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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2022
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Mitake, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Keiji Nagasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Maekawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Yazaki, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A bidirectional DC-DC converter includes a first circuit that is configured to process a first voltage being a DC voltage and that includes a first electronic component including a first switching element; a second circuit that is configured to process a second voltage or a third voltage, the second voltage being a DC voltage supplied to an electric vehicle, the third voltage being a DC voltage generated in an electric vehicle, and that includes a second electric component with a lower withstand voltage than the first electronic component, the second electric component including a second switching element; and a control circuit configured to control switching of at least one of the first switching element and the second switching element wherein the bidirectional DC-DC converter is configured to convert the first voltage into the second voltage or convert the third voltage into the first voltage.