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Rectifier control apparatus with improved power factor
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1986-03-19
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Granted: 1987-08-18
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Expires: 2006-03-19
Abstract
Abstract A single phase, full wave diode bridge circuit is connected with a chopper on its DC output side. An output voltage of the chopper is smoothed by a smoothing capacitor and thereafter supplied for a load. A current control apparatus forms a current reference signal which is synchronized with an AC voltage applied to the bridge circuit and has a magnitude corresponding to a current flowing through the load and produces a deviation signal between the current reference signal and an actual AC input current of the bridge circuit. The chopper is controlled in accordance with the deviation signal so that the AC input current follows the current reference signal, whereby the power factor and the waveform of the AC input current in the bridge circuit are improved.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuyoshi Mutoh
- 👤 Keijiro Sakai
- 👤 Toshio Suzuki
- 👤 Akiteru Ueda
- 👤 Kenji Nandoh
- 👤 Ikuo Okajima
Bibliographic Details
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US
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CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02M; H02M3/00; H02M3/02; H02M3/04; H02M3/10; H02M3/145; H02M3/155; H02M3/156; H02M3/157
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
A control apparatus for a rectifying circuit comprising: a rectifying means for converting an AC voltage into a DC voltage; a chopper means connected with rectifying means on its DC output side; a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the output voltage of the chopper means to apply a smoothed DC voltage to a load; and a current control means for producing a deviation signal between a predetermined current reference signal and an AC input current of the rectifying means and controlling the ON-OFF operation of the chopper means in accordance with the deviation signal, characterized in that said current control means includes means for generating as the current reference signal a signal which has a magnitude corresponding to a magnitude of the load and is synchronized with the AC voltage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
129 words
A control apparatus for a rectifying circuit comprising: a rectifying means for converting an AC voltage into a DC voltage; a chopper means connected with rectifying means on its DC output side; a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the output voltage of the chopper means to apply a smoothed DC voltage to a load; and a current control means for producing a deviation signal between a predetermined current reference signal and an AC input current of the rectifying means and controlling the ON-OFF operation of the chopper means in accordance with the deviation signal, characterized in that said current control means includes means for generating as the current reference signal a signal which has a magnitude corresponding to a magnitude of the load and is synchronized with the AC voltage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
60 words
A control apparatus for a rectifying circuit as defined in claim 1, wherein said current reference signal generating means comprises means for producing a zero crossing signal every one cycle of the AC voltage at a time point at which the AC voltage becomes zero and means for forming the current reference signal in response to the zero crossing signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
56 words
A control apparatus for a rectifying circuit as defined in claim 2, wherein said current reference signal forming means comprises means for generating a sine wave signal having a constant amplitude in response to the zero crossing signal and means for multiplying the sine wave signal by an amount corresponding to the magnitude of the load.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
A control apparatus for a rectifying circuit as defined in claim 1, wherein said current reference signal is generated in the form of an absolute value signal and the AC input current is also detected in a form of the absolute value signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
A control apparatus for a rectifying circuit as defined in claim 1, wherein said current control means includes means for compensating the deviation signal by a predetermined compensation gain, and the ON-OFF operation of the chopper means is controlled in accordance with the compensated deviation signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A control apparatus for a rectifying circuit as defined in claim 5, wherein the predetermined compensation gain is changed in accordance with the level of the current reference signal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A control apparatus for a rectifying circuit as defined in claim 1, wherein said means for generating generates a signal which has a magnitude corresponding to a magnitude of the load current.
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