SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE
    91.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190052189A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-14

    申请号:US16076444

    申请日:2017-01-18

    发明人: Hirotaka OOMORI

    IPC分类号: H02M7/537 H02M1/34 H01L25/18

    摘要: A semiconductor module according to an embodiment includes an insulating substrate having a power conversion circuit mounted thereon, a first transistor constituting an upper arm, a second transistor constituting a lower arm, a first input interconnection pattern coupled to a positive-side input terminal, a second input interconnection pattern coupled to a negative-side input terminal, an output interconnection pattern coupled to an output terminal, and an absorbing device configured to absorb surge voltage, wherein the first input interconnection pattern includes a first-transistor mounting area on which the first transistor is mounted, wherein the output interconnection pattern includes a second-transistor mounting area on which the second transistor is mounted, wherein the second input interconnection pattern includes an absorbing-device connecting area disposed between the first and second transistor mounting areas, and wherein the absorbing-device connecting area is electrically coupled to the first-transistor mounting area through the absorbing device.

    Flyback power converter circuit with active clamping and zero voltage switching and conversion control circuit thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10181782B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-15

    申请号:US15892724

    申请日:2018-02-09

    摘要: A flyback power converter circuit includes: a transformer including a primary side winding coupled to an input power and a secondary side winding coupled to an output node, wherein the input power includes an input voltage; a primary side switch coupled to the primary side winding for controlling the input power to generate an output power on the output node through the secondary side winding, wherein the output power includes an output voltage; a clamping circuit including an auxiliary switch and an auxiliary capacitor connected in series to form an auxiliary branch which is connected with the primary side winding in parallel; and a conversion control circuit for adjusting an ON time of the auxiliary switch according to at least one of a current related signal, the input voltage, and the output voltage, such that the primary side switch is zero voltage switching when turning ON.

    Converter and control method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10177668B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US15677007

    申请日:2017-08-14

    IPC分类号: H02M3/33 H02M3/335 H02M1/34

    摘要: A converter includes a transformer, a main switch, an active clamp circuit, and a control circuit. The transformer includes a primary winding and a secondary winding, and is configured to receive an input voltage and output an output voltage to a load. The main switch is coupled between the primary winding and a primary ground terminal. The active clamp circuit includes an auxiliary switch and a clamp capacitor. The auxiliary switch is coupled to the clamp capacitor in series, and the active clamp circuit is coupled in parallel to the two terminals of the primary winding or the main switch, and is configured to clamp the voltage across the main switch when it is OFF. The control circuit outputs an auxiliary switch control signal to turn on the auxiliary switch when the voltage across the main switch is at its first peak of the resonant voltage.

    Semiconductor switching circuit
    95.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10177643B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US15532511

    申请日:2015-12-03

    摘要: A semiconductor switching circuit, for use in a HVDC power converter, comprising: a main semiconductor switching element, including first and second connection terminals between which current flows from the first connection terminal to the second connection terminal and an auxiliary semiconductor switching element electrically connected between the first and second connection terminals thereof, and a control unit, operatively connected to auxiliary semiconductor switching element and programmed to control the switching element to create an alternative current path between the first and second connection terminals by at least two of: a fully-on mode in which the switching element is operated at its maximum rated base current or gate voltage; a pulsed switched mode in which the switching element is turned on and off; and an active mode in which the switching element is operated with a continuously variable base current or gate voltage.

    Lossless snubber circuits
    97.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10135344B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-20

    申请号:US15209184

    申请日:2016-07-13

    摘要: The combined voltage regulator and snubber circuit generally has a voltage regulator device in parallel with the energy storage element of the snubber circuit operatively connectable in series with a leakage inductance current path; the leakage inductance being part of a magnetic component utilized in a switch-mode power supply having an input voltage source, controllable semiconductor switches, freewheeling semiconductor switches, feedback controller, reactive energy storage components and a load; the voltage regulator generally providing constant or variable voltage to the gate driver of the controllable semiconductor and/or feedback controller; the snubber circuit generally recycling leakage inductance energy to the input capacitor of a neighboring cell in a multi-cell stacked converter.

    Charge pump effect compensation for high frequency isolation transformer in lighting device power supplies

    公开(公告)号:US10110118B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-23

    申请号:US15509404

    申请日:2015-09-06

    IPC分类号: H02M1/44 H02M1/34 H02M1/14

    摘要: An apparatus (400A, 400B, 400C, 400D, 500A, 500B, 800) supplies power to an output thereof. The apparatus includes: an isolation transformer (110) and a rectifier (120). The isolation transformer has a parasitic capacitance (Cp) between one of its input terminals (1S/1F) and one of its output terminals (2S/2F). The rectifier has a pair of input terminals connected to the output terminals of the isolation transformer, and a pair of output terminals connected across the apparatus' output. The rectifier includes a plurality of diodes (D1/D2/D3/D4) connected in a bridge. The apparatus also includes a compensation device for compensating for an increase in an output voltage across the output of the apparatus due to a charge pump effect of the parasitic capacitance. The compensation device includes at least one compensation capacitor (410, 510/520, 810/812) connected across one of the diodes of the bridge.