Flyback Isolation Power Circuit With Demagnetization Iteration Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional flyback isolation power supplies face challenges with slow system response due to lagging high-frequency transformer control signal transmission and right-half-plane zero issues, which affect stability and dynamic response.

Innovation Solution

An isolation type power conversion method based on demagnetization iteration control, utilizing a high-frequency transformer with adaptive turn-on time control and demagnetization time iteration, enables real-time signal coupling and iterative demagnetization time calculation to improve response speed and eliminate right-half-plane zero.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If control signal is transmitted by main high-frequency transformer, then electrical isolation is achieved, but system response lags behind one switching cycle

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical isolationVSAvoidsystem response speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the control signal transmission path into two independent channels: a primary side control channel using high-voltage isolation capacitor for fast response, and a secondary side control channel using optocoupler for electrical isolation. This segmentation allows each channel to perform its specialized function without compromising the other.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a high-voltage isolation capacitor as an intermediary component to transmit control signals from the primary side to the secondary side. This intermediary enables fast signal transmission while maintaining electrical isolation, resolving the contradiction between speed and isolation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If control signal is transmitted by optocoupler, then electrical isolation is maintained, but transmission speed is slow affecting system response

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical isolationVSAvoidsignal transmission speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the control signal transmission into two segments: urgent control signals are transmitted through the high-voltage isolation capacitor on the primary side for fast response, while non-urgent signals use the optocoupler on the secondary side. This segmentation optimizes overall system response by handling time-critical signals through the faster path.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements partial action by using the optocoupler only for non-critical control signals while reserving the high-voltage isolation capacitor path for urgent signals. This partial utilization of the slower optocoupler channel maintains electrical isolation without compromising overall system response speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Stability of the object's composition

If loop bandwidth is reduced to solve stability problem of right-half-plane zero, then system stability is improved, but dynamic response speed becomes slow

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem stabilityVSAvoiddynamic response speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the right-half-plane zero issue from the control loop by implementing a fixed turn-on time control mode on the primary side. This extraction removes the stability-problematic element from the feedback loop, allowing the loop bandwidth to be increased for faster response without compromising stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements self-service by using the secondary side to detect its own output voltage and generate control signals that are transmitted back to the primary side. This self-regulating mechanism eliminates the need for external stability compensation and enables faster dynamic response.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This approach enhances system dynamic response speed, stabilizes the power supply, and reduces system cost by eliminating the need for current sampling resistors and improving reliability through high-voltage isolation and ripple injection methods.

Implementation Method 1

An isolated power converter realizes energy transfer through an electromagnetic conversion mode of the high-frequency transformer

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectromagnetic induction: Electromagnetic Induction

Implementation Method 2

the high-frequency transformer charging a secondary side power supply capacitor in a charging capacitor circuit electrically connected to a secondary side of the high-frequency transformer

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCapacitance: Capacitance

Data Source

PatentUS11909322B2Isolation type power conversion method based on demagnetization iteration control and power conversion circuit
Publication Date: 2024.02.20 WUXI SI POWER MICRO ELECTRONICS
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AI summary

Disclosed are an isolation type power conversion method based on demagnetization iteration control and a power conversion circuit. The power conversion circuit comprises a high-frequency transformer, wherein a primary side of the high-frequency transformer is electrically connected with a primary side power tube in a power switch tube circuit, a secondary side of the high-frequency transformer is electrically connected with a charging capacitor circuit and an output feedback circuit through a secondary side synchronous rectifier tube, and the primary side and the secondary side of the high-frequency transformer are electrically connected with a power conversion integrated control chip. The present invention provides a novel demagnetization time iteration loop control architecture, which controls the switching of the primary side power tube by iteratively calculating the demagnetization time, and the method eliminates the right-half-plane zero of a flyback isolation power supply, increases the loop bandwidth and improves the response speed of the system. The influence of signal noise interference during high-speed dynamic response is eliminated through a ripple injection method, and a voltage adaptive turn-on time control technology is adopted, so that a primary side current sampling resistor is omitted, the system cost is reduced, and the system reliability is improved.