JP2006294803A - Transformer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transformer capable of suppressing propagation of electric noise with no drop of efficiency, with no noise filter required, and capable of reducing voltage fluctuation against a load fluctuation. <P>SOLUTION: Three conductors 1, 2, and 3 of copper or aluminum thin plate are concentrically wound, through an insulating sheet (not shown in figure) among them, to form a coil body 4. Winding start ends 1a and 2a of the conductors 1 and 2 are connected to winding ends 2b and 3b of the adjoining conductors 2 and 3 so that the conductors 1, 2, and 3 are connected in series. At least one conductor of the coil body 4, for example a conductor 2, is used for one or both of a primary coil and secondary coil of the transformer, and the electric noise is attenuated by shorting with an equivalent electrostatic capacity consisting of the coil body 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a transformer that suppresses propagation of electrical noise generated from power electronics equipment such as an inverter device.

  Power electronics equipment such as an inverter device generates electrical noise such as a switching surge, a carrier frequency for PWM control, and a high-frequency component composed of its sideband components. If such electrical noise flows into the power supply system to which the inverter device is connected, it may cause acoustic distortion or malfunction to the acoustic equipment or precision equipment connected to the power supply system.

Therefore, conventionally, in order to prevent the failure due to the electric noise, a magnetic material having a low permeability in a high frequency region is used for the iron core of the transformer that supplies the AC power to the inverter device, and the primary coil and the secondary coil are used. A configuration is disclosed in which a secondary coil is wound around separate legs of an iron core so that the critical coupling between the two is made as sparse as possible (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-10-243657

  According to the above-described conventional configuration, the magnetic coupling between the primary coil (commercial power supply side) and the secondary coil (inverter device side) of the transformer is sufficiently large in the core frequency in the commercial frequency range. It becomes tight coupling via the magnetic flux in the iron core, and in the high frequency range, the relative permeability of the iron core approaches 1 and becomes sparse, so it becomes sparse. Therefore, even if electrical noise such as switching surge and high frequency components from the inverter device is superimposed on the secondary coil, it is removed without being transmitted to the primary coil.

  However, in the conventional configuration, since a magnetic material having a low permeability in the high frequency region is used as the iron core of the transformer, conversely, the iron loss in the commercial frequency region becomes large and the efficiency of the transformer decreases. is there. In addition, in the configuration in which the primary coil and the secondary coil are wound around the separate legs of the iron core in order to reduce the magnetic coupling in the high frequency region, the leakage impedance of the transformer is increased, and the voltage fluctuation with respect to the load fluctuation is increased. There is also a problem that becomes larger.

  As a method of suppressing the propagation of electrical noise, it is conceivable to use various noise filters depending on the magnitude and frequency of electrical noise, but this is a combination of large electrical components such as capacitors and reactors. There is a problem that the setting of characteristics and selection of electrical parts become complicated, the installation place of the noise filter is required, and the installation is expensive.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to suppress the propagation of electrical noise without incurring a decrease in efficiency, and it is not necessary to use a noise filter. It is an object of the present invention to provide a transformer that can reduce voltage fluctuation with respect to load fluctuation.

The transformer of the present invention winds concentrically a plurality of thin plate conductors while insulating each other, and connects the winding start end and the winding end end so that these conductors are connected in series, It is characterized in that at least one conductor is used as one or both of a primary coil and a secondary coil as a coil through which a current flows.
According to such a configuration, the electrical noise is short-circuited and attenuated by the capacitance formed between the conductor used as the coil and the other conductor.

  According to the present invention, in a transformer for supplying AC power to power electronics equipment such as an inverter device, it is possible to suppress propagation of electrical noise without causing a decrease in efficiency, and it is necessary to use a noise filter. There is no complicated setting of characteristics and selection of electrical parts, there is no need for a noise filter installation place, there is no problem of installation cost, and the arrangement of the primary coil and secondary coil with respect to the iron core is free. There is an effect that the voltage fluctuation with respect to the load fluctuation can be reduced.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, the basic configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.
The first conductor 1, the second conductor, and the third conductor 3 are formed of a thin plate made of copper or aluminum, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an insulating sheet (not shown) is interposed between them. The coil body 4 is formed by concentric winding. In this case, in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the first conductor 1 is indicated by a one-dot chain line, the second conductor 2 is indicated by a bold line, and the third conductor 3 is indicated by a broken line. And in the winding start ends 1a, 2a, 3a and the winding end ends 1b, 2b, 3b of the conductors 1, 2, 3 wound in this way, the winding start ends 1a, 2a of the conductors 1, 2 are It is connected to the winding end 2b, 3b of the adjacent conductors 2, 3 so that the conductors 1, 2, 3 are connected in series (see FIG. 3). In the coil body 4 having such a configuration, at least one of the conductors 1, 2, and 3, for example, the second conductor 2 is used as a coil through which a current flows. The winding start end 2a and the winding end end 2b are connected to terminals 5 and 6, respectively.

但し、ｋ＝1 、2 、3
ｋ＝1 のとき 導体１、２間の電位差Ｖ1 ＝ｎ−０＝ｎ、静電容量Ｃ1
ｋ＝2 のとき 導体２、３間の電位差Ｖ2 ＝２ｎ−ｎ＝ｎ、静電容量Ｃ2
ｋ＝3 のとき 導体３、１間の電位差Ｖ3 ＝＝２ｎー（−１）＝２ｎ＋１、静電
容量Ｃ3
のように表される。 In FIG. 2, when the number of turns of each of the conductors 1, 2, and 3 is n and the voltage per turn is 1, the capacitance Ck is generated in each of the conductors 1, 2, and 3, and the number of turns is Accordingly, the numerical voltage described in FIG. 2 is induced, and a potential difference Vk corresponding to the numerical difference is generated between the conductors 1, 2, and 3. The electrostatic energy Ek that can be stored between the conductors 1, 2, and 3 is

However, k = 1, 2, 3
When k = 1 Potential difference between conductors 1 and 2 V1 = n-0 = n, capacitance C1
When k = 2, the potential difference between the conductors 2 and 3 V2 = 2n-n = n, capacitance C2
When k = 3, the potential difference between the conductors 3 and 1 V3 == 2n-(-1) = 2n + 1, capacitance C3
It is expressed as

のように、静電エネルギーＥｋの総和として表される。 The electrostatic energy E0 that can be stored in the entire conductor 1, 2, 3 (coil body 4) is

As expressed as the sum of electrostatic energy Ek.

となる。この場合、端子間電圧をＶ0 は定数であるので、導体間電圧Ｖｋを大きくとると、静電容量Ｃ0 は、導体間電圧Ｖｋの２乗に比例して大きくなる。 An equivalent circuit of such a coil body 4 is as shown in FIG. 4, and an equivalent capacitance C0 is given by assuming that the voltage between the terminals of the conductor (coil) 2 is V0.

It becomes. In this case, since the voltage between terminals V0 is a constant, if the voltage between conductors Vk is increased, the capacitance C0 increases in proportion to the square of the voltage between conductors Vk.

  Thus, the conductor (coil) 2 (coil body 4) configured as described above is, for example, one of the primary coil 8 and the secondary coil 9 of the single-phase transformer 7 as shown in FIG. Used as the secondary coil 9. Specifically, like the coil body 4, the primary coil 8 is configured by concentrically winding a thin plate made of copper or aluminum via an insulating sheet, and one leg of the single-phase two-leg iron core 10. The coil body 4 is inserted and inserted into the outer periphery of the coil body 4 as the secondary coil 9. That is, the primary coil 8 and the secondary coil 9 are concentrically disposed on one leg portion 10 a of the iron core 10.

  The transformer 7 is used as shown in FIG. That is, both terminals of the primary coil 8 of the transformer 7 are connected to terminals 11 and 12 via a power switch (not shown), and the terminals 11 and 12 are connected to a commercial power source 13. The terminals 5 and 6 of the conductor 2 that is the secondary winding of the transformer 7 are connected to the input terminal of the inverter device 14 that is a power electronics device, and the output terminal of the inverter device 14 is connected to the brushless motor 15 that is a load. . As is well known, the inverter device 14 includes a DC power supply circuit that converts alternating current to direct current, an inverter main circuit that converts direct current to alternating current and supplies the brushless motor 15, and current that flows in each phase of the brushless motor 15. And a control circuit mainly composed of a microcomputer that vector-controls the brushless motor 15 through the inverter main circuit by detecting the inverter, and the inverter main circuit is connected to, for example, six IGBT three-phase bridges. It is configured, and PWM control is performed by the control circuit.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
When a commercial power supply voltage is applied to the primary coil 8 of the transformer 7, an AC voltage is induced in the secondary coil 9 (2), this AC voltage is supplied to the inverter device 14, and the inverter device 14 operates to be brushless. The motor 15 is controlled. Then, electrical noise (indicated by arrows in FIG. 5) such as switching surge and high-frequency components generated by PWM control of the inverter main circuit of the inverter device 14 is generated on the secondary coil 9 (2) side of the transformer 7. This electric noise is short-circuited and attenuated by the equivalent capacitance C0 of the coil body 4 (secondary coil 9), and propagated to the primary coil 8 through the secondary coil 9. Is suppressed. Even if electrical noise from the commercial power source 13 is propagated to the secondary coil 9 via the primary coil 8, the electrical noise is short-circuited and attenuated by the equivalent capacitance C0, and the inverter device. It is possible to suppress propagation to the 14 side.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, the conductor 2 of the coil body 4 in which the conductors 1, 2 and 3 are concentrically wound via an insulating sheet (not shown) between the conductors 2, 2 and 3 of the transformer 7 is provided. Since the secondary coil 9 is used, the electrical noise generated by the operation of the inverter device 14 is short-circuited and attenuated by the equivalent electrostatic capacity C0 of the coil body 4 (secondary coil 9). Propagation to the primary coil 8 through the coil 9 is suppressed.

  In this case, the attenuation of electrical noise is different from the conventional one and does not depend on the characteristics of the iron core 10 of the transformer 7. Therefore, a magnetic material having a high permeability and a loss can be used as the iron core 10 even in a high frequency region. The transformer 7 can be made into an energy saving type with low efficiency and low loss. Furthermore, the attenuation of the electrical noise is not so related to the magnitude of the internal impedance of the transformer 7, so that the primary coil 8 and the secondary coil 9 can be freely arranged with respect to the iron core 10, for example, the primary coil 8 and As shown in FIG. 6, the secondary coil 9 can be arranged concentrically on one leg portion 10a of the iron core 10. Therefore, the leakage impedance can be reduced, and the voltage fluctuation with respect to the load fluctuation can be reduced. Can also be reduced.

  Moreover, according to this embodiment, it is not necessary to use a noise filter that is a combination of large electrical components such as a capacitor and a reactor, so there is no complicated setting of characteristics and selection of electrical components. This eliminates the need for an installation location and eliminates the problem of installation costs.

(Second embodiment)
FIG. 7 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in FIG. 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and different parts will be described below.
In the first embodiment, the conductor 2 of the coil body 4 is used as the secondary coil 9. However, in the second embodiment, the conductor 2 of the coil body 4 is used as the primary coil 8. Yes.

  Thus, even if electrical noise from other inverter devices is superimposed on the distribution line connected to the commercial power supply 13, the electrical noise is generated by the coil body 4 (primary coil 8) of the transformer 7. Attenuating by being short-circuited by the equivalent capacitance C0 and being transmitted to the secondary coil 9 via the primary coil 8 is suppressed. Even if the electrical noise from the inverter device 14 is propagated to the primary coil 8 through the secondary coil 9, the electrical noise is short-circuited and attenuated by the equivalent capacitance C0, and the commercial power supply 13 It is possible to suppress propagation to the side. Therefore, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained also by the second embodiment.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings, and the following modifications and expansions are possible.
In the first embodiment, the conductor 2 of the coil body 4 is used as the secondary coil 9 of the transformer 7, and in the second embodiment, the conductor 2 of the coil body 4 is used as the primary coil 8 of the transformer 7. However, the conductors of the two coil bodies set with the number of windings may be used as the primary coil and the secondary coil of the transformer.

In the above embodiment, the coil body 4 is configured by winding the three conductors 1, 2, and 3. However, the coil body is formed by winding four or more conductors around a copper creed through an insulating sheet. The winding start end and the winding end end are connected so that these conductors are connected in series, and two or more of the conductors are used as coils for passing a current through the transformer primary coil and secondary coil. It may be used for one or both.

The top view of the coil body which shows 1st Example of this invention Enlarged view of part X in FIG. Diagram showing connection between conductors Coil body equivalent circuit diagram Circuit diagram showing transformer usage Transformer perspective view FIG. 4 equivalent view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

In the drawings, 1 is a first conductor, 1a is a winding start end, 1b is a winding end end, 2 is a second conductor, 2a is a winding start end, 2b is a winding end end, 3 is a third conductor, 3a is Winding end, 3b is a winding end, 4 is a coil body, 7 is a transformer, 8 is a primary coil, 9 is a secondary coil, 10 is an iron core, 10a is a leg, 14 is an inverter device (power electronics equipment), Reference numeral 15 denotes a brushless motor (load).

Claims (1)

A plurality of thin plate-like conductors are concentrically wound with each other insulated from each other, and the winding start end and the winding end end are connected so that these conductors are connected in series. A transformer characterized by being used as one or both of a primary coil and a secondary coil as a flowing coil.

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