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Power supply system including DC-to-DC converter and control method therefor

A DC-DC converter includes a bridge circuit electrically connected to a DC link capacitor; an inductor and a capacitor electrically connected to the bridge circuit, in which the inductor is connected to a first end of a battery, and the capacitor is connected to the first end and a second end of the battery; a sensor configured to sense a voltage between the bridge circuit and the DC link capacitor; and a controller configured to control switching operations of the bridge circuit so that a power output by the DC-DC converter and supplied to the first end of the battery has a droop curve-shaped power value according to the sensed voltage.

POWER CONVERTER
20230033392 · 2023-02-02 · ·

To provide a power converter which can detect occurrence of excess current in early stage without providing a blanking time when the detection of excess current is not performed after the turn on of the switching device, and which can protect the power converter. A power converter includes a time change detection circuit that outputs a detection signal according to a time change rate of a main voltage; an excess current determination circuit that generates an excess current occurrence signal of normal current state when the detection signal is less than a first threshold value, and generates the excess current occurrence signal of excess current state when the detection signal is not less than the first threshold value; and a driving circuit that generates the driving voltage of OFF state when the drive command signal is ON state and the excess current occurrence signal is excess current state.

POWER CONVERTER
20230033392 · 2023-02-02 · ·

To provide a power converter which can detect occurrence of excess current in early stage without providing a blanking time when the detection of excess current is not performed after the turn on of the switching device, and which can protect the power converter. A power converter includes a time change detection circuit that outputs a detection signal according to a time change rate of a main voltage; an excess current determination circuit that generates an excess current occurrence signal of normal current state when the detection signal is less than a first threshold value, and generates the excess current occurrence signal of excess current state when the detection signal is not less than the first threshold value; and a driving circuit that generates the driving voltage of OFF state when the drive command signal is ON state and the excess current occurrence signal is excess current state.

Power supply system
11489329 · 2022-11-01 · ·

A power supply system includes: a first power circuit having a first battery, a second power circuit having a second battery, a voltage converter which converter voltage between the first power circuit and second power circuit, a current sensor which acquires a passing current value Iact of the voltage converter, a passing power control unit which operates the voltage converter, and a failure determination unit which determines failure of the voltage converter. The failure determination unit determines that the voltage converter has failed in a case of the passing current value Iact becoming negative in a state in which the passing power control unit is not operating the high-arm element of the voltage converter to ON, and makes a time from when the passing current value Iact first became negative until determining that the voltage converter failed shorter as the passing current value Iact increases to the negative side.

Power supply system
11489329 · 2022-11-01 · ·

A power supply system includes: a first power circuit having a first battery, a second power circuit having a second battery, a voltage converter which converter voltage between the first power circuit and second power circuit, a current sensor which acquires a passing current value Iact of the voltage converter, a passing power control unit which operates the voltage converter, and a failure determination unit which determines failure of the voltage converter. The failure determination unit determines that the voltage converter has failed in a case of the passing current value Iact becoming negative in a state in which the passing power control unit is not operating the high-arm element of the voltage converter to ON, and makes a time from when the passing current value Iact first became negative until determining that the voltage converter failed shorter as the passing current value Iact increases to the negative side.

POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE

A power supply control system and a vehicle includes: a plurality of supplying branches; a voltage conversion module, connected between an output end of a low-voltage direct current (DC) power supply and an input end of each of the supplying branches, configured to convert a voltage of output DC of the low-voltage DC power supply to a preset voltage; an information acquisition module, configured to collect temperature information of a preset area and/or load information; and a control module, communicating with the information acquisition module, configured to generate control signals for the supplying branches based on the temperature information of the preset area and/or load information.

POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE

A power supply control system and a vehicle includes: a plurality of supplying branches; a voltage conversion module, connected between an output end of a low-voltage direct current (DC) power supply and an input end of each of the supplying branches, configured to convert a voltage of output DC of the low-voltage DC power supply to a preset voltage; an information acquisition module, configured to collect temperature information of a preset area and/or load information; and a control module, communicating with the information acquisition module, configured to generate control signals for the supplying branches based on the temperature information of the preset area and/or load information.

System for limiting a peak current of short-circuit current

The present invention discloses a system for limiting a peak current of short-circuit current, which comprises a first a first high-frequency branch configured to provide a first high-frequency current to a first switch (1SKa) of a first phase branch of a three-phase AC when the first phase branch occurs a short-circuit, wherein the first high-frequency current is configured to cause a zero-crossing point of a short-circuit current to appear before a zero-crossing point of the three-phase AC; a second high-frequency branch configured to provide a second high-frequency current to a second switch (1SKc) of a second phase branch of the three-phase AC when the second phase branch occurs a short-circuit, wherein the second high-frequency current is configured to cause a zero-crossing point of a short-circuit current to appear before a zero-crossing point of the three-phase AC, a third phase branch of the three-phase AC connected in parallel with the first phase branch and the second phase branch and configured to always supply power. The present invention superimposes the high-frequency current on the original short-circuit current of the switch, thereby the total time from the arc generation to extinction at the zero-crossing point and then to the judgement by the control system is shorter than the time that the short-circuit current peak appears. Therefore, it can effectively lower the damage of the short-circuit current peak to the dynamic stability of the switch and lower the impact on system equipment.

System and a method for protecting a regulator rectifier device and a respective protection device

The problem to be solved is to provide a system and a method to protect the regulator rectifiers from the reverse voltage condition and the short circuit condition, and the problem is solved in the present invention by a system and a method that use a protection device including a control unit that receives an input from the circuit based on the reverse voltage condition and the short circuit condition, and based on the existence of at least one of the condition or a combination thereof, the control unit switches a switching unit from an ON state to an OFF state, thereby breaking the circuit between the regulator rectifier device and the load section, thus protecting the regulator rectifier device.

OVERCURRENT PROTECTION DEVICE OF POWER SUPPLY AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
20220345029 · 2022-10-27 ·

An overcurrent protection device of a power supply is provided. The overcurrent protection device includes an inductor, a first switch, a second switch, a feedback controller, a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller, and an overcurrent protection controller. The inductor may be connected to an input terminal of the power supply to which a current is inputted from a power source. The first switch may be connected between an output terminal of the inductor and a ground. The second switch may be connected between the output terminal of the inductor and an output terminal of the power supply. The feedback controller may compare an output voltage of the power supply with an output voltage target value, and generate a control voltage based on a result of comparing the output voltage and the output voltage target value. The PWM controller may control switch-on and switch-off of the first and second switches, and control a peak current of the first switch based on the control voltage. The overcurrent protection controller may include a timing capacitor charged with a current source proportional to the control voltage, and generate an overcurrent control signal for driving the PWM controller based on the control voltage. The overcurrent protection controller may charge the timing capacitor by the current source during a first switching period in which the second switch is turned on. When an output current exceeds a predetermined level regardless of an input voltage from the power source, an operation of the power supply may be stopped based on the overcurrent control signal.