Patent classifications
H02M1/0085
Image display apparatus
An image display apparatus is disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a display and a power supply configured to supply driving voltage to the display, wherein the power supply includes a converter to convert input AC voltage into DC voltage and a controller to control the converter, the converter includes a first leg including a first switching device and a second switching device connected to each other in series and a second leg including a first diode and a second diode connected to each other in series, the first diode and the second diode connected to the first leg in parallel, and the controller controls on time of the first switching device to gradually increase from a first level to a second level for a first period for which the input AC voltage rises after a zero crossing point.
CHARGE MODE CONTROL FOR POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CIRCUIT
A control circuit for a power factor correction (PFC) circuit, the control circuit includes a multiplier having first, second, and third multiplier inputs and a multiplier output. The control circuit has an adder having first and second inputs and an output. The first input of the adder is coupled to the multiplier output. The control circuit further includes a root mean square (RMS) calculation circuit configured to determine a square of a root mean square of an input sinusoidal voltage. The RMS calculation circuit has an output coupled to the second multiplier input. An input voltage square calculation circuit is configured to determine a square of the input sinusoidal voltage. The input voltage square calculation circuit has an output coupled to the third multiplier input.
Totem-pole power factor correction circuit
A totem-pole PFC circuit is provided. The totem-pole PFC circuit includes an inductor, a first bridge arm and a second bridge arm. The first bridge arm includes a first switch and a second switch connected in series. A first middle node connected between the first and second switches is coupled to a first terminal of an AC power source through the inductor. The second bridge arm connected to the first bridge arm in parallel includes a third switch and a fourth switch connected in series. A second middle node connected between the third and fourth switches is coupled to a second terminal of the AC power source. When a polarity of the AC power source is changed, a change time of a voltage on the second middle node is longer than a preset time not less than 20 μs.
Vehicle on-board charger with snubber circuit
An on-board charger is provided with a bulk capacitor adapted to couple to a vehicle traction battery and a relay for receiving electrical power from an external power supply and to pre-charge the bulk capacitor. A power factor correction (PFC) circuit is connected between the bulk capacitor and the relay. The PFC circuit includes a switch that is adjustable between an on-position and an off-position. The switch enables current flow from the relay to the bulk capacitor in the off-position. A snubber circuit is coupled to the switch to damp a transient voltage present at the switch during a transition from the on-position to the off-position. A processor is programmed to control the switch.
AC-DC POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM WITH ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING
A circuit technique substantially reduces the switching losses in an AC-DC power conversion system caused by turn-on characteristics of a main switch and the reverse-recovery characteristic of a rectifier. The losses are reduced by using an active soft-switching cell having a series inductor, a series capacitor, a main switch, a rectifier switch, and an auxiliary switch. The reverse-recovery related losses are reduced by the series inductor connected between the main and rectifier switches to control the rate of current change in the body diode of the rectifier switch during its turn-off. The main switch, the rectifier switch, and the auxiliary switch operate under zero-voltage switching (ZVS) conditions.
CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR A CURRENT CONVERTER
A circuit arrangement for a current converter has a half bridge with two series-connected power semiconductor switches in each case. The half bridge has a module with a power semiconductor switch in each case, a first DC voltage terminal, a second DC voltage terminal and an AC voltage terminal. A capacitor is connected in parallel with the half bridge and has a first and second capacitor terminals. A first busbar connects the first DC voltage terminal to the first capacitor terminal, and a second busbar connects the second DC voltage terminal to the second capacitor terminal. The first and the second busbars are arranged as to be spatially parallel and electrically insulated from each other. The circuit arrangement has a resistor connected in series with the capacitor, wherein the resistor is arranged in the first and/or second busbar.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOTEM POLE POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CIRCUIT, AND POWER ADAPTER
The control system includes a PFC circuit and a sampling control circuit, and the PFC circuit includes an inductor, a first power supply drive circuit, and a first bridge arm and a second bridge arm that are connected in parallel, and a first bridge arm midpoint is a serial connection point between a first upper bridge arm and a first lower bridge arm of the first bridge arm. The sampling control circuit is configured to control, based on voltages of two ends of an alternating current power supply, the first lower bridge arm to be turned on, so that the first power supply drive circuit starts charging. The sampling control circuit is further configured to: when charging duration of the first power supply drive circuit reaches first target duration, control the first lower bridge arm to be turned off, so that the first power supply drive circuit completes charging.
ACTIVE RECTIFICATION IN WIRELESS POWER SYSTEMS
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for controlling an active rectifier of a wireless power receiver. The exemplary methods can include determining a reference value of a current into the rectifier, the reference value being based on a load requirement; determining a required value change in a present input current into the rectifier based on the reference value; transmitting, to a wireless power transmitter, a signal representative of the required value change in the present input current; determining a new value of the present input current after transmitting the signal; and, when the new value is within a predetermined range of the required value change, driving at least one transistor in the rectifier with a PWM signal based on the new value.
OLED driving power source and OLED television
An OLED driving power source includes a power supply board connected to main board and OLED screen, power supply board includes standby circuit, power supply circuit, first conversion module, second conversion module and switch; after powering on, standby circuit supplies mainboard and power supply circuit, power supply circuit starts first conversion module to output first voltage and second voltage to power mainboard and output HVDC to second conversion module, switch converts first voltage to first enabling voltage to supply OLED screen according to first enabling signal from mainboard; power supply circuit starts second conversion module to convert HVDC into second enabling voltage to power and light up OLED screen, first conversion module comprises bridgeless PFC circuit and auxiliary path LLC control circuit integrated into same semiconductor chip encapsulation, and omitting specific standby circuit, circuit structure is simplified, area of power supply board is reduced, and production cost is reduced.
Phase alignment circuit and method of receive end, and receive end
This application discloses a phase alignment circuit and method of a receive end, and a receive end, where the phase alignment circuit and method of a receive end. The receive end is located on the electric vehicle. The circuit includes: a phase measurement circuit and a controller. The controller is configured to: use, as an actual phase shift angle, a result obtained by subtracting the phase difference from a preset phase shift angle, and control a phase of a bridge arm voltage of the rectifier to lag behind the phase of the input current fundamental component by the actual phase shift angle. The controller outputs a drive signal for a controllable switching transistor of the rectifier by using the actual phase shift angle. Because a lagging phase caused due to filtering is compensated for, precision of synchronization between the bridge arm voltage and the input current can be increased.