Patent Application
20180170193
This application claims the benefit of China Patent Application No. 201611190450.7 filed Dec. 21, 2016, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The invention relates to automotive electronic and electrical technology, and in particular, to a multi-functional on-vehicle power converter for electric vehicle as well as an electric vehicle comprising the multi-functional on-vehicle power converter.
A charging convert for electric vehicle is used for charging a power battery of electric vehicle when the electricity quantity of the power battery is too low, thus providing power for driving the electric vehicle. The charging convert for electric vehicle comprises conductive charging (on-vehicle charging/not-on-vehicle charging) converter and non-conductive charging (wireless charging) converter.
The non-conductive wireless charging converter is divided into an on-vehicle unit and a ground unit. Through a cooperative operation of these two units, the energy from AC grid is converted into a DC power so as to charge the power battery.
During charging, the electrical energy of the AC grid is input to the DC-DC primary side rectifying circuit 113 after passing the input EMC circuit 111 and the power factor correction circuit 112, and a high-frequency direct current is generated at the primary side of the isolation transformer T1 after a DC-DC conversion. The secondary side rectifying circuit 121 rectifies a high-frequency direct current from the secondary side of the isolation transformer T1, and outputs it to the high voltage power battery via the output electromagnetic compatible circuit 122.
The conductive on-vehicle charging converter is disposed on the electric vehicle, and converts energy from AC grid into DC power so as to charge the power battery.
During charging, the electrical energy of the AC grid is input to the DC-DC primary side rectifying circuit 213 after passing the input EMC circuit 211 and the power factor correction circuit 212, and a high-frequency direct current is generated at the primary side of the isolation transformer T2 after a DC-DC conversion. The secondary side rectifying circuit 214 rectifies a high-frequency direct current from the secondary side of the isolation transformer T2, and outputs it to the high voltage power battery via the output electromagnetic compatible circuit 215.
On the other hand, the electric vehicle is also equipped with a DC-DC converter which can convert high voltage power of the power battery into low voltage power so as to supply power to low voltage electrical components of the electric vehicle and to charge low voltage battery.
In operation, the DC electrical energy of the high voltage power battery is input to the DC-DC primary side rectifying circuit 312 via the input EMC circuit 311, and a high-frequency direct current is generated at the primary side of the isolation transformer T3 after a DC-DC conversion. The DC-DC secondary side rectifying circuit 313 rectifies and filters a high-frequency direct current from the secondary side of the isolation transformer T3, and outputs it to low voltage electrical components or low voltage battery via the output electromagnetic compatible circuit 314.
The above conductive on-vehicle charging converter, non-conductive wireless charging converter and DC-DC converter all have disadvantages of high manufacture cost, bulky volume, heavy weight, etc. All these are disadvantageous for reducing the cost and energy consumption of electric vehicles. Therefore, there is an urgent need for an on-vehicle power converter that can solve that above technical problem.
An object of the invention is to provide an on-vehicle power converter for electric vehicle, which has advantages of compact structure, light weight, small space occupied, etc.
The on-vehicle power converter for electric vehicle according to an aspect of the invention at least comprises a DC-DC converter, and an on-vehicle unit of a wireless charging converter, wherein a primary side of the DC-DC converter and a secondary side of the wireless charging converter share a rectifying circuit, a filtering circuit and an electromagnetic compatible circuit.
Preferably, the above on-vehicle power converter for electric vehicle further comprises an on-vehicle charging converter, and the filtering circuit and the electromagnetic compatible circuit are also shared by a secondary side of the on-vehicle charging converter.
Preferably, the above on-vehicle power converter for electric vehicle comprises a first switch, a second switch, a first isolation transformer, a second isolation transformer, a first electromagnetic compatible circuit, a DC-DC converter secondary side unit connected with a secondary side of the first isolation transformer, an on-vehicle charging converter primary side unit connected with a primary side of the second isolation transformer, a first rectifying circuit and a second rectifying circuit,
wherein an input side of the first rectifying circuit is connected with a primary side of the first isolation transformer via the firs switch, and is connected with a ground unit of the wireless charging converter via the second switch, an input side of the second rectifying circuit is connected with a secondary side of the second isolation transformer, and the output sides of the first rectifying circuit and the second rectifying circuit are connected with the first electromagnetic compatible circuit in parallel; and
wherein when the first switch is closed and the second switch is opened, a high voltage direct current output from a high voltage power battery is converted into a low voltage direct current via the first rectifying circuit and the DC-DC converter secondary side unit; when the first switch is opened and the second switch is closed, a direct current from the ground unit of the wireless charging converter is converted, via the first rectifying circuit, into a high voltage direct current to be output to the high voltage power battery; and when both the first switch and the second switch are opened, a direct current output from the on-vehicle charging converter primary side unit is converted, via the second rectifying circuit, into a high voltage direct current to be output to the high voltage power battery.
Preferably, the above on-vehicle power converter for electric vehicle comprises a first switch, a second switch, an isolation transformer, a DC-DC converter secondary side unit, a first electromagnetic compatible circuit and a first rectifying circuit,
wherein an input side of the first rectifying circuit is connected with a primary side of the isolation transformer via the first switch, and is connected with a ground unit of the wireless charging converter via the second switch, an output side of the first rectifying circuit is connected with the first electromagnetic compatible circuit, and the DC-DC converter secondary side unit is connected with a secondary side of the isolation transformer; and
wherein when the first switch is closed and the second switch is opened, a high voltage direct current output from a high voltage power battery is converted into a low voltage direct current by the first rectifying circuit and the DC-DC converter secondary side unit; and when the first switch is opened and the second switch is closed, a direct current output from the ground unit of the wireless charging converter is converted, via the first rectifying circuit, into a high voltage direct current to be output to the high voltage power battery.
Preferably, in the above on-vehicle power converter for electric vehicle, the first rectifying circuit and the second rectifying circuit are bridge rectifying circuits.
Preferably, the above on-vehicle power converter for electric vehicle further comprises a filtering capacitor connected at the output sides of the first rectifying circuit and the second rectifying circuit.
Preferably, in the above on-vehicle power converter for electric vehicle, the DC-DC converter secondary side unit comprises a DC-DC secondary side rectifying circuit connected with a secondary side of the first isolation transformer, and a second electromagnetic compatible circuit connected with the DC-DC secondary side rectifying unit.
Preferably, in the above on-vehicle power converter for electric vehicle, the on-vehicle charging converter primary side unit comprises a third electromagnetic compatible circuit, a DC-DC primary side rectifying circuit connected with a primary side of the second isolation transformer, and a power factor correction circuit connected between the third electromagnetic compatible circuit and the DC-DC primary side rectifying circuit.
The on-vehicle power converter for electric vehicle according to another aspect of the invention at least comprises an on-vehicle charging converter and an on-vehicle unit of a wireless charging converter, characterized in that a secondary side of the on-vehicle charging converter and a secondary side of the wireless charging converter share a rectifying circuit, a filtering circuit and an electromagnetic compatible circuit.
Preferably, the on-vehicle power converter for electric vehicle comprises:
Further another object of the invention is to provide an electric vehicle which has advantages of compact structure, light weight, small space occupied, etc.
The electric vehicle according to further another aspect of the invention comprises the on-vehicle power converter as above described.
The above and/or other aspects and advantages of the invention will become more clear and more easily understood from the following description of various aspects with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein identical or similar elements are denoted by identical signs in the drawings, in which:
The invention will be described below more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings in which illustrative embodiments of the invention are shown. However, the invention can be carried out in different ways, and should not be construed as being limited to various embodiments given herein. The various embodiments given above are intended to make the disclosure comprehensive and complete so as to enable a more comprehensive and precise understanding of the scope of protection of the invention.
Terms such as “include” and “comprise” or the like mean that in addition to the elements and steps that are directly and explicitly recited in the specification and claims, the technical solutions of the invention do not exclude situations in which other elements and steps that are not directly or explicitly recited are included.
Terms such as “first” and “second” or the like do not represent an order of the elements in terms of time, space, magnitude or the like, and are merely used for distinguishing individual elements from each other.
According to an aspect of the invention, an on-vehicle unit of the wireless charging converter and a high voltage battery side of the DC-DC converter share a set of rectifying circuit, filtering circuit and EMC circuit, wherein the rectifying circuit is connected with a secondary side of an isolation transformer of the ground unit of the wireless charging converter and a primary side of an isolation transformer of the DC-DC converter via two independent switches respectively. Through different combinations of the states of switches, the set of rectifying circuit, filtering circuit and EMC circuit can be used by the wireless charging converter and the DC-DC converter.
According to another aspect of the invention, the on-vehicle charging converter uses an independent rectifying circuit at the secondary side of the isolation transformer thereof, but shares the filtering circuit and the EMC circuit with the wireless charging converter and the high voltage battery side of the DC-DC converter. When the above described two independent switches are both in an open state, the filtering circuit and the EMC circuit can be used by the on-vehicle charging converter.
According to further another aspect of the invention, the on-vehicle unit of the wireless charging converter and the secondary side of the on-vehicle charging converter share a secondary side rectifying circuit, filtering circuit and output EMC circuit, and an input side of the secondary side rectifying circuit are connected with the secondary side of the isolation transformer of the wireless charging converter and the secondary side of the isolation transformer of the on-vehicle charging converter via two independent switches respectively.
The embodiments of the invention will be described specifically below in connection with the accompanying drawings.
The on-vehicle power converter 40 for electric vehicle shown in
In this embodiment, the first rectifying circuit 412 is a bridge rectifying circuit constituted by diodes D1-D4, wherein one of the input ends of the bridge rectifying circuit is connected to the primary side of the isolation transformer T41 and the secondary side of an isolation transformer T′ of a wireless charging converter via the first switch S1 and the second switch S2 respectively, and another input end of the bridge rectifying circuit is directly connected to the primary side of the isolation transformer T41 and the secondary side of the isolation transformer T′. Preferably, the on-vehicle power converter 40 further comprises a filtering capacitor C1 as a filtering circuit, and this capacitor is connected between a positive output end and a negative output end of the bridge rectifying circuit.
It should be pointed out that while the isolation transformer T′ is typically disposed inside a ground unit of the wireless charging converter, such an arrangement is not necessary, and the invention also applies to a situation in which the isolation transformer T′ is integrated in the on-vehicle unit of the wireless charging converter.
In this embodiment, the DC-DC converter secondary side unit 413 comprises a DC-DC secondary side rectifying circuit 4131 connected with the secondary side of the first isolation transformer T41, and a second electromagnetic compatible circuit 4132 connected with the DC-DC secondary side rectifying circuit 4131.
As described above, the on-vehicle unit of the wireless charging converter and the high voltage battery side of the DC-DC converter share a set of rectifying circuit, filtering circuit and EMC circuit. Specifically, in the present embodiment, during wireless charging, the first electromagnetic compatible circuit 411, the filtering capacitor C1 and the first rectifying circuit 412 are used as a secondary side circuit unit of the isolation transformer of the wireless charging converter, whereas when the high voltage power battery is used to supply power to low voltage electrical devices or to charge the low voltage battery, the first electromagnetic compatible circuit 411, the filtering capacitor C1 and the first rectifying circuit 412 are used as a primary side circuit unit of the isolation transformer of the DC-DC converter. A switch between the above two operational modes is realized by controlling the states of the first switch S1 and the second switch S2.
The operational principle of the on-vehicle power converter as shown in
When it is required to use the high voltage power battery to supply power to low voltage electrical devices or to charge the low voltage battery, the first switch S1 is closed and the second switch S2 is opened. At this point, the high voltage direct current output from the high voltage power battery is input to the filtering capacitor C1 and the first rectifying circuit 412 after flowing through the first electromagnetic compatible circuit 411, and a high-frequency direct current is generated at the primary side of the isolation transformer T41 after being filtered and a DC-DC conversion. The DC-DC converter secondary side unit 413 rectifies the high-frequency direct current from the secondary side of the isolation transformer T41 and outputs it to the low voltage electrical devices or the low voltage battery.
When it is required to for example charge the high voltage power battery in a wireless way, the first switch S1 is opened and the second switch S2 is closed. At this point, at the ground unit side of the wireless charging converter, the electrical energy of AC grid is input to the DC-DC primary side circuit after passing through the input electromagnetic compatible circuit and a power factor correction circuit, and a high-frequency direct current is generated at the primary side of the isolation transformer T′ after a DC-DC conversion. The first rectifying circuit 412 rectifies the high-frequency direct current from the secondary side of the isolation transformer T′, the filtering capacitor C1 filters the direct current after rectification, and then the first electromagnetic compatible circuit 411 outputs the direct current filtered by the filtering capacitor C1 to the high voltage power battery.
In the present embodiment, by introducing two independent switches, the on-vehicle part of the wireless charging converter and the DC-DC converter can share a rectifying circuit, a filtering circuit, an output EMC circuit and a corresponding control unit (e.g., a CAN communication circuit and a signal collecting circuit, etc.), and a convenient and swift switch can be realized between the two operational modes. In addition, since a set of circuit units are shared at the secondary side of the isolation transformer T, the number of cooling circuits is also reduced, and the occupied space and weight of the on-vehicle power converter are decreased.
The on-vehicle power converter 50 for electric vehicle shown in
In this embodiment, the first rectifying circuit 412 is a bridge rectifying circuit constituted by diodes D1-D4, wherein one of the input ends of the bridge rectifying circuit is connected to the primary side of the isolation transformer T41 and the secondary side of an isolation transformer T1′ of a wireless charging converter via the first switch S1 and the second switch S2 respectively, and another input end of the bridge rectifying circuit is directly connected to the primary side of the first isolation transformer T41 and the secondary side of the isolation transformer T1′. Preferably, the multi-functional on-vehicle power converter 50 in this embodiment further comprises a filtering capacitor C1 as a filtering circuit, and this capacitor is connected between a positive output end and a negative output end of the bridge rectifying circuit 412.
With continued reference to
In this embodiment, the DC-DC converter secondary side unit 413 comprises a DC-DC secondary side rectifying circuit 4131 connected with the secondary side of the first isolation transformer T41, and a second electromagnetic compatible circuit 4132 connected with the DC-DC secondary side rectifying circuit 4131.
In this embodiment, the on-vehicle charging converter primary side unit 414 comprises a third electromagnetic compatible circuit 4141, a DC-DC primary side rectifying circuit 4143 connected with the primary side of the second isolation transformer T42, and a power factor correction circuit 4142 connected between the third electromagnetic compatible circuit 4141 and the DC-DC primary side rectifying circuit 4143.
It should be pointed out that while the isolation transformer T1′ is typically disposed inside a ground unit of the wireless charging converter, such an arrangement is not necessary, and the invention also applies to a situation in which the isolation transformer T1′ is integrated in the on-vehicle unit of the wireless charging converter.
As described above, the on-vehicle unit of the wireless charging converter and the high voltage battery side of the DC-DC converter share a set of rectifying circuit, filtering circuit and EMC circuit, and the filtering circuit and EMC circuit are also shared by the on-vehicle charging converter. Specifically, in the present embodiment, during wireless charging, the first electromagnetic compatible circuit 411, the filtering capacitor C1 and the first rectifying circuit 412 are used as the on-vehicle unit of the wireless charging converter; when the high voltage power battery is used to supply power to low voltage electrical devices or to charge the low voltage battery, the first electromagnetic compatible circuit 411, the filtering capacitor C1 and the first rectifying circuit 412 are used as a primary side circuit unit of the isolation transformer of the DC-DC converter; and when charging is performed in a conductive way, the first electromagnetic compatible circuit 411, the filtering capacitor C1 and the second rectifying circuit 415 are used as a secondary side circuit unit of the isolation transformer of the on-vehicle charging converter. A switch among the above three operational modes is realized by controlling the states of the first switch S1 and the second switch S2.
The operational principle of the on-vehicle power converter as shown in
When it is required to use the high voltage power battery to supply power to low voltage electrical devices or to charge the low voltage battery, the first switch S1 is closed and the second switch S2 is opened. At this point, the high voltage direct current output from the high voltage power battery is input to the filtering capacitor C1 and the first rectifying circuit 412 after flowing through the first electromagnetic compatible circuit 411, and a high-frequency direct current is generated at the primary side of the first isolation transformer T41 after a DC-DC conversion. The DC-DC converter secondary side unit 413 rectifies the high-frequency direct current from the secondary side of the isolation transformer T41 and outputs it to the low voltage electrical devices or the low voltage battery.
When it is required to for example charge the high voltage power battery in a wireless way, the first switch S1 is opened and the second switch S2 is closed. At this point, the direct current of the ground unit of the wireless charging converter is coupled to the first rectifying circuit 412 via the isolation transformer T1′, the rectified current is sent to the first electromagnetic compatible circuit 411 after being filtered by the filtering capacitor C1, and is then output to the high voltage power battery.
When it is required to for example charge the high voltage power battery using the on-vehicle charging converter, the first switch S1 is opened and the second switch S2 is also opened. At this point, at the primary side of the on-vehicle charging converter, the electrical energy of AC grid is input to the DC-DC primary side circuit 4143 after passing through the input electromagnetic compatible circuit 4141 and the power factor correction circuit 4142, and a high-frequency direct current is generated at the primary side of the isolation transformer T42 after a DC-DC conversion. The second rectifying circuit 415 rectifies the high-frequency direct current from the secondary side of the isolation transformer T42, the filtering capacitor C1 filters the direct current after rectification, and then the first electromagnetic compatible circuit 411 outputs the rectified direct current to the high voltage power battery.
In the present embodiment, by introducing two independent switches, the rectifying circuit, the filtering circuit, the output EMC circuit and a corresponding control unit (e.g., a CAN communication circuit and a signal collecting circuit, etc.) can be shared among the conductive charging converter, the on-vehicle part of the wireless charging converter and the DC-DC converter, and a convenient and swift switch can be realized among the three operational modes. In addition, since the circuit units are shared, the number of cooling circuits is also reduced, and the occupied space and weight of the on-vehicle power converter are decreased.
The on-vehicle power converter 60 for electric vehicle shown in
In this embodiment, the rectifying circuit 612 is a bridge rectifying circuit constituted by diodes D9-D12, wherein one of the input ends of the bridge rectifying circuit is connected to the secondary side of the isolation transformer T61 and the secondary side of an isolation transformer T′ of a wireless charging converter via the first switch S1 and the second switch S2 respectively, and another input end of the bridge rectifying circuit is directly connected to the secondary side of the isolation transformer T61 and the secondary side of the isolation transformer T′. Preferably, the on-vehicle power converter 60 further comprises a filtering capacitor C1 as a filtering circuit, and this capacitor is connected between a positive output end and a negative output end of the bridge rectifying circuit.
It should be pointed out that while the isolation transformer T′ is typically disposed inside a ground unit of the wireless charging converter, such an arrangement is not necessary, and the invention also applies to a situation in which the isolation transformer T′ is integrated in the on-vehicle unit of the wireless charging converter.
In this embodiment, the DC-DC converter secondary side unit 613 comprises an input electromagnetic compatible circuit 6131, a DC-DC primary side rectifying circuit 6133 connected with the primary side of the isolation transformer T61, and a power factor correction circuit 6132 connected between the input electromagnetic compatible circuit 6131 and the DC-DC primary side rectifying circuit 6133.
As described above, the on-vehicle unit of the wireless charging converter and the secondary side of the on-vehicle charging converter share a set of rectifying circuit, filtering circuit and EMC circuit. Specifically, in the present embodiment, during wireless charging, the output electromagnetic compatible circuit 611, the filtering capacitor C1 and the rectifying circuit 612 are used as a secondary side circuit unit of the isolation transformer of the wireless charging converter; and when charging is performed in a conductive way, the output electromagnetic compatible circuit 611, the filtering capacitor C1 and the rectifying circuit 612 are used as a secondary side circuit unit of the isolation transformer of the on-vehicle charging converter. A switch among the above two operational modes is realized by controlling the states of the first switch S1 and the second switch S2.
The operational principle of the charging conversion device as shown in
When it is required to charge using the on-vehicle charging converter, the first switch S1 is closed and the second switch S2 is opened. At this point, the electrical energy of AC grid generates a high-frequency direct current at the primary side of the isolation transformer T61 after the DC-DC converter primary side unit 613. The first rectifying circuit 612 rectifies the high-frequency direct current from the secondary side of the isolation transformer T61, and the output electromagnetic compatible circuit 611 outputs the rectified direct current.
When it is required to charge in a wired way, the first switch 51 is opened and the second switch S2 is closed. At this point, the electrical energy of AC grid is coupled to the rectifying circuit 612 via the isolation transformer T′ of the wireless charging converter, the rectified current is sent to the filtering capacitor C1, and then the filtered direct current is output by the output electromagnetic compatible circuit 611.
In the present embodiment, by introducing two independent switches, the on-vehicle part of the wireless charging converter and the on-vehicle converter can share a rectifying circuit, a filtering circuit, an output EMC circuit and a corresponding control unit (e.g., a CAN communication circuit and a signal collecting circuit, etc.), and a convenient and swift switch can be realized between the two charging modes. In addition, since a set of circuit units are shared at the secondary side of the isolation transformer, the number of cooling circuits is also reduced, and the occupied space and weight of the charging converter are decreased.
While some aspects of the invention have been illustrated and discussed, it should be realized by those skilled in the art that the above aspects can be changed without departing from the principle and spirit of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention will be defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201611190450.7 | Dec 2016 | CN | national |
