U.S. patent application number 11/399329 was filed with the patent office on 2007-10-11 for full-resonant power circuit device for receiving a variable input voltage.
Invention is credited to Tsai-Liang Hsu, Chih-Lung Liu.
Application Number | 20070236967 11/399329 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 38575052 |
Filed Date | 2007-10-11 |
United States Patent
Application |
20070236967 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Liu; Chih-Lung ; et
al. |
October 11, 2007 |
Full-resonant power circuit device for receiving a variable input
voltage
Abstract
The present invention provides a full-resonant power circuit
device for receiving a variable input voltage that a power factor
correcting circuit for separating a variable input voltage AC into
a plurality of supply voltages, and the input voltage sections are
detected to separately switch corresponding switch transistors for
suitably adding resonance inductors to the input voltage sections
to be used by the full-resonant power circuit device to reduce the
large voltage difference of a conventional power factor corrector
so as to improve the efficiency of the power circuit device and
improve a half-bridge resonance circuit that is only operated in a
fixed voltage source.
Inventors: |
Liu; Chih-Lung; (Taoyuan
City, TW) ; Hsu; Tsai-Liang; (Bade City, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE
3458 ELLICOTT CENTER DRIVE-SUITE 101
ELLICOTT CITY
MD
21043
US
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Family ID: |
38575052 |
Appl. No.: |
11/399329 |
Filed: |
April 7, 2006 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
363/21.02 |
Current CPC
Class: |
Y02B 70/10 20130101;
H02M 3/337 20130101; H02M 1/44 20130101; H02M 1/4241 20130101; Y02P
80/10 20151101; H02M 2001/0058 20130101; H02M 2007/4818
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
363/021.02 |
International
Class: |
H02M 3/335 20060101
H02M003/335 |
Claims
1. A full-resonant power circuit device for receiving a variable
input voltage, comprising: a power factor corrector received the
variable input voltage for boosting the variable input voltage into
a supply voltage; a square wave generator coupled with the power
factor corrector for producing a series of square wave voltages in
response to the supply voltage; a primary resonance loop coupled
with the square wave generator and composed of a serial capacitor,
a first serial inductor and a second serial inductor, wherein the
serial capacitor coupled with the first serial inductor and the
first serial inductor coupled with the second serial inductor; a
first switch coupled with the primary resonance loop; at least one
secondary resonance loop coupled with the square wave generator and
composed of the serial capacitor, the first serial inductor and at
least one auxiliary serial inductor, wherein the serial capacitor
coupled with the first serial inductor and the first serial
inductor coupled with the auxiliary serial inductor; at least one
second switch separately coupled with the secondary resonance loop;
a rectifier circuit coupled with the primary resonance loop for
outputting a direct current (DC) voltage in response to the series
of square wave voltages; and a voltage detector for detecting the
variable input voltage and separately controlling the first switch
and the second switch in response to the variable input
voltage.
2. The full-resonant power circuit device as in claim 1, wherein
the square wave generator has two switches connected to be a
half-bridge structure for generating the square wave voltages.
3. The full-resonant power circuit device as in claim 1, wherein
the square wave generator has four switches connected to be a
full-bridge structure for generating the square wave voltages.
4. The full-resonant power circuit device as in claim 1, wherein
the voltage detector detects the variable input voltage, and
separately controls the first switch to conduct the function of the
primary resonance loop or the second switch to conduct the function
of the secondary resonance loop in response to the variable input
voltage.
5. The full-resonant power circuit device as in claim 1, wherein
the rectifier circuit is a center tap rectifier circuit.
6. A full-resonant power circuit device for receiving a variable
input voltage, comprising: a power factor corrector received the
variable input voltage for boosting the variable input voltage into
a supply voltage; a square wave generator coupled with the power
factor corrector for producing a series of square wave voltages in
response to the supply voltage; a primary resonance loop coupled
with the square wave generator and composed of a serial capacitor,
a first serial inductor and a second serial inductor, wherein the
serial capacitor coupled with the first serial inductor and the
first serial inductor coupled with the second serial inductor; a
first switch coupled with the primary resonance loop; a first
switch coupled with the primary resonance loop; at least one
secondary resonance loop coupled with the square wave generator and
composed of the first serial inductor and at least one auxiliary
serial inductor, herein the first serial inductor coupled with the
auxiliary serial capacitor; at least one second switch separately
coupled with the secondary resonance loop; a rectifier circuit
coupled with the primary resonance loop for outputting a direct
current (DC) voltage in response to the series of square wave
voltages; and a voltage detector for detecting the variable input
voltage and separately controlling the first switch and the second
switch in response to the variable input voltage.
7. The full-resonant power circuit device as in claim 6, wherein
the square wave generator has two switches connected to be a
half-bridge structure for generating the square wave voltages.
8. The full-resonant power circuit device as in claim 6, wherein
the square wave generator has four switches connected to be a
full-bridge structure for generating the square wave voltages.
9. The full-resonant power circuit device as in claim 6, wherein
the voltage detector for detects the input voltage, and separately
controls the first switch to conduct the function of the primary
resonance loop or the second switch to conduct the function of the
secondary resonance loop in response to a magnitude of the input
voltage.
10. The full-resonant power circuit device as in claim 6, wherein
the rectifier circuit is a center tap rectifier circuit.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a full-resonant power
circuit device for receiving a variable input voltage, and more
particularly, the full-resonant power circuit device switches to
vary a resonance inductor for providing a stable voltage to a load
in response to the variable input voltage.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] Reference is made from FIG. 1, which is a schematic view of
a half-bridge full-resonant converter of the prior art. In the
present day, a structure of a full-resonant converter is based on a
half-bridge topology or a full-bridge topology. A switch Q.sub.1
and a switch Q.sub.2 are connected to be a half-bridge structure
and are switched by a variable switching frequency controlling
method. When a switching frequency between the switch Q.sub.1 and
switch Q.sub.2 is higher than a resonance frequency obtained from a
resonance capacitor C.sub.r and a resonance inductor L.sub.r, the
switch Q.sub.1 and the switch Q.sub.2 are conducted at a zero
voltage for reducing the consumption of the switch Q.sub.1 and the
switch Q.sub.2 therebetween. Moreover, the half-bridge
full-resonant power circuit adjusts the switching frequency between
the switch Q.sub.1 and the switch Q.sub.2 or the resonance
frequency obtained from the resonance capacitor C.sub.r and the
resonance inductor L.sub.r for adjusting a magnitude of an output
voltage V.sub.o.
[0005] However, no matter the half-bridge or the full-bridge
full-resonant converter, for obtaining the stabilization of the
output voltage V.sub.o, the value of the resonance inductor L.sub.r
should be designed in response to a variational input voltage AC.
Hence, the range of the variational input voltage AC can't too
large for the half-bridge or the full-bridge full-resonant
converter.
[0006] Reference is made from FIG. 2, which is schematic view of
the half-bridge full-resonant converter with a power factor
corrector (PFC) of the prior art. The half-bridge full-resonant
converter is often applied to supply a high power, and due to the
high power of the full-resonant converter, the power factor of the
full-resonant converter is relatively low. Therefore, it is often
to use a power factor corrector 2 to improve the power factor so as
to conform to the IEC61000-3-2 standards. And the power factor
corrector 2 not only improves the power factorbut provides a stable
voltage to the full-resonant converter so as to stabilize the
output voltage V.sub.o thereof. However, the power factor corrector
2 boosts variational input voltage AC into a supply voltage
V.sub.in for being used by the full-resonant converter, the power
factor corrector 2 will produce a high current in the conversion
condition to increase the consumption of a switch transistor
Q.sub.PFC of the power factor corrector 2 so as to reduce the
efficiency of the power circuit device.
[0007] The inventor of the present invention recognizes the above
shortage should be corrected and special effort has been paid to
research this field. The present invention is presented with
reasonable design and good effect to resolve the above
problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The present invention provides a full-resonant power circuit
device for receiving a variable input voltage, wherein a power
factor correcting circuit separates the variable input voltage into
a plurality of power voltages. The full-resonant power circuit
device controls the switch transistors for switching so as to feed
proper resonance inductors by detecting the variable input voltage
and improve the efficiency of the power circuit device.
[0009] In a first embodiment of the present invention, a power
factor corrector for receiving a variable input voltage and
boosting the variable input voltage to be a supply voltage, and a
square wave generator for producing a series of square wave
voltages in response to the supply voltages. Moreover, the present
invention has a primary resonance loop coupled with the square wave
generator, includes a serial capacitor, a first serial inductor,
and a second serial inductor that are mutually serially connected,
and a first switch is coupled with the primary resonance loop. And
at least one secondary resonance loop is coupled with the square
wave generator, have the serial capacitor is coupled with the first
serial inductor and the first serial inductor is coupled with at
least one auxiliary serial inductor, and at least one second switch
is separately coupled with the secondary resonance loops. And a
rectifier circuit coupled with the primary resonance loop for
outputting a direct current (DC) voltage in response to the series
of square wave, and a voltage detector for detecting the variable
input voltage, and separately controlling the first switch to
conduct a function of the primary resonance loop and the second
switch to conduct a function of the secondary resonance loop in
response to a magnitude of the variable input voltage.
[0010] In a second embodiment of the present invention, a power
factor corrector for receiving a variable input voltage and
boosting the variable input voltage to be a supply voltage, and a
square wave generator for producing a series of square wave
voltages in response to the supply voltages. Moreover, the present
invention has a primary resonance loop coupled with the square wave
generator, includes a serial capacitor, a first serial inductor,
and a second serial inductor that are mutually serially connected,
and a first switch is coupled with the primary resonance loop. And
at least one secondary resonance loop is coupled with the square
wave generator, have the first serial inductor is coupled with at
least one auxiliary serial capacitor, and at least one second
switch is separately coupled with the secondary resonance loops.
And a rectifier circuit coupled with the primary resonance loop for
outputting a direct current (DC) voltage in response to the series
of square wave, and a voltage detector for detecting the variable
input voltage, and separately controlling the first switch to
conduct a function of the primary resonance loop and the second
switch to conduct a function of the secondary resonance loop in
response to a magnitude of the variable input voltage.
[0011] It is to be understood that both the foregoing general
description and the following detailed description are exemplary,
and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as
claimed. Other advantages and features of the invention will be
apparent from the following description, drawings and claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0012] The above and further advantages of this invention may be
better understood by referring to the following description, taken
in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
[0013] FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a half-bridge full-resonant
converter of the prior art;
[0014] FIG. 2 is schematic view of the half-bridge full-resonant
converter with a power factor corrector (PFC) of the prior art;
[0015] FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a first embodiment of a
full-resonant power circuit device for receiving a variable input
voltage of the present invention; and
[0016] FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a second embodiment of the
full-resonant power circuit device for receiving a variable input
voltage of the present invention.
[0017] The drawings will be described further in connection with
the following detailed description of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0018] Reference is made from FIG. 3, which is a schematic view of
a first embodiment of a full-resonant power circuit device for
receiving a variable input voltage of the present invention. The
half-bridge full-resonant power circuit device 1 includes a power
factor corrector 14 receives the variable input voltage AC and
boosting the variable input voltage AC to be a supply voltage
V.sub.in, and a square wave generator 10 is coupled with the power
factor corrector 14 for producing a series of square wave voltages
(not shown) in response to the supply voltages V.sub.in and the
square wave generator 10 has switches Q.sub.1, Q.sub.2 connected to
be a half-bridge structure or four switches (not shown) connected
to be a full-bridge structure. A primary resonance loop is coupled
with the square wave generator 10, has a serial capacitor C.sub.r
is coupled with a first serial inductor L.sub.r1 and the first
serial inductor L.sub.r1 is coupled with a second serial inductor
L.sub.r2, and a first switch S.sub.1 is coupled with the primary
resonance loop and a ground reference G. A secondary resonance loop
is coupled with the square wave generator 10, has the serial
capacitor C.sub.r is coupled with the first serial inductor
L.sub.r1 and the first serial inductor L.sub.r1 is coupled with an
auxiliary serial inductor L.sub.c, and a second switch S.sub.2 is
separately coupled with the secondary resonance loop and the ground
reference G.
[0019] The half-bridge full-resonant power circuit device 1 further
comprises a transformer T, a primary side of the transformer T has
the first serial inductor L.sub.r1 and the second serial inductor
L.sub.r2 and a secondary side of the transformer T is coupled with
a rectifier circuit 16, and the transformer T receiving the series
of square wave voltages for providing a direct current (DC) voltage
V.sub.o to a load circuit R.sub.o and the rectifier circuit 16 is a
center tap rectifier circuit. A voltage detector 12 for detecting
the variable input voltage AC or the supply voltages V.sub.in, and
separately controlling the first switch S.sub.1 to conduct a
function of the primary resonance loop and the second switch
S.sub.2 to conduct a function of the secondary resonance loop
according to a magnitude of the variable input voltage AC or the
supply voltages V.sub.in.
[0020] The power factor corrector 14 is used to divide the variable
input voltage AC into an AC low voltage (90-132 volts) and an AC
high voltage (180-264 volts) so as to make the voltages conform to
specifications of a global common variable input voltage AC. In AC
low voltage, the power factor corrector 14 detects the AC low
voltage and boosts it to a 240-volt supply voltage; in AC high
voltage, the power factor corrector 14 detects the AC high voltage
and boosts it to 400-volt supply voltage. Hence, a voltage
difference between an input end (90-132 volts or 180-264 volts) of
the power factor corrector 14 and an output end (240 volts or 400
volts) of the power factor corrector 14 is smaller than a voltage
difference of the conventional power factor corrector, a current is
relatively smaller, and losses of a switch transistor Q.sub.PFC of
the power factor corrector 14 are smaller so as to improve the
efficiency of the power circuit device. Moreover, the power factor
corrector 14 is also used to divide the variable input voltage AC
into a plurality of sections so as to output different kinds of the
supply voltages V.sub.in.
[0021] The voltage detector 12 of the half-bridge full-resonant
power circuit device 1 for receiving the variable input voltage AC
and the supply voltages V.sub.in to switch the first switch S.sub.1
or the second switches S.sub.2 according to the fluctuation of the
variable input voltage AC and the supply voltages V.sub.in to
suitably add resonance inductor L.sub.r to be used for adjusting a
resonance frequency to stabilize the output voltage V.sub.o.
[0022] When the voltage detector 12 detects a high voltage, i.e.
the first switch S.sub.1 is conducted, the serial capacitor
C.sub.r, the first serial inductor L.sub.r1, and the second serial
inductor L.sub.r2 are mutually coupled as the primary resonance
loop and a resonance inductor L.sub.r equals L.sub.r1 plus L.sub.r2
(i.e. L.sub.r=L.sub.r1+L.sub.r2) for providing the resonance
frequency and larger winding numbers for the resonance circuit.
When the voltage detector 12 detects a low voltage, i.e. the second
switch S.sub.2 is conducted, the serial capacitor C.sub.r, the
first serial inductor L.sub.r1, and the auxiliary serial inductor
L.sub.c are mutually coupled as the secondary resonance loop and a
resonance inductor L.sub.r equals L.sub.r1 plus L.sub.c (i.e.
L.sub.r=L.sub.r1+L.sub.c) for providing the resonance frequency and
smaller winding numbers for the resonance circuit.
[0023] In this embodiment of the present invention, the resonance
loop can have a wide expansion. When the power factor corrector 14
divides the variable input voltage AC into a plurality of sections
to output different kinds of supply voltages V.sub.in, the
secondary resonance loop has more one second switches S.sub.2 and a
plurality of auxiliary serial inductors L.sub.c to obtain a
multi-section adjustment of the secondary resonance loop. Hence, a
voltage difference between the input end of the power factor
corrector 14 and the output end of the power factor corrector 14 is
minimal and losses of the switch transistor QPFC of the power
factor corrector 14 are relatively minimal so as to improve the
efficiency of the power circuit device. Moreover, the first
switches S.sub.1 and the second switches S.sub.2 of the present
invention are widely selected such as BJTs, MOSFETs, SCRs, RELAYs,
IGBT, or so on.
[0024] Reference is made from FIG. 4, which is a schematic view of
a second embodiment of the full-resonant power circuit device for
receiving a variable input voltage of the present invention. The
differences between the half-bridge full-resonant power circuit
device 1 and the half-bridge full-resonant power circuit device 3
are the primary resonance loops and the secondary resonance
loops.
[0025] The primary resonance loop of the half-bridge full-resonant
power circuit device 3 has a serial capacitor C.sub.r, a first
serial inductor L.sub.r1, and a second serial inductor L.sub.r2 are
mutually connected, and a first switch S.sub.1 is coupled with the
primary resonance loop and a ground reference G; the secondary
resonance loop has the first serial inductor L.sub.r1 and an
auxiliary serial capacitor C.sub.c are mutually connected, and a
first switch S.sub.2 is coupled with the secondary resonance loop
and the ground reference G.
[0026] The voltage detector 12 of the half-bridge full-resonant
power circuit device 3 for receiving the variable input voltage AC
and the supply voltages V.sub.in to switch the first switch S.sub.1
or the second switches S.sub.2 according to the fluctuation of the
variable input voltage AC and the supply voltages V.sub.in to
suitably add resonance inductor L.sub.r to be used for adjusting a
resonance frequency to stabilize the output voltage V.sub.o.
[0027] When the voltage detector 12 detects a high voltage, i.e.
the first switch S.sub.1 is conducted, the serial capacitor
C.sub.r, the first serial inductor L.sub.r1, and the second serial
inductor L.sub.r2 are mutually coupled as the primary resonance
loop and a resonance inductor L.sub.r equals L.sub.r1 plus L.sub.r2
(i.e. L.sub.r=L.sub.r1+L.sub.r2) for providing the resonance
frequency and larger winding numbers for the resonance circuit.
When the voltage detector 12 detects a low voltage, i.e. the second
switch S.sub.2 is conducted, the first serial inductor L.sub.r1 and
the auxiliary serial capacitor C.sub.c are mutually coupled as the
secondary resonance loop and a resonance inductor L.sub.r equals
L.sub.r1 (i.e. L.sub.r=L.sub.r1) for providing the resonance
frequency and smaller winding numbers for the resonance
circuit.
[0028] In this embodiment of the present invention, the resonance
loop can have a wide expansion. When the power factor corrector 14
divides the variable input voltage AC into a plurality of sections
to output different kinds of supply voltages V.sub.in, the
secondary resonance loop has more one second switches S.sub.2 and a
plurality of auxiliary serial capacitor C.sub.c to obtain a
multi-section adjustment of the secondary resonance loop. Hence, a
voltage difference between the input end of the power factor
corrector 14 and the output end of the power factor corrector 14 is
minimal and losses of the switch transistor QPFC of the power
factor corrector 14 are relatively minimal so as to improve the
efficiency of the power circuit device. Moreover, the first
switches S.sub.1 and the second switches S.sub.2 of the present
invention are widely selected such as BJTs, MOSFETs, SCRs, RELAYs,
IGBT, or so on.
[0029] It follows from what has been said that the full-resonant
power circuit device for receiving a variable input voltage that
the power factor correcting circuit for separating the variable
input voltage AC into a plurality of supply voltage sections
outputted, and the input voltage sections are detected to
separately switch corresponding switch transistors for suitably
adding resonance inductors to the input voltage sections to be used
by the full-resonant power circuit device to reduce the large
voltage difference of a conventional power factor corrector 2 so as
to improve the efficiency of the power circuit device and improve a
half-bridge resonance circuit that is only operated in a fixed
voltage source.
[0030] Although the present invention has been described with
reference to the preferred embodiment thereof, it will be
understood that the invention is not limited to the details
thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been
suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to
those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such
substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within
the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
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