Noise reduction circuit, load system, power conversion device, and refrigeration device

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Solution Overview

Problem

When the voltage of the power source of the noise canceller is lower than the DC link voltage of the power converter, there is a disadvantage regarding the insufficient flow of compensation current.

Innovation Solution

The noise reduction circuitry sets the voltage Vcc to be equal to or more than the maximum value of the absolute value of V(t) and includes a noise detection unit that detects common mode noise, amplifies the detected noise current, and uses high-speed transistors with low voltage resistance to compensate for the noise.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If the voltage of the power source of the noise canceller is set lower than the DC link voltage of the power converter, then elements with low voltage resistance can be used in the noise canceller, but the compensation current flow becomes insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoltage resistance of elementsVSAvoidcompensation current flow
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the voltage parameter Vcc of the power source in the noise canceller to be equal to or greater than the maximum absolute value of V(t). This parameter change ensures that the compensation current can flow sufficiently while still allowing the use of elements with low voltage resistance, thereby resolving the contradiction between ease of manufacture and reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs high-speed transistors that can dynamically adjust and supply sufficient compensation current even with low voltage resistance. The dynamic current supply capability of these transistors ensures reliable noise cancellation performance while maintaining ease of manufacture with low-voltage elements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Reliability

If high-speed transistors with low voltage resistance are used in the noise canceller, then the voltage resistance is reduced and compensation current can flow better, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompensation current flowVSAvoidtransistor configuration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

By optimizing the voltage parameter Vcc to be equal to or greater than the maximum absolute value of V(t), the patent enables the use of simple low-voltage transistors rather than requiring complex high-voltage transistor configurations. This parameter change reduces device complexity while maintaining reliable compensation current flow

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

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 effectively suppresses the insufficient flow of compensation current and reduces impedance, allowing for reliable noise cancellation even when the power source voltage is lower than the DC link voltage.

Implementation Method 1

an operational amplifier 35h that outputs a compensation current Io(t) obtained by amplifying the detected common mode noise current Ic(t)

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectrical amplification:

Implementation Method 2

a first transistor Tr1 that supplies a compensation current Io(t) to a power line 1 based on an output of the operational amplifier 35h, and a second transistor Tr2 that supplies the compensation current Io(t) to the power line 1 based on an output of the operational amplifier 35h

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCurrent amplification and switching:

Implementation Method 3

a coupling capacitor Cc and an output capacitor Co that form a current path between the power line 1 and the earth 2

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCapacitive coupling: Capacitance

Data Source

PatentEP4412075B1Noise reduction circuit, load system, power conversion device, and refrigeration device
Publication Date: 2026.02.04 DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD
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AI summary

[Problem] To suppress the disadvantage that occurs with regard to the flow of a compensation current when a voltage of a power source of a noise canceller is lower than a DC link voltage of a power converter. [Solving means] A noise reduction circuitry includes a noise canceller that injects a compensation current into a power line or an earth to reduce a common mode noise current flowing to an alternating-current power source from a power converter including a switching element connected to the alternating-current power source through the power line and the earth, and a direct-current power source that supplies power to the noise canceller, and a voltage Vcc of the direct-current power source is less than 2/3 of a peak value of a DC link voltage of the power converter, and when a connection point between the power line and a path connecting the power line and the earth via the noise canceller is a first connection point, and a connection point between the path and the earth is a second connection point, when the compensated common mode noise current whose positive direction is a direction of flow from the alternating-current power source side to the first connection point and flowing through the power line on a side closer to the alternating-current power source than the first connection point is Ig(t), when the compensation current whose positive direction is a direction of flow from the alternating-current power source side to the first connection point and flowing through the path is Io(t), when an impedance of the path is Z 1, when an impedance on a side closer to the alternating-current power source than the first connection point and the second connection point is Z2, and when V(t) = 2 * (Z1 * Io(t) - Z2 * Ig(t)), the voltage Vcc is set to be a maximum value of a quasi-peak value of V(t) or √2 times or more an effective value of V(t).