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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2018
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Dae Woo Lee, Incheon, KR;
Woo Young Lee, Yongin-Si, KR;
Min Seong Choi, Daejeon, KR;
Tae Jong Ha, Seoul, KR;
Jae Eun Cha, Gwangmyeong-Si, KR;
Jin Myeong Yang, Busan, KR;
In Yong Yeo, Bucheon-Si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A low voltage DC-DC converter for a vehicle includes: a switching circuit including a plurality of capacitors and a plurality of switches and converting a high voltage output from a high voltage battery into an AC voltage; a transformer converting the AC voltage output from the switching circuit into a low voltage; a current sensor measuring a current value output from the transformer; and a controller comparing the current value measured by the current sensor with a reference value to determine whether a current mode is a continuous current mode or a discontinuous current mode, and controlling one of the plurality of switches to be turned on or off as the determination result.