This application is a National Stage of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2017/083333 filed on May 5, 2017, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
This application relates to the field of electrical elements, and in particular, to a transformer and a switch-mode power supply.
With rapid development of semiconductor technologies, an electromagnetic compatibility (Electromagnetic Compatibility, EMC) problem of a switch-mode power supply attracts increasing attention of people. The EMC is a capability that a device or a system can work normally in an electromagnetic environment of the device or the system and causes no unbearable electromagnetic disturbance to any object in the environment.
Generally, an electronic product generates electromagnetic interference (Electromagnetic Interference, EMI for short) in a working process, and normal working of another device may be affected. However, as a power conversion part, the switch-mode power supply is an important EMI source. If the switch-mode power supply is improperly designed, the EMI of the product exceeds a limit, and EMC authentication fails. Therefore, performing noise reduction on a transformer is important in designing the switch-anode power supply.
With development of fast charging technologies, the switch-mode power supply has an increasingly high power parameter, and also generates increasingly strong noise. In a conventional transformer noise reduction design method, a metal shielding layer is disposed between a primary-side winding and a secondary-side winding (or referred to as a primary winding and a secondary winding) of a transformer, and the metal shielding layer is directly connected to a ground cable to reduce electromagnetic interference generated by a distributed capacitance between the primary-side winding and the secondary-side winding of the transformer. As shown in
Implementations of this application aim to provide a transformer and a switch-mode power supply, to resolve a problem that EMI of the switch-mode power supply exceeds a limit and EMC consistency is poor.
An implementation of this application provides a transformer. The transformer includes a magnetic core structure, and a primary-side winding and a secondary-side winding that surround a same magnetic cylinder in the magnetic core structure in a stacked manner. There may be one or more primary-side windings and secondary-side windings. An electromagnetic shielding layer is mainly located between the primary-side winding and an auxiliary winding, and the electromagnetic shielding layer can reduce noise. Because the electromagnetic shielding layer is magnetic, the electromagnetic shielding layer has higher magnetic permeability than metal. In a high-frequency environment, the electromagnetic shielding layer is equivalent to a conductor, and conducts a magnetic field. Similar to a magnetic core, the electromagnetic shielding layer conducts noise in a winding to form a circulating current, so that the noise is dissipated at the electromagnetic shielding layer. In this way, inductive reactance of the primary-side winding is changed, and the transformer suppresses the noise, to implement noise reduction. In addition, the electromagnetic shielding layer also reflects some noise in the primary-side winding, to reduce noise energy transferred to the secondary-side winding.
To reduce noise as much as possible, in a possible design of the method in this embodiment of this application, an electromagnetic shielding layer is disposed between each primary-side winding and each secondary-side winding that are adjacent, so that a maximum of noise can be reduced to an optimal extend. Certainly, in addition, during actual assembly, based on a requirement for a noise reduction effect, an electromagnetic shielding layer is disposed between each of some primary-side windings and each of some secondary-side windings that are adjacent. In addition, the electromagnetic shielding layer provided in this embodiment of this application has very good EMC consistency, because the electromagnetic shielding layer is mounted on a winding surface, thickness, thickness, and a length, and a width are all easily controlled. In comparison with an existing winding manner, controllability is strong, and therefore, EMC consistency is very good.
In addition, during actual assembly, the primary-side winding and the secondary-side winding may surround the same magnetic cylinder in a plurality of manners. The primary-side winding or the secondary-side winding may be first wound around the framework. However, the primary-side winding and the secondary-side winding are usually wound alternately. That is, the primary-side winding is wound around the framework, and then a layer of the secondary-side winding is immediately wound. In consideration that the switch-mode power supply may also have an auxiliary winding, the primary-side winding, the auxiliary winding, and the secondary-side winding may be alternatively wounded. The windings are sleeved around the framework. The framework is sleeved around a same magnetic cylinder in the magnetic core structure. For ease of assembly of the windings, the magnetic core structure may be divided into two parts: an upper part and a lower part. Usually, the two parts, namely, the upper part and the lower part, each are an E-shaped structure. In this case, the winding can be completely encircled, to improve the efficiency of electromagnetic energy conversion.
Usually, an insulation tape is pasted to a winding surface each time a layer of a winding is wound, to ensure that no short circuit occurs between windings. In a possible design of the method in this embodiment of this application, the electromagnetic shielding layer is an insulator. In this case, the electromagnetic shielding layer may be pasted to a surface of each layer of windings, so that the electromagnetic shielding layer is used to replace the insulation tape, and both noise reduction and insulation can be implemented. Certainly, in addition to a pasting process, alternatively, a coating process may be alternatively used to coat the winding surface with the electromagnetic shielding layer.
To resolve the problem that the EMI of the switch-mode power supply exceeds a limit, the electromagnetic shielding layer in the foregoing implementations of this application needs to meet a preset magnetic permeability change curve. The magnetic permeability change curve mainly meets the following principle: reducing magnetic permeability of the transformer in an operating frequency band and increasing magnetic permeability of an electromagnetic interference EMI frequency band. In this case, currently, relatively large energy consumption is caused when a charging noise frequency falls within a range from 30 M to 100 M, and an ordinary metal shielding layer cannot effectively reduce noise at this frequency band. Therefore, in this implementation of this application, a high magnetic conductive magnetic shielding material, that is, a material whose magnetic permeability is greater than 2, is selected, and magnetic permeability of the high magnetic conductive magnetic shielding material is set based on a principle that magnetic permeability of a target frequency band (a frequency band, especially an RE frequency band, at which EMI exceeds a limit) is increased by properly reducing magnetic permeability of a switching frequency band. Such a high magnetic conductive magnetic shielding material can effectively reduce impact of charging noise within the range from 30 M to 100 M.
Further, the electromagnetic shielding layer may also be disposed on an outer surface of the framework, or an outer surface of an outermost winding. The transformer works in the high-frequency environment, and the framework and the outermost winding become conductors in the high-frequency environment. Therefore, a current is generated on the surface of the transformer. Current generation may be suppressed by pasting the electromagnetic shielding layer to the outer surface of the outermost winging or the outer surface of the framework, to implement noise reduction.
It should be noted that in another possible design of this implementation of this application, the electromagnetic shielding layer may be disposed on only an outer surface of a framework that is sleeved around a same magnetic cylinder, or the electromagnetic shielding layer is disposed on only the outer surface of the outermost winding, to implement noise reduction.
In addition to the foregoing design manner of this implementation of this application, a metal electromagnetic shielding strip that surrounds a surface of the magnetic core structure of the transformer in a head-to-tail manner. Because the metal electromagnetic shielding strip is conductive, a current on the surface may be guided by using an electromagnetic induction principle, to implement noise reduction.
The transformer provided in the foregoing implementations of this application may be applied to the switch-mode power supply, and a switch-mode power supply with the transformer can resolve the problem that the EMI of the switch-mode power supply exceeds a limit and the EMC consistency is poor.
The following further describes embodiments of this application in detail with reference to accompanying drawings.
A transformer works by using an electromagnetic induction principle.
In the foregoing formula, a punctuation “−” indicates that the induced electromotive force always hinders a change of the magnetic flux, N1 is a quantity of turns of the primary-side winding, and N2 is a quantity of turns of the secondary-side winding.
It can be learned that, if the load is connected to the secondary-side winding 103, a current I2 flows through the load under the action of the electromotive force E2, to transfer electric energy. It can be learned from the foregoing formulas that values of the induced electromotive forces in the primary-side winding 102 and the secondary-side winding 103 are proportional to a quantity of turns of the windings. Therefore, a voltage can be changed provided that the quantity of turns of the primary-side winding 102 and the quantity of turns of the secondary-side winding 103 are changed. This is a basic working principle of the transformer.
A coil of the transformer is usually referred to as a winding, and is a circuit part of the transformer. A small transformer usually formed by winding an enameled round copper wire that is insulated, and a transformer with a slightly larger capacity is formed by winding a flat copper wire or a flat aluminum wire. In the transformer, a winding connected to a high-voltage grid is referred to as a high-voltage winding, and a winding connected to a low-voltage grid is referred to as a low-voltage winding. The windings may be classified into two types: a concentric winding and an overlapping winding based on different mutual positions and shapes of the high-voltage winding and the low-voltage winding.
The concentric winding is a winding that is sleeved around a magnetic core cylinder by using a same cylindrical line on any transverse profile of the magnetic core cylinder. For ease of insulation from a magnetic core structure, the low-voltage winding is always placed inside and is close to the magnetic core cylinder, and the high-voltage winding is placed outside. A specified insulation gap needs to be reserved between the high-voltage winding and the low-voltage winding and between the low-voltage winding and an iron core cylinder. When the low-voltage winding is placed inside and is close to the magnetic core cylinder, because an insulation distance required between the low-voltage winding and the magnetic core cylinder is relatively small, a size of the winding can be reduced, and an external size of the entire transformer is also reduced simultaneously. In addition, both the primary-side winding and the secondary-side winding are wound around a same magnetic cylinder. In comparison with a winding manner shown in
Concentric windings may be classified into a plurality of types such as a cylindrical winding, a spiral winging, and a continuous winding according to different winding methods. The concentric winding has a simple structure and is easy to manufacture, and a transformer with the concentric winding has a small size. Therefore, the concentric winding is usually used in a transformer of a switch-mode power supply.
A noise transmission mechanism of a conventional transformer with a concentric winding is shown in
Based on the working principle and the noise transmission mechanism of the transformer, this embodiment of this application provides a transformer. The transformer is obtained by mainly adding an electromagnetic shielding layer to an existing transformer structure, and the electromagnetic shielding layer may be mounted between different adjacent windings. Because the electromagnetic shielding layer is made of a magnetic material, inductive reactance on a winding surface can be changed, and noise generation on the winding surface is suppressed. Specifically, a main structure of the transformer includes a magnetic core structure, and a primary-side winding and a secondary-side winding that surround a same magnetic cylinder in the magnetic core structure in a stacked manner. There may be one or more primary-side windings and secondary-side windings. The primary-side winding and the secondary-side winding usually alternatively surround a same magnetic cylinder in the electromagnetic structure in the stacked manner. The electromagnetic shielding layer is located between the primary-side winding and the auxiliary winding. The electromagnetic shielding layer may be located between only some adjacent primary-side windings and auxiliary windings, or the electromagnetic shielding layer may be disposed between every two adjacent windings. Certainly, the electromagnetic shielding layer is disposed between every two adjacent windings to reduce noise to a greatest extend.
The magnetic core structure of the transformer needs to be a magnet loop. A possible design of the magnetic core structure is a conventional hollow-shaped structure, and another possible design is an E-shaped structure. The magnetic core structure is usually a high-frequency magnetic core, and a material may be ferrite, for example, Mn—Zn ferrite, silicon-aluminum ferrite, or an amorphous alloy. In this embodiment of this application, an E-shaped structure is preferably used. As shown in
With reference to
In addition, in addition to being mounted between different windings, the electromagnetic shielding layer may also be mounted on an outer surface of an outermost winding, or on an outer surface of an innermost framework. That is, an electromagnetic shielding layer is wrapped around the outer surface of the framework of the innermost winding, and if the outermost winding is a primary-side winding, an electromagnetic shielding layer is mounted on the outer surface of the outermost winding. In this case, noise can be reduced, because the transformer works in the high-frequency environment, and the framework and the outermost winding become conductors in the high-frequency environment. Therefore, a current is generated on the surface of the transformer. Current generation may be suppressed by pasting the electromagnetic shielding layer to the outer surface of the outermost winging or the outer surface of the framework, to implement noise reduction.
To make the EMI of the transformer meet a standard, a designer tests the magnetic permeability curve of the electromagnetic shielding layer in advance, to obtain a magnetic permeability change curve that can enable the EMI of the transformer to meet a standard. Then, a material provider modulates the electromagnetic shielding material based on the magnetic permeability change curve. The electromagnetic shielding material is mainly a soft magnetic material, and the soft magnetic material is mainly used for magnetic conduction and electromagnetic energy conversion and transmission. Therefore, relatively high magnetic permeability and magnetic induction intensity are required for such materials, and an area and a magnetic loss of a magnetic hysteresis loop are relatively small. Generally, soft magnetic materials can be classified into four categories: (1) an alloy thin band or sheet such as FeNi; (2) an amorphous alloy thin band such as Fe base or Co base; (3) a magnetic medium (also referred to as iron powder core), for example, powers such as FeNi (Mo), FeSiAl, a carbonyl iron powder, and ferrite that are wrapped and bonded by using an electrical insulating medium and then are pressed to form the magnetic medium based on a requirement; and (4) ferrite that includes spinel type—Mo·Fe2o3; (M represents NiZn/MnZn/MgZ, or the like) and magneto plumbite type—Ba3Me2Fe24O41 (Me represents Co/Ni/Mg/Zn/Cu, and composite parts). Currently, ferrite is commonly used mainly because raw materials are rich and have low costs, and the magnetic permeability change curve is relatively stable.
The designer may mount, on a winding/framework surface by using a pasting process or a coating process, the electromagnetic shielding material that meets the requirement and that is provided by the material provider. The electromagnetic shielding material may be insulated or may be a conductor. If the electromagnetic shielding material is a conductor, an adhesive tape needs to be pasted first before the conductor is mounted on the winding surface, to ensure that the winding and the electromagnetic shielding material are insulated. Otherwise, there is an electrical connection between the electromagnetic shielding layer and the winding, and a short circuit is caused. If the electromagnetic shielding material is insulated, the electromagnetic shielding material may be processed to be in an adhesive tape form that has adhesiveness. In this way, not only insulation can be implemented, but also a winding coil can be fastened. It can be learned that the electromagnetic material shielding layer can replace the adhesive tape on the winding. Therefore, a process of pasting the insulation tape can be reduced.
In consideration that the transformer provided in this embodiment of this application is mainly applicable to the switch-mode power supply and a component on a circuit board of the switch-mode power supply needs to provide a working voltage, the transformer provided in this embodiment of this application further includes at least one auxiliary winding that surrounds a same magnetic cylinder in a stacked manner. The auxiliary winding mainly provides a working voltage for the component on the circuit board of the switch-mode power supply. There may be one or more auxiliary windings. The auxiliary winding may be located between the primary-side winding and the secondary-side winding, or may be located on two sides of the primary-side winding and the secondary-side winding. That is, windings that are wound from inside to outside may be separately the secondary-side winding, the auxiliary winding, and the primary-side winding, or may be the secondary-side winding, the primary-side winding, and the auxiliary winding, or may be the auxiliary winding, the secondary-side winding, and the primary-side winding. In this case, the location of the electromagnetic shielding layer may also be between the primary-side winding and the auxiliary winding, or may be between the secondary-side winding and the auxiliary winding.
Because windings of the transformer include the primary-side winding, the secondary-side winding, and the auxiliary winding, there may be a plurality of windings, there are a plurality of manners in which the windings are stacked, and there are various locations at which the electromagnetic shielding layer is mounted. Therefore, this embodiment of this application provides schematic diagrams of locations shown in
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In addition, a metal electromagnetic shielding strip may further surround, in a head-to-tail manner, an outer surface of the magnetic core structure of the transformer provided in this embodiment of this application. As shown in
In conclusion, in the transformer provided in this embodiment of this application, the electromagnetic shielding layer is added to a winding or a framework, and a high magnetic conduction characteristic of the electromagnetic shielding layer suppresses noise generated by the transformer in a working process, to resolve a problem that EMI exceeds a limit. The transformer may be applied to a scenario such as a de-Y capacitor with a relatively high noise reduction requirement. In addition, the electromagnetic shielding layer provided in this embodiment of this application has very good EMC consistency, because the electromagnetic shielding layer is mounted on a winding surface, and thickness, a length and a width are all easily controlled. In comparison with an existing winding manner, controllability is strong, and therefore, EMC consistency is very good. In addition, the method helps production and processing, EMC performance is relatively good, and an application prospect is broad.
In the foregoing specific implementations, the objectives, technical solutions, and beneficial effects of this application are further described in detail. It should be understood that different embodiments may be combined, and the foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementations of this application, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of this application. Any combination, modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made without departing from the spirit and principle of this application shall fall within the protection scope of this application.
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