发明名称 Switch wear leveling
摘要 An apparatus for switch wear leveling includes a switching module that controls switching for two or more pairs of switches in a switching power converter. The switching module controls switches based on a duty cycle control technique and closes and opens each switch in a switching sequence. The pairs of switches connect to a positive and negative terminal of a DC voltage source. For a first switching sequence a first switch of a pair of switches has a higher switching power loss than a second switch of the pair of switches. The apparatus includes a switch rotation module that changes the switching sequence of the two or more pairs of switches from the first switching sequence to a second switching sequence. The second switch of a pair of switches has a higher switching power loss than the first switch of the pair of switches during the second switching sequence.
申请公布号 US9123467(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.09.01
申请号 US201313748074 申请日期 2013.01.23
申请人 Utah State University 发明人 Wu Hunter;Sealy Kylee;Gilchrist Aaron
分类号 H02M3/335;H01F38/14;B60L11/18;H02M7/5387 主分类号 H02M3/335
代理机构 Kunzler Law Group 代理人 Kunzler Law Group
主权项 1. An apparatus comprising: a switching module that controls switching for two pairs of switches configured in an H-bridge in a switching power converter, the switching module controlling each of the two pairs of switches closed and opened based on a duty cycle control technique, the switching module closing and opening each switch of the two pairs of switches in a switching sequence, wherein the two pairs of switches connect to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of a direct current (“DC”) voltage source, and wherein for a first switching sequence a first switch of a pair of switches of the two pairs of switches has a higher switching power loss than a second switch of the pair of switches; a switch rotation module that changes the switching sequence of the two pairs of switches from the first switching sequence to a second switching sequence wherein the second switch of a pair of switches of the two pairs of switches has a higher switching power loss than the first switch of the pair of switches during the second switching sequence; and a switch wear module that tracks switching sequences, wherein the switch rotation module changes the switching sequence based on tracking of the switching sequences.
地址 North Logan UT US