Bi-directional DC/DC converter with frequency control change-over

摘要

A bi-directional DC/DC converter comprises bridge circuits connected to DC voltage sources, an isolation transformer, an LC resonance circuit, and detection circuits for detecting voltages and currents of the DC voltage sources. A control circuit in the power flow from a first DC voltage source to a second DC voltage source changes over between fixed frequency control and frequency modulation control according to the magnitude of a control variable, and a control circuit in the power flow from a second DC voltage source to the first DC voltage source changes over between fixed frequency control and frequency modulation control according to the magnitude of another control variable. Thus, the bi-directional DC/DC converter can be applied to devices with a wide range of input and output voltages.

主权项

1. A bi-directional DC/DC converter capable of bi-directional power supply between a first DC voltage source and a second DC voltage source through an isolation transformer, the bi-directional DC/DC converter comprising:
a first bridge circuit composed of a plurality of semiconductor switching elements connected to the first DC voltage source; a second bridge circuit composed of a plurality of semiconductor switching elements connected to the second DC voltage source; the isolation transformer connected between an AC side of the first bridge circuit and an AC side of the second bridge circuit; an LC resonance circuit composed of at least one set of a reactor and a capacitor connected between the AC side of the first bridge circuit and the isolation transformer or a reactor and a capacitor connected between the AC side of the second bridge circuit and the isolation transformer; a first detection circuit for detecting a voltage and a current of the first DC voltage source; a second detection circuit for detecting a voltage and a current of the second DC voltage source; a first control circuit for controlling the semiconductor switching elements of the first bridge circuit; and a second control circuit for controlling the semiconductor switching elements of the second bridge circuit; wherein the first control circuit has a control means for performing fixed frequency control of the semiconductor switching elements of the first bridge circuit at around a resonance frequency of the LC resonance circuit, and a control means for performing frequency modulation control of the semiconductor switching elements of the first bridge circuit at a frequency lower than the resonance frequency; the second control circuit has a control means for performing fixed frequency control of the semiconductor switching elements of the second bridge circuit at around the resonance frequency of the LC resonance circuit, and a control means for performing frequency modulation control of the semiconductor switching elements of the second bridge circuit at a frequency lower than the resonance frequency; the first control circuit also has a first change-over means for performing change-over of the first bridge circuit between the fixed frequency control and the frequency modulation control based on a magnitude of a control variable determined according to detected values by the second detection circuit in a mode of supplying electric power from the first DC voltage source to the second DC voltage source; the second control circuit also has a second change-over means for performing change-over of the second bridge circuit between the fixed frequency control and the frequency modulation control based on a magnitude of a control variable determined according to detected values by the first detection circuit in a mode of supplying electric power from the second DC voltage source to the first DC voltage source.