# US 9,882,478 B2 · Power device

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- Number: US 9,882,478 B2
- Document ID: US9882478B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/289,700
- Filed: 2014-05-29
- Published: 2014-12-11
- Granted: 2018-01-30
- Earliest claimed: 2013-06-06
- Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yasumichi Ohnuki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9882478B2

## CPC

- H02M 3/158: including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load
- 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)

## Abstract

A first direct-current power converter circuit increases an electrical potential difference between a positive electrical potential of a load and a positive electrical potential of a power source by a step-up operation, and a second direct-current power converter circuit increases an electrical potential difference between a negative electrical potential of the load and a negative electrical potential of the power source by a step-up operation. A control device controls switching operations of first and second switching devices included in the first direct-current power converter circuit based on a first duty. The control device controls switching operations of third and fourth switching devices included in the second direct-current power converter circuit based on a second duty. The control device controls a load voltage to be an arbitrary voltage, which is equal to or more than a source voltage.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A power device, comprising:
a power source;
a load configured to be driven by power supplied from the power source; and
a voltage control unit configured to control a voltage to be applied to the load, the voltage control unit comprising:
a first reactor and a second reactor;
a plurality of switches;
a first capacitor and a second capacitor; and
a first step-up circuit and a second step-up circuit,
a positive electrode of the power source being connected with a first node,
a negative electrode of the power source being connected with a second node,
a first end of the first reactor being connected with a third node and a second end of the first reactor being connected with the first node,
a first end of the second reactor being connected with a fourth node and a second end of the second reactor being connected with the second node,
a first end of the first capacitor being connected with a fifth node and a second end of the first capacitor being connected with the second node,
a first end of the second capacitor being connected with a sixth node and a second end of the second capacitor being connected with the first node,
the switches comprising:
a first switch, a first end of the first switch being connected with the fifth node and a second end of the first switch being connected with the third node;
a second switch, a first end of the second switch being connected with the third node and a second end of the second switch being connected with the second node;
a third switch, a first end of the third switch being connected with the first node and a second end of the third switch being connected with the fourth node; and
a fourth switch, a first end of the fourth switch being connected with the fourth node and a second end of the fourth switch being connected with the sixth node,
the first step-up circuit comprising the first reactor, the first capacitor, and the first and second switches, the first step-up circuit being connected with the power source;
the second step-up circuit comprising the second reactor, the second capacitor, and the third and fourth switches, the second step-up circuit being connected with the power source; and
the voltage control unit being configured to control the voltage applied to the load to be an arbitrary voltage, which is equal to or more than the voltage of the power source, based on a duty of ON and OFF switching operation of the switch.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The power device according to claim 1, wherein the voltage control unit is configured to perform a first switching operation and a second switching operation such that a phase shift is provided between the first and second switching operations, the first switching operation being that the first switch and the second switch of the first step-up circuit are inverted and alternative ON and OFF operations of each first and second switch are performed, and the second switching operation being that the third switch and the fourth switch of the second step-up circuit are inverted and alternative ON and OFF operations of each third and fourth switch are performed.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The power device according to claim 1, wherein the first reactor and the second reactor are magnetically coupled.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The power device according to claim 3, wherein the first reactor and the second reactor are provided to perform a magnetic-field cancellation.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The power device according to claim 1, wherein the first and fourth switches are configured to interrupt a conduction for charging the power source.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The power device according to claim 1, wherein the voltage control unit further comprises:
a third reactor and a fourth reactor;
a third capacitor and a fourth capacitor; and
a third step-up circuit and a fourth step-up circuit,
a first end of the third reactor being connected with a seventh node and a second end of the third reactor being connected with the first node,
a first end of the fourth reactor being connected with an eighth node and a second end of the fourth reactor being connected with the second node,
a first end of the third capacitor being connected with the fifth node and a second end of the third capacitor being connected with the second node,
a first end of the fourth capacitor being connected with the sixth node and a second end of the fourth capacitor being connected with the first node,
the switches further comprising:
a fifth switch, a first end of the fifth switch being connected with the fifth node and a second end of the fifth switch being connected with the seventh node;
a sixth switch, a first end of the sixth switch being connected with the seventh node and a second end of the sixth switch being connected with the second node;
a seventh switch, a first end of the seventh switch being connected with the first node and a second end of the seventh switch being connected with the eighth node; and
an eighth switch, a first end of the eighth switch being connected with the eighth node and a second end of the eighth switch being connected with the sixth node,
the third step-up circuit comprising the third reactor, the third capacitor, and the fifth and sixth switches, the third step-up circuit being connected with the power source, and
the fourth step-up circuit comprising the fourth reactor, the fourth capacitor, and the seventh and eighth switches, the fourth step-up circuit being connected with the power source.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The power device according to claim 6, wherein the voltage control unit is configured to perform first to fourth switching operations such that a phase shift is provided between the first and second switching operations and a phase shift is provided between the third and fourth switching operations, the first switching operation being that the first switch and the second switch of the first step-up circuit are inverted and alternative ON and OFF operations of each first and second switch are performed, the second switching operation being that the third switch and the fourth switch of the second step-up circuit are inverted and alternative ON and OFF operations of each third and fourth switch are performed, the third switching operation being that the fifth switch and the sixth switch of the third step-up circuit are inverted and alternative ON and OFF operations of each fifth and sixth switch are performed, the fourth switching operation being that the seventh switch and the eighth switch of the fourth step-up circuit are inverted and alternative ON and OFF operations of each seventh and eighth switch are performed.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The power device according to claim 7, wherein the voltage control unit is configured to perform the first to fourth switching operations such that a phase shift is provided between a pair of the first and second switching operations and a pair of the third and fourth switching operations.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The power device according to claim 7, wherein the first reactor and the second reactor are magnetically coupled, and the third reactor and the fourth reactor are magnetically coupled.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The power device according to claim 9, wherein the first reactor and the second reactor are provided to perform a magnetic-field cancellation, and the third reactor and the fourth reactor are provided to perform a magnetic-field cancellation.

### Claim 11 (depends on 6)

The power device according to claim 6, wherein the voltage control unit is configured to perform first to fourth switching operations such that a phase shift is provided between the first and third switching operations and a phase shift is provided between the second and fourth switching operations, the first switching operation being that the first switch and the second switch of the first step-up circuit are inverted and alternative ON and OFF operations of each first and second switch are performed, the second switching operation being that the third switch and the fourth switch of the second step-up circuit are inverted and alternative ON and OFF operations of each third and fourth switch are performed, the third switching operation being that the fifth switch and the sixth switch of the third step-up circuit are inverted and alternative ON and OFF operations of each fifth and sixth switch are performed, the fourth switching operation being that the seventh switch and the eighth switch of the fourth step-up circuit are inverted and alternative ON and OFF operations of each seventh and eighth switch are performed.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The power device according to claim 11, wherein the voltage control unit is configured to perform the first to fourth switching operations such that a phase shift is provided between a pair of the first and third switching operations and a pair of the second and fourth switching operations.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The power device according to claim 11, wherein the first reactor and the third reactor are magnetically coupled, and the second reactor and the fourth reactor are magnetically coupled.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The power device according to claim 13, wherein the first reactor and the third reactor are provided to perform a magnetic-field cancellation, and the second reactor and the fourth reactor are provided to perform a magnetic-field cancellation.

### Claim 15 (depends on 6)

The power device according to claim 6, wherein the first, fourth, fifth, and eighth switches are configured to interrupt a conduction for charging the power source.