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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2020
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Kazunari Kurokawa, Oyama, JP;
Tao Trong Bui, Hitachinaka, JP;
HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., Hitachinaka, JP;
Abstract
A gate driving power source device individually supplies a DC power source to a plurality of gate drive circuits provided for a power conversion device. The power conversion device includes a step-up/down converter and one or a plurality of AC/DC conversion circuits. The step-up/down converter includes a step-up/down upper arm switching element and a step-up/down lower arm switching element. The AC/DC conversion circuit includes an AC/DC upper arm switching element and an AC/DC lower arm switching element. The gate driving power source device includes a power source unit that supplies a shared DC power source to at least two of the step-up/down upper arm switching element, the step-up/down lower arm switching element, the AC/DC upper arm switching element, and the AC/DC lower arm switching element.