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US 9,425,698 B2Granted
Power conversion apparatus and method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMitsuhiro Miura, Naoto Hasegawa
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AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMitsuhiro Miura, Naoto Hasegawa
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A power conversion apparatus includes: a primary side full bridge circuit having a first arm circuit and a second arm circuit in parallel, a secondary side full bridge circuit having a third arm circuit and a fourth arm circuit in parallel, and a control unit configured to adjust a first phase difference between switching of the first arm circuit and switching of the third arm circuit and a second phase difference between switching of the second arm circuit and switching of the fourth arm circuit to control transmitted power that is transmitted between the primary side full bridge circuit and the secondary side full bridge circuit, wherein the control unit, among the first phase difference and the second phase difference, causes the phase difference between arm circuits having a higher efficiency to be larger than the phase difference between arm circuits having a lower efficiency.
A power conversion apparatus comprising:
A power conversion method for a power conversion apparatus, the power conversion apparatus including a primary side full bridge circuit having a first arm circuit and a second arm circuit in parallel and a secondary side full bridge circuit having a third arm circuit and a fourth arm circuit in parallel, the power conversion method comprising:
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