Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080309301 | Didirectional DC-DC converter and power supply apparatus with the same - A bidirectional DC-DC converter | 12-18-2008 |
20090059622 | BI-DIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A bi-directional DC-DC converter has a transformer for connecting a voltage type full bridge circuit connected to a first power source and a current type switching circuit connected to a second power source. A voltage clamping circuit constructed by switching elements and a clamping capacitor is connected to the current type switching circuit. The converter has a control circuit for cooperatively making switching elements operative so as to control a current flowing in a resonance reactor. | 03-05-2009 |
20090147541 | Complex Inductor and Power Supply Unit - A complex inductor according to the present invention changes its magnetic coupling polarity according to currents flowing its two inductors. The complex inductor includes a first magnetic member, around which first and third windings are formed, and a second magnetic member, around which second and fourth windings are formed. A first inductor is formed by connecting the first winding to the second winding, and a second inductor is formed by connecting the third winding to the fourth winding. The two magnetic members are made of a magnetic material having a magnetic permeability that gradually decreases as its magnetic flux density is increased. When the two windings are interconnected in a direction in which induced voltages generated in these windings by the current flowing in the second inductor weaken each other, the magnetic coupling polarity between the first and second inductors changes according to the current flowing in the inductors. The two inductors are magnetically coupled so that, when one of the two inductors stores energy, the current flowing in the other inductor increases, and when one of the two inductors releases energy, the current flowing in the other inductor decreases. | 06-11-2009 |
20100061122 | DC-DC CONVERTER - A small and efficient DC-DC converter is provided. In this DC-DC converter, passive elements such as an inductor and a capacitor can be reduced in size by reducing switching loss by a soft switching technology and increasing the drive frequency of a switching element. The DC-DC converter has a main switching element, a main diode and an auxiliary circuit that discharges the electric charges of the capacitance between the ends of the main switching element. The DC-DC converter includes an auxiliary inductor magnetically coupled with the main inductor, an auxiliary switching element that stores energy in the auxiliary inductor, and an auxiliary diode that discharges energy stored in the auxiliary inductor to the direct-current power source or the output side. The auxiliary inductor is coupled with the main inductor in the direction in which backward voltage is applied to the auxiliary diode when the main inductor discharges energy. | 03-11-2010 |
20100142228 | Bi-Directional DC-DC Converter and Control Method - A bi-directional DC-DC converter uses a transformer for both step-down and step-up operations. A switching frequency for operating a switching device is set separately for the step-down and step-up operations. When, for example, the switching frequency during the step-up operation is lower than the switching frequency during the step-down operation, the range in which the duty ratio in PWM control can be controlled is widened, compensating for step-up ratio insufficiency. Conversely, step-down ratio insufficiency is compensated for by making the switching frequency during the step-down operation lower than the switching frequency during the step-up operation. | 06-10-2010 |
20110013437 | DC-DC Converter And Its Controlling Method - A unidirectional DC-DC converter and method of control thereof. The converter includes a DC power-supply, a buck converter circuit having a first main switching element, a boost converter circuit having a second main switching element, a first snubber capacitor, a first inversely-parallel diode, a control device, and an output diode. | 01-20-2011 |
20110019440 | BI-DIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A bi-directional DC-DC converter has a transformer for connecting a voltage type full bridge circuit connected to a first power source and a current type switching circuit connected to a second power source. A voltage clamping circuit constructed by switching elements and a clamping capacitor is connected to the current type switching circuit. The converter has a control circuit for cooperatively making switching elements operative so as to control a current flowing in a resonance reactor. | 01-27-2011 |
20110128759 | BI-DIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A bi-directional DC-DC converter has a transformer for connecting a voltage type full bridge circuit connected to a first power source and a current type switching circuit connected to a second power source. A voltage clamping circuit constructed by switching elements and a clamping capacitor is connected to the current type switching circuit. The converter has a control circuit for cooperatively making switching elements operative so as to control a current flowing in a resonance reactor. | 06-02-2011 |
20110228564 | GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT OF THE VOLTAGE DRIVE TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND POWER CONVERTER - A power converting apparatus having a gate drive circuit including a push-pull circuit consisting of two transistors at its output stage; a diode connected in series with the push-pull circuit; a gate power source connected in parallel with the series circuit of the push-pull circuit and the diode; a negative voltage generating circuit connected in parallel with the push-pull circuit; a transistor connected between the output terminal of the negative voltage generating circuit and the negative terminal of the gate power source, wherein the output voltage of the push-pull circuit is switched from positive polarity to negative polarity and vice versa depending on the signal applied to the base terminals of the transistors. | 09-22-2011 |
20120300502 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A high-efficiency power supply apparatus is provided in light of the reduction of the switching loss. The power supply apparatus connected between the AC power supply and the DC load converts the AC power supplied from the AC power supply to the DC power and supplies it to the DC load. The power supply apparatus comprises the first switching circuit for outputting the switched positive and negative voltages to the primary winding of the transformer, a second switching circuit for supplying the DC power induced in the secondary winding of the transformer and switched to the DC load connected to the second AC terminals, a resonance inductor serial-connected to the primary winding, and a control unit for controlling the switching operations performed by the first and second switching circuits. The control unit substantially short-circuits the second AC terminals by controlling the switching operations performed by the second switching circuit. | 11-29-2012 |
20130194698 | POWER CONVERTER, CONTROL METHOD OF POWER CONVERTER, AND HARD DISK DRIVE - A power converter includes a first inductor, a rectifier arm, a first switch arm including a first and second switch circuits, a second switch arm including a third switch circuit and a first capacitor, a LC serial circuit, a Transformer, a rectification and smoothing circuit connected to secondary winding of the transformer, and a control circuit to perform on-off control of the three switch circuits. The rectifier arm, the first and second switch arms and the LC serial circuit are connected in parallel with each other. The LC serial circuit and primary winding of the transformer are connected. AC power supply is connected to the rectifier arm via the first inductor. The control circuit includes an output voltage control circuit to control output voltage at specific setting value, an intermediate voltage control circuit to control intermediate voltage at specific setting value, and a power factor correction control circuit. | 08-01-2013 |