EP1293032A1 - Composants demi-pont - Google Patents

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EP1293032A1
EP1293032A1 EP01943515A EP01943515A EP1293032A1 EP 1293032 A1 EP1293032 A1 EP 1293032A1 EP 01943515 A EP01943515 A EP 01943515A EP 01943515 A EP01943515 A EP 01943515A EP 1293032 A1 EP1293032 A1 EP 1293032A1
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diode
semiconductor switch
schottky diode
heat sink
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Andreas GRÜNDL
Bernhard Hoffmann
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Compact Dynamics GmbH
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02MAPPARATUS 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
    • H02M7/00Conversion of ac power input into dc power output; Conversion of dc power input into ac power output
    • H02M7/003Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02MAPPARATUS 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
    • H02M7/00Conversion of ac power input into dc power output; Conversion of dc power input into ac power output
    • H02M7/42Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal
    • H02M7/44Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters
    • H02M7/48Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
    • H02M7/53Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal
    • H02M7/537Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters
    • H02M7/5387Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters in a bridge configuration
    • H02M7/5388Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters in a bridge configuration with asymmetrical configuration of switches
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02MAPPARATUS 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
    • H02M7/00Conversion of ac power input into dc power output; Conversion of dc power input into ac power output
    • H02M7/42Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal
    • H02M7/44Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters
    • H02M7/48Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
    • H02M7/53Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal
    • H02M7/537Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters
    • H02M7/5387Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters in a bridge configuration
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L2924/00Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
    • H01L2924/0001Technical content checked by a classifier
    • H01L2924/0002Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a half-bridge assembly for switching electrical powers, in which at least two semiconductor switches are connected in series to form a half-bridge.
  • Each semiconductor switch has a control input.
  • each first semiconductor switch has a first power connection that can be connected to a high voltage potential and every second semiconductor switch has a second power connection that can be connected to a low voltage potential.
  • a second power connection of each first semiconductor switch is connected to a first power connection of the respective second semiconductor switch;
  • each of the semiconductor switches has a free-wheeling diode which is parallel to the two power connections of the respective semiconductor switch.
  • Such a half-bridge assembly is known from DE-A-42 30 510.
  • Such half-bridge arrangements are used to form inverters for a wide variety of applications, e.g. for feeding induction machines, permanent magnet motors and the like. in use (see e.g. DE-A-40 27 969).
  • the free-wheeling diode is usually integrated with the semiconductor switch, in particular in the case of FET power semiconductor switches.
  • the integrated free-wheeling diode is designed as a silicon junction diode.
  • such an integrated free-wheeling diode has a relatively long switching time (in the range from 10 nanoseconds to a few microseconds). This leads to a significant electrical power loss occurring in the integrated free-wheeling diode, which has to be converted into heat and dissipated.
  • Half-bridge arrangements are at least for high electrical switching capacities liquid cooled. Since the integrated free-wheeling diodes must have a noticeable current stability, they also require considerable semiconductor areas and thus space.
  • Schottky diodes have very short switching times because, instead of a pn junction, they have a metal-semiconductor junction which also has a rectifying effect. In the case of the metal-semiconductor transition, however, the stored charge is very small, so that the switching time is very short.
  • Another feature of Schottky diodes is the lower forward voltage of about 0.3 volts compared to silicon junction diodes.
  • the integrated free-wheeling diode is a silicon junction diode with a forward voltage of approximately 0.7 volts. This means that practically all of the current flows through the Schottky diode in the freewheeling operation of the half-bridge arrangement, since its forward voltage is lower.
  • the Schottky diode has switching times in the order of 10 to 100 picoseconds. The power loss to be converted into heat is thus considerably reduced. Nevertheless, the Schottky diode is also cooled in the same way as the power semiconductor switch with the integrated free-wheeling diode, since otherwise overheating (over 175 degrees Celsius) and thermal destruction are expected.
  • US Pat. No. 5,661,644 discloses a half-bridge assembly with two semiconductor switches connected in series. A free-wheeling diode is connected in parallel with each semiconductor switch and a Schottky diode is connected in parallel with each free-wheeling diode. Furthermore, the arrangement of semiconductor switches and free-wheeling diodes on a heat sink is known from this publication.
  • DE 195 32 992 AI discloses a printed circuit board equipped on one side with electrical or electronic components, on the back of which a cooling plate is applied with the insertion of an intermediate layer.
  • a thermally highly resilient component is connected to the cooling plate by a thermal bridge.
  • a semiconductor assembly with a first semiconductor component arranged on a base plate is known from US Pat. No. 6,055,148.
  • a Schottky diode is attached to the first semiconductor component by means of an adhesive layer.
  • a device for tempering electronic components which are arranged on a carrier built into a housing.
  • a body is arranged between the carrier and a housing wall, which has a closed elastic covering with heat-conducting material located therein and is largely airtight on the carrier and
  • Housing wall abuts.
  • the invention is based on the problem, the power density
  • the "thermal coupling to a cooling medium” can be both the coupling to a (metallic) heat sink and the coupling to a cooling liquid surrounding the semiconductor components.
  • the diode characteristic curve of a Schottky diode is more temperature-dependent than the diode characteristic curve of an integrated free-wheeling diode with silicon junction diodes -Characteristics.
  • the characteristic of a Schottky diode has a relatively high ohmic component. When the Schottky diode is energized, it heats up more due to the poorer cooling, so that the forward voltage of the Schottky diode increases with increasing temperature
  • the construction of the half-bridge assembly according to the invention achieves a particularly compact arrangement that enables a packing density that is not comparable with previous solutions.
  • the semiconductor area of the Schottky diodes can be reduced by about 66%.
  • the required volume of cooling medium or cooling liquid, based on the total volume can be kept low, and miniaturization of the overall arrangement can be achieved, which makes the use of the invention particularly economical in mobile applications.
  • a ceramic plate or a plastic layer is arranged between the Schottky diode and a heat sink for the Schottky diode, a copper coating being provided on both sides, while the semiconductor switch with its integrated free-wheeling diode is thermally coupled directly to the heat sink is.
  • a heat sink for the Schottky diode which (although in rather how the semiconductor switch with its integrated free-wheeling diode) is directly thermally connected to the Schottky diode, but in turn has a higher thermal resistance to its surroundings (liquid or air flow) than the heat sink for the semiconductor switch with its integrated free-wheeling diode.
  • the half-bridge arrangement Since for the operation of the half-bridge arrangement or the control of the load connected to the half-bridge arrangement (for example an asynchronous machine) a control circuit with a control computer is required anyway in order to energize the individual phases accordingly, a program can be run in the control computer for this warm-up phase be filed. Through this control computer program for the warm-up phase, the half-bridge arrangement is operated in such a way that the current through the Schottky diode in freewheeling operation is reduced until the Schottky diode has heated up relative to the semiconductor switch and its integrated freewheeling diode to such an extent that the forward voltage of the integrated freewheeling diode also under load is always above the forward voltage of the Schottky diode.
  • the semiconductor switches are formed by fast-switching, low-loss field-effect transistors (FETs). Several pairs of semiconductor switches connected in series can be connected in parallel. In addition, the semiconductor switches can be formed by a large number of individual semiconductor switch components, each with low switching powers. Good cooling can be achieved by using many semiconductor switch elements, each with a relatively low switching capacity, but which can easily be connected in parallel, since the many individual components can be easily reached by the cooling medium.
  • FETs fast-switching, low-loss field-effect transistors
  • the invention also relates to a power output stage of a control device for a multi-phase electric motor, in which a half-bridge arrangement is provided for each phase of the electric motor.
  • FIG. 1 shows an electrical circuit diagram of a half-bridge arrangement according to the invention.
  • Fig. 2 shows a semiconductor switch with an integrated free-wheeling diode and a parallel Schottky diode of a half-bridge arrangement according to the invention shown in FIG. 1 arranged on a heat sink in a schematic side view.
  • FIG. 1 shows a half bridge 10 which has a pair of N-channel MOSFETs 12, 14 connected in series.
  • one control input G1, G2 is provided for the two MOSFETs 12, 14, which are controlled by a control circuit ECU via gate resistors (not shown further).
  • a support capacitor (not shown) is provided between the high and low voltage potentials V55 and V DD .
  • the 12, 14 takes place with a (pulse-width-coded) control signal with a switching frequency of more than 20 kHz.
  • the switching frequency is preferably 100 kHz and more.
  • the two MOSFETs 12, 14 have integrated free-wheeling diodes, which have silicon junction diode properties.
  • Schottky diodes 16, 18 are connected in parallel with the integrated free-wheeling diodes of the two MOSFETs 12, 14, the Schottky diodes 16, 18 having the same orientation as the integrated free-wheeling diodes.
  • each MOSFET 12 is coupled with its integrated free-wheeling diode directly to a heat sink 22 in a heat-conducting manner.
  • the associated parallel-connected Schottky diode 16 is also connected to the heat sink 22, but there is a ceramic plate 20 between the Schottky diode 16 and the heat sink 22, so that the heat conduction between the MOSFET 12 with its integrated free-wheeling diode and the heat sink 22 is better than that between Schottky diode 16 and heat sink 22.

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  • Inverter Devices (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention concerne un composant demi-pont permettant de commuter des puissances électriques et comportant au moins deux commutateurs à semi-conducteurs montés en série en formant un demi-pont. Chaque commutateur à semi-conducteurs présente une entrée de commande. Le premier commutateur à semi-conducteurs présente une première connexion électrique qui est reliée à un potentiel de tension élevé. Le deuxième commutateur à semi-conducteurs présente une deuxième connexion électrique qui est reliée à un potentiel de tension moins élevé. Une deuxième connexion électrique de chaque premier commutateur à semi-conducteurs est reliée à une première connexion électrique du deuxième commutateur à semi-conducteurs respectif. Chaque commutateur à semi-conducteurs présente une diode de marche à vide qui est parallèle aux deux connexions électriques du commutateur à semi-conducteurs respectif et une diode de Schottky est montée en parallèle à chaque diode de marche à vide. Chaque commutateur à semi-conducteurs est relié à sa diode de marche à vide et chaque diode de Schottky est reliée de façon thermoconductrice à un dissipateur thermique. La résistance thermique entre chaque diode de Schottky et le dissipateur thermique a une dimension supérieure à la résistance thermique entre chaque diode de marche à vide et le dissipateur thermique.
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JP (1) JP2003536363A (fr)
KR (1) KR20030020890A (fr)
AU (1) AU2001266073A1 (fr)
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