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US 10,566,897 B2Granted
DC converter, DC converter group and method of connecting the same
AssigneeDelta Electronics, Inc.
InventorsGuoqiao Shen, Yuhu Zhou, Haijun Yang, Jinfa Zhang
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a DC converter, a DC converter group and a method of connecting the DC converter group. The DC converter includes a DC conversion circuit converting a DC input voltage into a DC output voltage, and a filter module electrically coupled to an input end and an output end of the DC conversion circuit. The filter module includes an input inductor component electrically coupled to the input end of the DC conversion circuit, and an output inductor component electrically coupled to the output end of the DC conversion circuit, wherein the input inductor component and the output inductor component share the same magnetic core.
Claims20
A DC converter, comprising:
- an input end comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode;
- an output end comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode;
- a DC conversion circuit, converting a DC input voltage into a DC output voltage;
- and
- a filter module, electrically coupled to an input end and an output end of the DC conversion circuit, comprising:
- an input inductor component, electrically coupled to the input end of the DC conversion circuit;
- and
- an output inductor component, electrically coupled to the output end of the DC conversion circuit, wherein the input inductor component and the output inductor component share the same magnetic core,
- wherein the input inductor component comprises:
- a first winding electrically coupled between the positive electrode of the input end of the DC converter and a positive electrode of the input end of the DC conversion circuit, and a second winding electrically coupled between the negative electrode of the input end of the DC converter and a negative electrode of the input end of the DC conversion circuit;
- and the output inductor component comprises:
- a third winding electricity coupled between the positive electrode of the output end of the DC converter and a positive electrode of the output end of the DC conversion circuit, and a fourth winding electricity coupled between the negative electrode of the output end of the DC converter and a negative electrode of the output end of the DC conversion circuit.
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A DC converter comprising:
- an input end comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode;
- an output end comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode;
- a DC conversion circuit, converting a DC input voltage into a DC output voltage;
- and
- a filter module, electrically coupled to an input end and an output end of the DC conversion circuit, comprising:
- an input inductor component, electrically coupled to the input end of the DC conversion circuit;
- and
- an output inductor component, electrically coupled to the output end of the DC conversion circuit, wherein the input inductor component and the output inductor component share the same magnetic core,
- wherein the input inductor component comprises:
- a first winding electrically coupled between the positive electrode of the input end of the DC converter and a positive electrode of the input end of the DC conversion circuit, and a second winding electrically coupled between the negative electrode of the input end of the DC converter and a negative electrode of the input end of the DC conversion circuit;
- and the output inductor component comprises:
- a third winding electrically coupled between the positive electrode of the output end of the DC converter and a positive electrode of the output end of the DC conversion circuit, wherein a negative electrode of the output end of the DC conversion circuit is electrically coupled to the negative electrode of the input end of the DC conversion circuit, and the negative electrode of the input end of the DC converter is simultaneously used as the negative electrode of the output end of the DC converter.
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A method of connecting a DC converter group, for electrically coupling DC converters to a DC input unit and a DC output unit, wherein each of the DC converter comprises:
- an input end comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode;
- an output end comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode;
- a DC conversion circuit, converting a DC input voltage into a DC output voltage;
- and
- a filter module, electrically coupled to an input end and an output end of the DC conversion circuit, comprising:
- an input inductor component, electrically coupled to the input end of the DC conversion circuit;
- and
- an output inductor component, electrically coupled to the output end of the DC conversion circuit, wherein the input inductor component and the output inductor component share the same magnetic core,
- wherein the input inductor component comprises:
- a first winding electrically coupled between the positive electrode of the input end of the DC converter and a positive electrode of the input end of the DC conversion circuit, and a second winding electrically coupled between the negative electrode of the input end of the DC converter and a negative electrode of the input end of the DC conversion circuit;
- and the output inductor component comprises:
- a third winding electrically coupled between the positive electrode of the output end of the DC converter and a positive electrode of the output end of the DC conversion circuit, and a fourth winding electrically coupled between the negative electrode of the output end of the DC converter and a negative electrode of the output end of the DC conversion circuit, and
- the method comprises:
- electrically coupling the input end of each of the DC converters to the DC input unit;
- and
- electrically coupling the output end of each of the DC converters to the DC output unit.
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A method of connecting a DC converter group, for electrically coupling DC converters to a DC input unit and a DC output unit, wherein each of the DC converter comprises:
- an input end comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode;
- an output end comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode;
- a DC conversion circuit, converting a DC input voltage into a DC output voltage;
- and
- a filter module, electrically coupled to an input end and an output end of the DC conversion circuit, comprising:
- an input inductor component, electrically coupled to the input end of the DC conversion circuit;
- and
- an output inductor component, electrically coupled to the output end of the DC conversion circuit, wherein the input inductor component and the output inductor component share the same magnetic core,
- wherein the input inductor component comprises:
- a first winding electrically coupled between the positive electrode of the input end of the DC converter and a positive electrode of the input end of the DC conversion circuit, and a second winding electrically coupled between the negative electrode of the input end of the DC converter and a negative electrode of the input end of the DC conversion circuit;
- and the output inductor component comprises:
- a third winding electrically coupled between the positive electrode of the output end of the DC converter and a positive electrode of the output end of the DC conversion circuit, wherein a negative electrode of the output end of the DC conversion circuit is electrically coupled to the negative electrode of the input end of the DC conversion circuit, and the negative electrode of the input end of the DC converter is simultaneously used as the negative electrode of the output end of the DC converter, and
- the method comprises:
- electrically coupling the input end of each of the DC converters to the DC input unit;
- and
- electrically coupling the output end of each of the DC converters to the DC output unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.