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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Tdk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Takegami, Tokyo, JP;
TDK Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A DC-DC converter is configured with a voltage-source power converter at a primary side of a transformer, a current-source power converter at a secondary side of the transformer, and a controller. The DC-DC converter is connected between a storage battery and an inverter that drives an electric motor. The controller generates a first control input based on a voltage between input and output terminals of the voltage-source power converter, a second control input based on a voltage between input and output terminals of the current-source power converter, and a command value for PWM or PFM control based on the first and second control inputs and an input-output current flowing between one of the input and output terminals of the voltage-source power converter and the current-source power converter. Therefore, it is easy to switch between a powering state and a regenerating state.