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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2002
Young-kook Lee, Seoul, KR;
Young-Kook Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An arm-short diagnostic method for a bi-directional DC/DC converter that includes a buck switching device, a buck diode, a boost switching device, and a boost diode, is presented. The method includes detecting an output current of the bi-directional DC/DC converter, and determining whether the output current is detected in a positive direction. The method also includes maintaining supply of a turn-off gating signal to the boost switching device, and supplying a turn-on gating signal to the buck switching device, if the detected output current is in a positive direction. Finally, the method includes determining whether the output current of the bi-directional DC/DC converter increases in a positive direction, and determining that at least one of the boost switching device and the buck diode is in a short circuit state, if it is determined that the output current of the bi-directional DC/DC converter does not increase in the positive direction.
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