signal, and a second terminal of the primary side winding being configured to receive the second pulse width modulation signal; and

a secondary side winding magnetically coupled to the primary side winding and configured to generate the first control signal.

19. The power conversion device of claim 11, wherein the power converter is an H-bridge power factor corrector, the H-bridge power factor corrector comprising a switching circuit and an output capacitor, wherein a first terminal of the output capacitor is configured to output the output signal, a second terminal of the output capacitor is electrically coupled to the reference ground, and an input terminal of the switching circuit is configured to receive the input signal.

20. The power conversion device of claim 19, wherein the switching circuit comprises:

a first power switch;

a second power switch, a first terminal of the first power switch and a first terminal of the second power switch being electrically coupled to the driving ground;

an inductor configured to receive the input signal;

a first diode, a first terminal of the first diode being electrically coupled to both the inductor and a second terminal of the first power switch;

a second diode, a first terminal of the second diode being electrically coupled to a second terminal of the second power switch, and both a second terminal of the first diode and a second terminal of the second diode being electrically coupled to the first terminal of the output capacitor;

a third diode electrically coupled between the first terminal of the first diode and the reference ground;

a fourth diode electrically coupled between the first terminal of the second diode and the reference ground;

a fifth diode electrically coupled between the driving ground and the first terminal of the first diode;

a sixth diode electrically coupled to the driving ground and the first terminal of the second diode; and

a resistor electrically coupled to the driving ground and a control terminal of the first power switch.

21. The power conversion device of claim 11, wherein the power converter is a buck converter, the buck converter comprising an inductor, a diode, a capacitor and a power switch, wherein a first terminal of the inductor, a first terminal of the diode and a first terminal of the power switch are electrically coupled to the driving ground, and a second terminal of the capacitor and a second terminal of the diode are electrically coupled to the reference ground.

22. An isolated driving method for driving a power converter having a driving ground and a reference ground, wherein the power converter comprises at least one power switch electrically coupled to the driving ground, the isolated method comprising:

generating a first control signal at a secondary side winding of a transformer by providing a first pulse width modulation signal and a second pulse width modulation signal to a primary side winding of the transformer, wherein the first pulse width modulation signal is complementary to the second pulse width modulation signal;

generating a second control signal by transmitting the first control signal to a rectifying circuit; and

generating a driving control signal by transmitting the second control signal to a driving auxiliary circuit, so as to control the at least one power switch, wherein when the voltage level of the driving control signal is at a first voltage level, the at least one power switch is turned on, and when the voltage level of the driving control signal is at a second voltage level, the at least one power switch is turned off.

23. The isolated driving method of claim 22, further comprising:

providing a control module to generate the first pulse modulation signal and the second pulse modulation signal according to an output signal outputted from the power converter, wherein a frequency of the first pulse modulation signal and the second pulse modulation signal is half of the frequency of the driving control signal.