公开(公告)号：US20200052601A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-13

申请号：US16607691

申请日：2018-04-23

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yutaka KAMON ,  Fumito KUSAMA ,  Takaaki NORISADA ,  Makoto OZONE

IPC: H02M3/335 ,  H02M7/515 ,  H02M1/32

Abstract: A power conversion system includes a first capacitor, an isolated type converter circuit, and a control circuit. The first capacitor is connected to the direct-current power supply via an inrush current prevention circuit. The inrush current prevention circuit is switchable at least between a high-impedance state and a low-impedance state. The converter circuit includes a transformer, and the first capacitor is connected to a primary winding wire of the transformer. The control circuit controls the inrush current prevention circuit and the converter circuit to cause the converter circuit to start operating, and then, the control circuit switches the inrush current prevention circuit from the high-impedance state to the low-impedance state.

公开(公告)号：US20200044573A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-06

申请号：US16341387

申请日：2017-10-12

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Fumito KUSAMA ,  Makoto OZONE ,  Takaaki NORISADA ,  Yutaka KAMON

IPC: H02M3/335 ,  H02M1/08

Abstract: The control unit controls the converter unit not to cause transfer of power between the transformer circuit unit and the converter unit in the first time period including the reversal time period in which a reversal of polarity of the voltage across the primary winding occurs. The control unit controls the converter unit to cause transfer of power in the first direction from the transformer circuit unit to the converter unit or the second direction opposite to the first direction in the second time period different from the first time period.

公开(公告)号：US20200169177A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-28

申请号：US16608132

申请日：2018-04-18

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Fumito KUSAMA ,  Takaaki NORISADA ,  Yutaka KAMON

IPC: H02M3/335 ,  H02M5/458

Abstract: A power conversion system includes a converter circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit controls, through use of PWM signals, high potential-side switches for a U-phase circuit, a V-phase circuit, and a W-phase circuit, respectively. The control circuit alternately switches between a first modulation method and a second modulation method at each half carrier period of each of the PWM signals. In the first modulation method, the control circuit determines, as a first value, a duty ratio of the PWM signal for one of a U phase, a V phase, and a W phase that has a maximum phase voltage. In the second modulation method, the control circuit determines, as a second value, the duty ratio of the PWM signal for one of the U phase, the V phase, and the W phase that has a minimum phase voltage.

公开(公告)号：US20240413764A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-12

申请号：US18702716

申请日：2022-10-24

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yutaka KAMON ,  Koji HIGASHIYAMA ,  Yasuhiro ARAI

IPC: H02M7/48 ,  H02M1/00 ,  H02M7/5395

Abstract: In a power converter, a plurality of resonant capacitors are provided one to one for a plurality of switches, respectively. Each of the plurality of resonant capacitors is connected between a first terminal of a corresponding one of the plurality of switches and a second DC terminal. A controller controls a plurality of first switching elements, a plurality of second switching elements, and the plurality of switches. When determining that two-phase resonant currents corresponding to two switching circuits belonging to a plurality of switching circuits flow simultaneously through a resonant inductor, the controller performs control of shifting respective ON periods of the first switching element and the second switching element in one switching circuit out of the two switching circuits.

公开(公告)号：US20190207527A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16329554

申请日：2017-08-28

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Takaaki NORISADA ,  Keiji AKAMATSU ,  Fumito KUSAMA ,  Go YAMADA ,  Yutaka KAMON ,  Makoto OZONE

IPC: H02M3/335 ,  H02M1/42 ,  H01F38/14

CPC classification number: H02M3/33584 ,  H01F38/14 ,  H02M1/42 ,  H02M5/293 ,  H02M7/48 ,  H02M7/797

Abstract: A control unit controls an inverter circuit such that a positive voltage and a negative voltage are alternately applied to a primary winding. The control unit controls a cycloconverter so as to allow no power to be transmitted between the cycloconverter and the inverter circuit in a first period including an inversion period during which a voltage of the primary winding has its polarity inverted. The control unit also controls the cycloconverter so as to allow power to be transmitted either in a first direction from the cycloconverter toward the inverter circuit, or in a second direction opposite from the first direction, in a second period different from the first period.