WO2007108263A1 - 電力変換装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a power converter, and more particularly to a power converter configured to reduce loss in a free wheel diode.
- a normal inverter device obtains an alternating current output by converting direct current from a direct current power source into alternating current by an inverter circuit in which switching elements are bridge-connected.
- a freewheeling diode is connected in antiparallel to each switching element. According to this configuration, when the switching element is turned off, the energy stored in the load is returned through the return diode.
- a reverse voltage application circuit includes a diode and a capacitor. Since this auxiliary power source drives the reverse voltage application switching element, the configuration of the reverse voltage application circuit becomes complicated, and the volume of the reverse voltage application circuit increases. . In addition, since the current flows through the diode to charge the capacitor, if the current causes a heat loss in the diode, the voltage charged in the capacitor is reduced by the amount of diode loss. There was a problem that the voltage dropped below the voltage.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and has a simple circuit configuration and a low-loss reverse voltage application circuit that can reduce the reverse recovery loss of the freewheeling diode.
- the purpose is to provide.
- a power conversion device of the present invention includes a DC power supply and a plurality of bridge-connected converters for converting DC of the DC power supply into AC, each of which is connected in parallel with a freewheeling diode.
- the reverse voltage applying switching element is configured by series connection with an auxiliary diode, and the majority carrier is an element having a hole.
- the power conversion device of the present invention includes a DC power supply, and a plurality of main circuit switching elements that are bridge-connected to convert the DC of the DC power supply into AC, and in which the free-wheeling diodes are connected in antiparallel.
- the main circuit switching element is connected in series to the main circuit switching element of the negative arm, and the gate and the main circuit switching element are turned on and off in synchronization with the on / off of the main circuit switching element of the negative arm.
- Reverse voltage applying means for applying to the free-wheeling diode of the side arm, and the reverse voltage applying means has a voltage higher than that of the DC power supply.
- the reverse voltage application switching element is an element in which majority carriers are holes.
- FIG. 1 is a circuit configuration diagram of a power conversion device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit configuration diagram of a power conversion device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a circuit configuration diagram of a power conversion device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a circuit configuration diagram of a power conversion device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a circuit configuration diagram of a reverse voltage application circuit of a power semiconductor device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a circuit configuration diagram of a reverse voltage application circuit of a power semiconductor device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a circuit configuration diagram of a reverse voltage application circuit of a power semiconductor device according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a circuit configuration diagram of a power converter according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- a DC voltage source 1 is formed by, for example, rectifying a three-phase AC power source, and a smoothing capacitor 2 is connected between the positive DC bus la and the negative DC bus lb of the DC voltage source 1.
- the inverter main circuit 3 is connected.
- the inverter main circuit 3 is formed by connecting main circuit switching elements 4u, 4v and 4w corresponding to the main circuit switching element of the positive arm and the main circuit switching elements 4x, 4y and 4z of the negative arm in a three-phase bridge connection. .
- main circuit switching elements 4u, 4v, 4w, 4x, 4v and 4z have a free-wheeling diode between the positive and negative electrodes. u, 5v, 5w, 5x, 5y and 5z are connected in antiparallel. The outputs A, B, and C of the inverter main circuit 3 are connected to a load 6 such as an AC motor.
- the free-wheeling diodes 5u, 5v, 5w, 5x, 5y and 5z may be incorporated in the main circuit switching elements 4u, 4v, 4w, 4x, 4y and 4z, respectively.
- a reverse voltage application circuit 7 is connected in parallel to each of the freewheeling diodes 5u, 5v, 5w, 5x, 5y and 5z.
- the reverse voltage application circuit 7 has a low voltage DC power source 8 having a voltage value lower than that of the DC voltage source 1, and is connected between the positive and negative electrodes of the main circuit switching elements 4u, 4v, 4w, 4x, 4y and 4z. Are connected to power lines 8a and 8b of the low-voltage DC power source 8, respectively.
- the configuration of the reverse voltage application circuit 7 for the u-phase freewheeling diode 5u will be described below. Note that the reverse voltage application circuit 7 for the return diode other than the u phase is basically the same as the reverse voltage application circuit 7 for the u phase return diode 5 u, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted.
- the reverse voltage application circuit 7 has a gate drive circuit 9, and the gate drive circuit 9 is electrically connected to the low-voltage direct current power source 8 in parallel, and its output is connected to the main circuit via the gate resistor 10. It is connected to the gate of the path switching element 4u.
- the gate drive circuit 9 is driven by the voltage from the low-voltage DC power supply 8 to turn on the main circuit switching element 4u. .
- the reverse voltage application circuit 7 includes a reverse voltage application switching element 11 inserted in series with the power supply line 8 a of the low voltage DC power supply 8.
- the positive power of the low voltage DC power supply 8 is also connected to the force sword of the freewheeling diode 5 u via the auxiliary diode 12.
- the withstand voltage of the reverse voltage application switching element 11 is selected to be lower than the withstand voltage of the main circuit switching element 4u.
- the reverse voltage application switching element 11 operates so as to be turned on at the time of reverse recovery of the reflux diode 5u.
- the reverse voltage application switching element is not limited to the p-channel MOSFET in which the p-channel MOSFET is used as long as the majority carrier is a switching element, but a pnp transistor, for example, can also be applied. It is a spear.
- the gate drive circuit 13 is connected to the power supply lines 8a and 8b of the low-voltage DC power supply 8 through the power supply lines 13a and 13b.
- the reverse voltage application switching element 11 since the p-channel MOSFET in which majority carriers are holes is used as the reverse voltage application switching element 11, the reverse voltage application switching element 11 is provided.
- the drive power supply for the gate drive circuit 13 for driving can be obtained directly from the low-voltage DC power supply 8. Therefore, an auxiliary power source for the gate drive is not required, and the reverse voltage application circuit 7 can be simplified.
- the inverter main circuit 3 is described as a two-level three-phase output inverter. However, the inverter main circuit 3 may be a multi-level inverter having three or more levels, and the output phase is a single phase. Even polymorphic! /.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit configuration diagram of the power converter according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the same parts as those of the circuit configuration diagram of the power converter according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.
- This embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the main circuit switching elements 4ul, 4vl, 4wl, 4x1, 4yl and 4zl are low breakdown voltage elements, and these elements are connected in series with these elements on the positive electrode side.
- Normally-on type switching elements 20u, 20v, 20w, 20x, 20y and 20z are inserted, and the gates of these normally-on type switching elements 20u, 20v 2020w ⁇ 20x, 20y and 20z are switched to the main circuit. This is a point of connecting to the negative electrodes of the elements 4u, 4v, 4w, 4x, 4y and 4z, respectively.
- the normally-on switching element 20u of the u-phase positive arm is selected to have a high breakdown voltage
- the main circuit switching element 4ul is selected to have a low breakdown voltage
- a composite main circuit element is formed by the marly-on type switching element 20u, the main circuit switching element 4ul, and the reflux diode 5u. This composite main circuit element is called a cascode element 21u.
- normally-on type switching element for example, a junction gate type field effect transistor JFET or an electrostatic induction type transistor SIT can be used.
- a normally-on type switching element can flow the main circuit current in both the forward and reverse directions.
- normally-on switching elements are normally-off switching elements such as M
- the gate terminal of the normally-on switching element is used by being connected to, for example, the source terminal of a MOS FET which is a low voltage main circuit switching element.
- Normally-on type switching element 20u is turned off when a negative voltage sufficient to turn off the normally-on type switching element is applied between its gate terminal and source terminal. Turns on when the voltage between the terminals becomes zero or more.
- Norma The gate terminal of the lean-on switching element 20u is connected to the source terminal of the main circuit switching element 4ul, and the source terminal of the normally-on switching element 20u and the drain terminal of the main circuit switching element 4ul are connected. Therefore, when the main circuit switching element 4ul is in the OFF state, a negative voltage is applied between the gate terminal and the source terminal of the normally-on switching element 20u. Turns off.
- the cascode element 21u can be turned on / off in synchronization with the cascode element 21u by turning on / off the main circuit switching element 4ul. Further, the cascode element 21u can be operated as a normally-off type.
- the reverse voltage application circuit 7 The main circuit current that has flowed into the cascode element 21x.
- a reverse voltage is applied to the auxiliary diode 12, and the auxiliary diode 12 is turned off after reverse recovery, so that the main circuit current flowing through the reverse voltage application circuit 7 does not flow.
- the auxiliary diode 12 is selected as a high-speed diode whose reverse recovery time is shorter than that of the freewheeling diode 5u, the reverse recovery loss of the auxiliary diode 12 is small.
- a normally-on type switching element having a high withstand voltage and a low loss is used as a cascode element with a main circuit switching element having a low withstand voltage. By doing so, heat loss can be further reduced.
- FIG. 3 is a circuit configuration diagram of a power converter according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- This embodiment differs from the second embodiment in that a current limiting resistor 15 is inserted on the positive side of the low voltage DC power source 8 of the reverse voltage applying circuit 7A, and the current limiting resistor 15 and the low voltage DC power source 8 are connected to each other.
- the high-frequency capacitor 16 is provided between the negative electrode and the negative electrode.
- the voltage of the low-voltage DC power supply 8 is selected to be 1Z4 or less of the voltage of the DC voltage source 1, and the high-frequency capacitor 16 is not a smoothing electrolytic capacitor, but a high-frequency capacitor such as a ceramic capacitor or a film capacitor. use.
- the current limiting resistor 15 can be, for example, a wiring resistance of a copper foil pattern of a wiring board or a wiring resistance such as a copper plate.
- the discharge path composed of the high-frequency capacitor 16, the reverse voltage application switching element 11, the auxiliary diode 12, the normally-on type switching element 20u, and the freewheeling diode 5u is as short as possible, and is a circuit as a wiring. It is important to reduce the inductance. Further, in FIG. 3, the voltage of the low voltage DC power supply 8 can be used as it is as the power supply of the gate drive circuit 9 of the main circuit switching element 4ul having a low breakdown voltage. With this configuration, the configuration of the reverse voltage application circuit 7A is simplified.
- the current limiting resistor 15 and the high frequency capacitor 16 reduce the high frequency impedance, and the low voltage DC power supply 8 has a reverse recovery of the freewheeling diode 5. Since the accompanying impulse current stops flowing, Even during reverse recovery of the diode 5, the voltage fluctuation of the low-voltage DC power supply 8 is very small.
- the main circuit current also passes through the reverse voltage application circuit 7A, so that the loss due to the main circuit current also increases. Therefore, it is desirable to complete reverse recovery of the freewheeling diode 5 as soon as possible, but according to this embodiment, this can be achieved.
- the burden on the low-voltage DC power supply 8 is reduced, so the low-voltage DC power supply 8 can be a small-capacity power supply and the internal heat generation of the low-voltage DC power supply 8 is reduced. Can be achieved.
- FIG. 4 is a circuit configuration diagram of a power converter according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- the same parts as those in the circuit configuration diagram of the power converter according to the third embodiment shown in FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.
- the gate drive circuit 9 and the gate drive circuit 13 in the reverse voltage application circuits 7A and 7B are not shown for simplicity.
- This embodiment is different from the third embodiment in that the main circuit switching elements 4u2, 4v2, and 4w2 are used instead of the cascode elements 21u, 21v, and 21w instead of the positive side arm elements of the inverter main circuit 3.
- the reverse voltage application circuit 7B for the cascode elements 21y and 21z of the negative arm is omitted from the low voltage DC power supply 8 in the reverse voltage application circuit 7A for the cascode element 21x. It is a point configured to receive the supply of low voltage DC
- the main circuit switching elements 4u2, 4v2, and 4w2 for the positive arm use IGBTs that do not incorporate a reflux diode
- the main circuit switching elements 4u2, 4v 2, and 4w2 Connect freewheeling diodes 5u, 5v and 5w in reverse parallel with short reverse recovery time and low reverse recovery loss. In this way, if a freewheeling diode is used with little reverse recovery loss, the loss during reverse recovery of the freewheeling diode is reduced, so that the reverse voltage application circuit can be omitted.
- reverse voltage application circuits 7A and 7B are connected to the negative side cascode elements 21x, 21y and 21z.
- the reverse voltage application circuit 7A has a common low-voltage DC power supply 8 for the three-phase circuits of the X phase, the y phase, and the z phase. This is the reverse voltage application times for the X, y and z phases. This is because one of the power supply lines can be shared with the negative DC bus lb of the DC voltage source 1 and the other with the power supply line 8a of the low voltage DC power supply 8.
- the reverse voltage application circuit since the reverse voltage application circuit is applied only to the negative cascode elements 21x, 21y, and 21z, three low-voltage DC power supplies 8 are prepared for each phase. You only need one for each phase that you don't need. Therefore, the reverse voltage application circuit can be simplified.
- FIG. 5 is a circuit configuration diagram of the reverse voltage application circuit 7 C used in the power converter according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- the gate drive 13 is not shown for simplicity.
- the reverse voltage application circuit 7C in this embodiment is different from the reverse voltage application circuit 7A in the third embodiment in that a voltage change rate promoting diode 17 is provided in parallel with the gate resistor 10, and this parallel circuit is The voltage change rate acceleration circuit 18 is configured to operate.
- the voltage change rate promoting diode 17 of the voltage change rate promoting circuit 18 removes the gate drive signal via the voltage change rate promoting diode 17 without going through the gate resistor 10 when the transistor is turned off. That is, since the gate drive signal is removed through the voltage change rate promoting diode 17 whose impedance is lower than that of the gate resistor 10, it can be turned off at a higher speed than when it is turned off through the gate resistor 10.
- the main circuit switching element 4ul can be turned off at high speed by the voltage change rate promoting circuit 18, so that the voltage change rate between the positive and negative electrodes of the cascode element 21u is promoted.
- the turn-off of the cascode element is accelerated. Therefore, since the turn-off loss of the cascode element can be reduced, an even smaller and low-loss power converter can be provided.
- FIG. 6 is a circuit configuration diagram of the reverse voltage application circuit 7D used in the power conversion device according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- the gate drive 13 is not shown for simplicity.
- This embodiment is different from the fifth embodiment in that the voltage change rate promoting transistor 19 is replaced by a gate negative electrode of the switching element 4u 1 instead of the voltage change rate promoting diode connected in parallel with the gate resistor 10.
- the voltage change rate promoting circuit 18A is configured by providing the voltage between them, and the gate of the voltage change rate promoting transistor 19 is connected to the low-voltage power supply side terminal of the gate resistor 10.
- FIG. 7 is a circuit configuration diagram of the reverse voltage application circuit 7E used in the power converter according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- the gate drive 13 is not shown for simplicity.
- This embodiment is different from the sixth embodiment in that the auxiliary diode 12A is a diode having a lower withstand voltage, and the power sword of the auxiliary diode 12A is connected to the power sword of the freewheeling diode 5u. Is a point.
- the main circuit flowing in the freewheeling diode 5u The circuit current can be reversely recovered by the reverse voltage application circuit 7.
- the main circuit current flowing into the reverse voltage application circuit 7E flows through the power line 8b of the low voltage DC power supply 8 and flows into the low voltage DC power supply 8 and the high frequency capacitor 15. Then, the current flows through the reverse voltage application switching element 11, the auxiliary diode 12A, and the normally-on type switching element 2 Ou toward the positive DC bus 1a side of the DC voltage source 1.
- the voltage of the low-voltage DC power supply 8 is applied between the gate and source terminals of the normally-on type switching element 20u.
- the normally-on type switching element 2 Ou does not turn off at the voltage of the low-voltage DC power supply 8! Therefore, the main circuit current flowing into the reverse voltage application circuit 7E is transferred to the DC voltage source 1 via the positive DC bus la. It can flow.
- the main circuit current flowing in the reverse voltage application circuit 7E flows to the cascode element 21x.
- a voltage is applied to the main circuit switching element 4ul, which is sufficient to turn off the normally on switching element 20u between the gate and the source terminal of the normally on switching element 20u.
- a normal voltage is applied, and the normally-on switching element 20u is turned off.
- the normally-on type switching element 20u is turned off, the main circuit current flowing in the reverse voltage application circuit 7E does not flow.
- the auxiliary diode 12A is applied with a reverse voltage substantially equal to that of the main circuit switching element 4ul, and turns off after the auxiliary diode 12A reversely recovers.
- the reverse recovery loss that occurs when a diode recovers reversely and the withstand voltage of the element are in a trade-off relationship.
- the reverse recovery time can be shortened, and the auxiliary diode
- the reverse recovery loss of 12A is reduced.
- the conduction loss that occurs when a current flows through the diode is in a trade-off relationship with the withstand voltage of the element.
- the conduction loss of the auxiliary diode 12A is also reduced. It becomes possible.
- the seventh embodiment by selecting the auxiliary diode 12A in the reverse voltage application circuit 7E to be lower than the withstand voltage of the main circuit switching element 4ul, this reverse recovery loss and conduction loss can be achieved. Thus, it is possible to provide a power conversion device that is small and has low loss.
- the loss can be further reduced by applying an auxiliary diode having a wide gap semiconductor power to the auxiliary diodes 12 and 12A.
- this wide gap semiconductor SiC (silicon carbide), GaN (gallium nitride), and diamond are applicable.
- An auxiliary diode having a wide gap semiconductor power can increase the dielectric breakdown electric field strength by an order of magnitude compared to a silicon semiconductor, and can achieve a high breakdown voltage of the auxiliary diode.
- bipolar diodes can be used only as bipolar diodes, but with a high breakdown voltage such as V, bipolar diodes can be used with wide gap semiconductors.
- V breakdown voltage
- bipolar diodes can be used with wide gap semiconductors.
- the loss of the auxiliary diode can be reduced.
- the reverse recovery current does not flow into the reverse voltage application circuit and the main circuit switching element, the loss due to the reverse recovery current can be reduced. In this way, if a wide gap semiconductor is applied to the auxiliary diode, the loss due to the reverse recovery current can be reduced, so that it is possible to provide a more compact and low-loss power converter.
- the loss can be further reduced by applying a switching element having a wide gap semiconductor power as the main circuit switching element and the normally-on type switching element.
- a switching element having a wide gap semiconductor power As wide-gap semiconductors, SiC (silicon carbide), GaN (gallium nitride), and diamond are applicable.
- the breakdown electric field strength can be increased by an order of magnitude compared to a silicon semiconductor, and a drift layer for maintaining a breakdown voltage can be provided by about lZio. Therefore, the conduction loss of the switching element can be reduced. Furthermore, since the saturation electron drift velocity can be increased by a factor of about 2 compared to silicon semiconductors, a high frequency of about 10 times can be realized. As a result, the turn-on / turn-off loss of the switching element can be reduced. In this way, if a wide gap semiconductor is applied to the main circuit switching element and the normally-on type switching element, the conduction loss and the t The turn-on loss can be reduced, and a more compact and low-loss power conversion device can be provided.
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