Abstract: A switching device includes a first switch and a threshold voltage adjustment circuitry. The first switch is configured to be selectively turned on according to an enable signal, in order to connect a first pin to a second pin. The threshold voltage adjustment circuitry is configured to adjust a voltage level of a bulk terminal of the first switch according to the enable signal and a voltage provided from a power source. In response to the voltage being de-asserted, the threshold voltage adjustment circuitry is further configured to cut off a signal path between the bulk terminal and the power source.

Abstract: An inverter performs a power conversion operation for converting DC power into AC power, includes an arithmetic control device provided with a voltage command signal generation unit, a synthesis processing unit, and a carrier wave comparison unit. The voltage command signal generation unit has a plurality of control systems, and outputs the first voltage command signal generated based on the first control system among the plurality of control systems, and the second voltage command signal generated based on the second control system different from the first control system among the plurality of control systems. The synthesis processing unit generates a synthesized voltage command signal obtained by synthesizing the first voltage command signal and the second voltage command signal at a predetermined ratio. The carrier wave comparison unit generates a PWM signal which is a gate drive signal for controlling the power conversion operation based on the synthesized voltage command signal.

Abstract: A power supply device with low loss includes an input switch circuit, a transformer, a first capacitor, an output stage circuit, and a detection and control circuit. The input switch circuit generates a switching voltage according to an input voltage. The output stage circuit generates an output voltage. The output stage circuit includes a first rectifying switch element and a second rectifying switch element. The detection and control circuit detects a first output current flowing through the first rectifying switch element so as to generate a first control voltage, and it detects a second output current flowing through the second rectifying switch element so as to generate a second control voltage. The first rectifying switch element is selectively closed or opened according to the first control voltage. The second rectifying switch element is selectively closed or opened according to the second control voltage.

Abstract: Methods, non-transitory computer readable mediums, and power conversion systems with a controller configured to provide modulated inverter switching control signals at a first switching frequency in response to an inverter current being greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold, the second threshold being greater than the first threshold. The controller is further configured to provide the inverter switching control signals at a second switching frequency in response to the inverter current being greater than the second threshold, and to provide the inverter switching control signals at a third switching frequency in response to the inverter current being less than the first threshold, where the second switching frequency is less than the first switching frequency and the third switching frequency is greater than the first switching frequency.

Abstract: The clock input of a buck converter is delayed, preventing sub-harmonic oscillation. The function may be achieved by implementing a clock delay generation circuit, configured to delay a next clock pulse by an amount of time directly proportional to the most recent on time of the high-side switch for peak-mode current control, inversely proportional to the most recent on time of the low-side switch for peak-mode current control, inversely proportional to the most recent on time of the high-side switch for valley-mode current control, or inversely proportional to the clock minus the most recent on time of the high-side switch for valley-mode current control.

Abstract: A magnetic balance circuit of a bidirectional resonant converter and a control method thereof are provided. The magnetic balance circuit includes a primary conversion circuit, a transformer, a secondary conversion circuit, and a controller. Said primary conversion circuit is connected to a primary winding of said transformer through a first capacitor, a current transformer is set between the secondary winding of said transformer and said secondary conversion circuit. According to the positive component of the current in the cavity of the secondary conversion circuit and the negative component of the current in the cavity of the secondary conversion circuit, said controller further controls the duty ratios of the switches in the secondary conversion circuit. In the invention, the magnetic deviation phenomenon on both sides of the bidirectional resonant converter is effectively eliminated to achieve balance control for the magnetic circuit, thereby avoiding saturation.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a high electric power density bidirectional isolated low voltage DC-DC converter (LDC) assembly, in which a large-capacity bidirectional isolated LDC circuit is packaged in consideration of a flow of electric power so as to use components in common and minimize an internal dead space, and a cooling structure thereof. LDC assembly includes a power board subassembly (100) including the high voltage stage, a part of the buck circuit, and the boost circuit; a transformer subassembly (200) including a transformer of the buck circuit; an output power board subassembly (300) including a part of the buck circuit; and an EMC filter subassembly (400) including an EMC filter included in the low voltage stage.

Abstract: A power conversion system according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of power converters for performing power conversion on AC power and is connected to a power grid of multi-phase power that is a combination of multiple alternating current sources with mutually different phases. Each of the plurality of power converters includes a power converter circuit, a setting unit, and a control circuit. The power converter circuit performs power conversion between either DC power or AC power and AC power supplied from any of the multiple alternating current sources. The setting unit selects one of the multiple alternating current sources as a target of the power conversion to be performed by the power converter circuit. The control circuit controls operation of the power converter circuit in accordance with selection made by the setting unit.

Abstract: A DC power supply circuit includes a voltage regulator circuit, a transformer including a primary winding, a transistor connected to the primary winding and alternately repeating switching on and off of a current, a rectifier circuit connected to a secondary winding and converting a voltage output from the secondary winding into a DC voltage, and a control circuit for controlling an on/off duty ratio of the transistor according to a target voltage. When the target voltage is included in a first voltage range, the control circuit sets the duty ratio to be constant, and a transistor of the regulator circuit operates in a linear region. When the target voltage is included in a second voltage range higher than the first voltage range, the control circuit changes the duty ratio according to the target voltage, and the transistor operates in a saturation region.

Abstract: To disclose several zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) power inversion circuits, a modified pulse-width modulation control scheme is employed. It includes two driver-signal pairs. Each pair has a near 50% duty ratio driver signal and a pulse-width modulation driver signal. Because the combination timing waveform of the two driver signals of each pair resembles to a letter T, the control scheme is thus briefly named as double T (TT) control. In addition to achieving zero-voltage switching performance for high frequency operation, the disclosed power inversion circuits can alleviate the potential shoot-through problem existed in phase-shift control full-bridge power inversion circuits. Consequently, reliability performance can be improved.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection circuit includes an internal circuit, a pad, a first high voltage transistor, an electrostatic protection element and a control circuit. A first terminal of the first high voltage transistor is coupled to the pad, a second terminal of the first high voltage transistor is coupled to the internal circuit and includes a control terminal. The electrostatic protection element has one end coupled to the first end of the first high voltage transistor and the other end grounded. The control circuit is coupled between the control terminal of the first high voltage transistor and the ground terminal. The control circuit is configured to control the first high voltage transistor to turn off when the pad receives an electrostatic voltage.

Abstract: A flying capacitor (FC)-type 3-level power conversion device turns on or off first to fourth semiconductor switching elements based on comparison between a flying capacitor voltage and a half of higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and the flying capacitor voltage plus a lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the flying capacitor voltage and the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, and comparison between the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage or the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and a filter capacitor voltage command value, so that an electric current flows along a path including a filter reactor L and charging a flying capacitor so as to charge a lower-voltage side filter capacitor or a higher-voltage side filter capacitor to predetermined values.

Abstract: A power supply device for eliminating the ringing effect includes a bridge rectifier, a first transformer, a second transformer, a third transformer, a power switch element, a delay and stabilization circuit, an output stage circuit, and a controller. The bridge rectifier generates a rectified voltage according to a first input voltage and a second input voltage. The first transformer generates an induced voltage according to the rectified voltage. A magnetizing inductor is built in the first transformer. A parasitic capacitor is built in the power switch element. The second transformer generates a control voltage according to a resonant voltage between the magnetizing inductor and the parasitic capacitor. The output stage circuit includes a plurality of discharge paths and generates an output voltage. The discharge paths are selectively enabled or disabled according to the control voltage.

Abstract: An inverter device includes an inverter circuit that has switching elements configuring an upper arm and a lower arm of each of U, V, W-phases, a signal generator that generates signals having waveforms corresponding to signals of U, V, W-phase command voltages, a first calculation unit that calculates an effective line voltage, a second calculation unit that generates a modulation voltage every control period, and a comparison unit that compares the signals with signals of the modulation voltage every control period, and outputs signals having pulse patterns which operate the switching elements of the upper arm and the switching element of the lower arm in the inverter circuit.

Abstract: A control circuit for controlling a synchronous rectification switch of a resonant converter, where in a switching cycle, the control circuit is configured to: delay a first time period from a first moment; control the synchronous rectification switch to be turned on when a drain-source voltage of the synchronous rectification switch reaches a first threshold after the first time period; and where the first time period is generated based on an operating state of the synchronous rectification switch in a previous switching cycle.

Abstract: A control circuit for controlling a power stage circuit of a switching converter, where the power stage circuit includes a magnetic component and a power switch, can include: the control circuit being configured to determine a turn-on trough of a current cycle by determining whether a time signal corresponding to a lock-on trough of the current cycle is within a threshold range, thereby controlling the power switch to be turned on at the determined turn-on trough; and whereby an ordinal number of the lock-on trough of the current cycle is the same as an ordinal number of the turn-on trough of the last cycle.

Abstract: Aspects of bidirectional architectures with partial energy processing in resonant direct current (DC)-to-DC converters are described. In one embodiment, an alternating circuit (AC)-to-DC circuit generates an AC voltage from a DC voltage. A voltage of the AC voltage is transformed into a majority AC voltage of a majority power path and at least one minority AC voltage of the minority power paths. The majority AC voltage is rectified into a majority DC voltage and a minority AC voltage is rectified into a minority DC voltage. The majority power path and the minority power path are combined as a combined DC voltage.

Abstract: There is provided a power conversion device capable of eliminating a disadvantage of a sharp temperature rise in a switching element by using a discontinuous modulation method. The power conversion device includes a phase voltage command operation unit 33 which calculates a sinusoidal modulation voltage command value to be applied to a motor 8, an inter-line modulation operation unit 34 which, based on the sinusoidal modulation voltage command value, calculates a discontinuous modulation voltage command value for allowing an ON/OFF state of a switching element of one phase of a three-phase inverter circuit 28 to be fixed, and modulating ON/OFF states of switching elements of other two phases, and a PWM signal generation unit 36. The inter-line modulation operation unit sets a switching density of the switching element of at least one phase to a value different from that of the other phase.

Abstract: A method controls a converter having a plurality of switching modules. Each of the switching modules has controllably interruptible semiconductor switches and an energy store. A switching frequency of the switching modules is regulated in consideration of at least one integral limiting value, wherein the at least one integral limiting value is variably determined over time, in accordance with the energy store voltages of the switching modules.

Abstract: A power conversion device includes: a three-phase inverter including a plurality of switching elements; and a controller configured to PWM-control the three-phase inverter based on three phase voltage commands. The controller generates a zero-phase voltage command using a two-phase modulation scheme and a third harmonic component of the three phase voltage commands. The controller adds the generated zero-phase voltage command to each of the three phase voltage commands to thereby correct each of the three phase voltage commands. The controller compares each of the corrected three phase voltage commands with a carrier wave, to thereby generate a control signal for controlling switching of the plurality of switching elements.