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Critically continuous boost converter
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1992-08-10
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Granted: 1994-11-22
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Expires: 2012-08-10
Abstract
Abstract In critically continuous boost converters used to achieve high power factor and low input current harmonic distortion, a power FET is driven by a pulse generator whose on time is essentially constant over a single line cycle. Off time is terminated when current in the inductor falls to zero and the voltage on the side of the inductor not connected to the input voltage is less that the input voltage. A delay causes turn on to occur at the minimum of the voltage ring to minimize turn on switching losses. At voltages when the input voltage is less than one half of the output voltage part of the on time, turn on occurs with negative current flowing through the FET power switch and the inductor. Part of the turn on time is used to charge the inductor current back to zero before energy can begin to flow back into the output of the converter. A correction circuit is provided which extends the on time as a function of the input and output voltage to avoid dead time around the zero voltage crossover of the sinusoidal input voltage which when rectified provides the input voltage to the converter.
Inventors
- 👤 William S. Blocher
- 👤 Bruce M. Cassidy
- 👤 James O. Groves, Jr.
- 👤 Randhir S. Malik
- 👤 Stephen F. Newton
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CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02M; H02M1/00; H02M1/42; H02M1/4208; H02M1/4225; G; G05; G05F; G05F1/00; G05F1/10; G05F1/12; G05F1/32; G05F1/34; G05F1/38; H02M3/00; H02M3/02; H02M3/04; H02M3/10; H02M3/145; H02M3/155; H02M3/156; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B70/00; Y02B70/10; Y02P; Y02P80/00; Y02P80/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A boost converter operating in a critically continuous mode having an input connectable to voltage source, comprising: an inductor; a power switch in series with said inductor, the series combination connectable to the voltage source for receiving power therefrom; a rectifier means connected between a load and the junction of said inductor and said power switch, said rectifier means poled to conduct power to said load when said power switch is not conducting; and means for terminating the off time of said power switch including means for monitoring the voltage across the inductor, means responsive to the monitored voltage for determining when said inductor voltage falls to zero, and delay means responsive to said inductor voltage falling to zero for introducing a delay sufficient to minimize the power switch turn on switching losses.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
A boost converter operating in a critically continuous mode having an input connectable to voltage source, comprising: an inductor; a power switch in series with said inductor, the series combination connectable to the voltage source for receiving power therefrom; a rectifier means connected between a load and the junction of said inductor and said power switch, said rectifier means poled to conduct power to said load when said power switch is not conducting; and means for terminating the off time of said power switch including means for monitoring the voltage across the inductor, means responsive to the monitored voltage for determining when said inductor voltage falls to zero, and delay means responsive to said inductor voltage falling to zero for introducing a delay sufficient to minimize the power switch turn on switching losses.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The boost converter of claim 1 wherein said delay means provides a delay proportional to pi times the square root of L times C, where L is the inductance of the inductor and C is the parasitic and external capacitance across the power switch.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The boost converter of claim 1 wherein the on time of the power switch varies slowly compared to the switching rate of the power switch.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The boost converter of claim 1 wherein said voltage source is obtained by rectifying a sinusoidal line voltage.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
197 words
A critically continuous boost converter having an input connectable through a rectifier to a sinusoidal line voltage, said converter comprising: an inductor; a power switch in series with said inductor, the series combination coupled to the line voltage for receiving power therefrom; a rectifier means connected between a load and the junction of said inductor and said power switch, said rectifier means poled to conduct power to said load when said power switch is not conducting; control loop means, responsive to a signal proportional to the output voltage of the load, for controlling the on time of said power switch, said control means including means for generating an error signal proportional to the difference of said signal proportional to the output voltage and a first reference voltage, first and second consecutive timing means, said first timing means for extending the turn on time of said power device, said first timing means including means for generating a first signal proportional to the input voltage, means for integrating said first signal, means for comparing said integrated signal to a second reference signal for starting operation of said second timing means for determining when said power switch on time ceases.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
197 words
A critically continuous boost converter having an input connectable through a rectifier to a sinusoidal line voltage, said converter comprising: an inductor; a power switch in series with said inductor, the series combination coupled to the line voltage for receiving power therefrom; a rectifier means connected between a load and the junction of said inductor and said power switch, said rectifier means poled to conduct power to said load when said power switch is not conducting; control loop means, responsive to a signal proportional to the output voltage of the load, for controlling the on time of said power switch, said control means including means for generating an error signal proportional to the difference of said signal proportional to the output voltage and a first reference voltage, first and second consecutive timing means, said first timing means for extending the turn on time of said power device, said first timing means including means for generating a first signal proportional to the input voltage, means for integrating said first signal, means for comparing said integrated signal to a second reference signal for starting operation of said second timing means for determining when said power switch on time ceases.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The converter of claim 5, wherein said second timing means comprises means for integrating a signal which is a function of the difference of the output voltage from a desired value.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
59 words
The converter of claim 5, further comprising means for introducing a delay after the current in the inductor current falls to zero and the voltage on the side of the inductor not connected to the input voltage is less than the input voltage for causing turn on to occur at the minimum of the voltage ring of the inductor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
206 words
A boost converter having an input connectable to a voltage source, comprising: an inductor; a power switch in series with said inductor, the series combination connectable to the voltage source for receiving power therefrom; a rectifier means connected between a load and the junction of said inductor and said power switch, said rectifier means poled to conduct power to said load when said power switch is not conducting; control loop means, responsive to a signal proportional to the output voltage of the load, for controlling the on time of said power switch, said control means including means for generating a compensating voltage signal from a comparison of said signal proportional to the output voltage and a first reference voltage, means for generating an error signal proportional to the square root of said compensation signal and inversely proportional to the input voltage, timing means for generating a signal inversely proportional to said error signal, means for integrating said signal, means for comparing said integrated signal to a second reference signal for turning off said power switch when said second reference signal is exceeded, whereby the open loop gain of the control loop is independent of the boost converter DC output current and the boost converter input voltage.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
206 words
A boost converter having an input connectable to a voltage source, comprising: an inductor; a power switch in series with said inductor, the series combination connectable to the voltage source for receiving power therefrom; a rectifier means connected between a load and the junction of said inductor and said power switch, said rectifier means poled to conduct power to said load when said power switch is not conducting; control loop means, responsive to a signal proportional to the output voltage of the load, for controlling the on time of said power switch, said control means including means for generating a compensating voltage signal from a comparison of said signal proportional to the output voltage and a first reference voltage, means for generating an error signal proportional to the square root of said compensation signal and inversely proportional to the input voltage, timing means for generating a signal inversely proportional to said error signal, means for integrating said signal, means for comparing said integrated signal to a second reference signal for turning off said power switch when said second reference signal is exceeded, whereby the open loop gain of the control loop is independent of the boost converter DC output current and the boost converter input voltage.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
58 words
The converter of claim 8, further comprising means for introducing a delay after the current in the inductor falls to zero and the voltage on the side of the inductor not connected to the input voltage is less than the input voltage for causing turn on to occur at the minimum of the voltage ring of the inductor.
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