# US 9,438,126 B2 · Power conversion device and power conversion method

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- Number: US 9,438,126 B2
- Document ID: US9438126B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/680,308
- Filed: 2015-04-07
- Published: 2015-10-15
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-04-09
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Takahiro Hirano
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9438126B2

## CPC

- H02M 3/33584: {Bidirectional converters}
- H02M 3/3353: {having at least two simultaneously operating switches on the input side, e.g. "double forward" or "double (switched) flyback" converter}
- H02M 3/33561: {having more than one ouput with independent control}
- H02M 1/0048: {Circuits or arrangements for reducing losses (using snubbers H02M1/34)}
- H02M 1/0064: {Magnetic structures combining different functions, e.g. storage, filtering or transformation}
- Y02B 70/10: Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes
- H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P)
- Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS

## Abstract

A power conversion method of a power conversion device including a plurality of primary side ports disposed in a primary side circuit and a plurality of secondary side ports disposed in a secondary side circuit magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit with a transformer, the power conversion device adjusting transmission power transmitted between the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit by changing a phase difference between switching of the primary side circuit and switching of the secondary side circuit, the power conversion method including: calculating a transmission efficiency setting an adjustment value of the phase difference to a value obtained by dividing the transmission efficiency by a specified efficiency; and setting the phase difference to a value obtained by dividing the calculated value by the adjustment value when the adjustment value is less than the specified value.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A power conversion method of a power conversion device including a plurality of primary side ports disposed in a primary side circuit and a plurality of secondary side ports disposed in a secondary side circuit magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit with a transformer, the power conversion device adjusting transmission power transmitted between the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit by changing a phase difference between switching of the primary side circuit and switching of the secondary side circuit, the power conversion method comprising:
setting the phase difference to a calculated value;
determining whether power is transmitted from the secondary side circuit to the primary side circuit;
calculating a transmission efficiency based on a primary side power calculated value of the primary side circuit and a secondary side power calculated value of the secondary side circuit;
setting an adjustment value of the phase difference to a value that is obtained by dividing the transmission efficiency by a specified efficiency;
determining whether the adjustment value is less than a specified value; and
setting the phase difference to a value that is obtained by dividing the calculated value by the adjustment value when the adjustment value is less than the specified value.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The power conversion method according to claim 1, further comprising:
setting the transmission efficiency to a value that is obtained by dividing the primary side power calculated value by the secondary side power calculated value, when the power is transmitted from the secondary side circuit to the primary side circuit; and
setting the transmission efficiency to a value that is obtained by dividing the secondary side power calculated value by the primary side power calculated value, when the power is transmitted from the primary side circuit to the secondary side circuit.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The power conversion method according to claim 1, further comprising:
calculating the primary side power calculated value based on a detected voltage of the primary side port; and
calculating the secondary side power calculated value based on a detected voltage of the secondary side port.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The power conversion method according to claim 1, further comprising:
setting the phase difference to the calculated value when the adjustment value is greater than or equal to the specified value.

### Claim 5

A power conversion device comprising:
a primary side circuit including a plurality of primary side ports;
a secondary side circuit including a plurality of secondary side ports and being magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit with a transformer; and
a control unit controlling transmission power transmitted between the primary side circuit and the secondary side circuit by changing a phase difference between switching of the primary side circuit and switching of the secondary side circuit,
wherein the control unit is configured to
set the phase difference to a calculated value;
determine whether power is transmitted from the secondary side circuit to the primary side circuit;
calculate a transmission efficiency based on a primary side power calculated value of the primary side circuit and a secondary side power calculated value of the secondary side circuit;
set an adjustment value of the phase difference to a value that is obtained by dividing the transmission efficiency by a specified efficiency;
determine whether the adjustment value is less than a specified value; and
set the phase difference to a value that is obtained by dividing the calculated value by the adjustment value when the adjustment value is less than the specified value.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The power conversion device according to claim 5, wherein
the control unit is further configured to set the transmission efficiency to a value that is obtained by dividing the primary side power calculated value by the secondary side power calculated value, when the power is transmitted from the secondary side circuit to the primary side circuit; and
the control unit is further configured to set the transmission efficiency to a value that is obtained by dividing the secondary side power calculated value by the primary side power calculated value, when the power is transmitted from the primary side circuit to the secondary side circuit.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The power conversion device according to claim 5, wherein
the control unit is further configured to calculate the primary side power calculated value based on a detected voltage of the primary side port; and
the control unit is further configured to calculate the secondary side power calculated value based on a detected voltage of the secondary side port.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The power conversion device according to claim 5, wherein
the control unit is further configured to set the phase difference to the calculated value when the adjustment value is greater than or equal to the specified value.