WO2014181450A1 - 絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置およびそれを用いた電力変換装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a control device for an insulated gate semiconductor element and a power conversion device using the same, and more particularly to a control device for an insulated gate semiconductor device suitable for a wide range of applications from small power equipment to high power equipment. It is related with the power converter used.
- IGBTs Insulated gate bipolar transistors
- the IGBT has an excellent performance for a power conversion device that an on-voltage is low and a switching speed is high, that is, both conduction loss and switching loss are low.
- IGBTs have easy controllability due to insulated gates, IGBTs are currently widely used from low power devices such as air conditioners and microwave ovens to high power devices such as railway and steelworks inverters.
- the structure in which the gate electrode is divided into a plurality and the structure in which the insulated gate electrode is provided on the back surface (collector side) are a mode in which the on-voltage is low, that is, a mode in which the turn-off loss is large. It is possible to take two states, a mode with a high on-voltage, that is, a mode with a small turn-off loss, and by switching between these two states during conduction and turn-off, both conduction loss and switching loss can be reduced. .
- Patent Document 1 discloses that a circuit for detecting an overcurrent at the time of a short circuit is provided and one insulating gate is turned off at the time of the short circuit, a specific device configuration has not yet been realized.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a control device having an overcurrent protection function for an insulated gate semiconductor device having a plurality of insulated gates.
- An apparatus for controlling an insulated gate semiconductor device provides an insulated gate semiconductor device comprising a first insulated gate and a second insulated gate, wherein a first control voltage and a second voltage applied to the first insulated gate and the second insulated gate, respectively. 2 Drive by control voltage. Further, the control apparatus for an insulated gate semiconductor device according to the present invention compares the first noise filter for inputting a signal related to the current flowing through the insulated gate semiconductor device, the output signal of the first noise filter, and the first reference signal. The first comparator that outputs the first comparison result, and the second control voltage output that lowers the second control voltage when it is determined by the first comparison result that an overcurrent flows through the insulated gate semiconductor device. A circuit and a first control voltage output circuit configured to decrease the first control voltage after the second control voltage is decreased.
- an insulated gate bipolar transistor in which the first insulated gate and the second insulated gate are a main gate and an auxiliary gate, respectively, can be applied.
- the saturation current of the insulated gate semiconductor device is reduced and the short circuit tolerance is increased by turning off the second insulated gate first. Therefore, the current flowing through the insulated gate semiconductor element can be reliably cut off when the first insulated gate is turned off.
- the present invention it is possible to realize a control device having an overcurrent protection function for an insulated gate semiconductor device having a plurality of insulated gates. Thereby, the reliability of the power converter device using the insulated gate semiconductor element provided with the several insulated gate improves.
- the circuit block diagram of the control apparatus of the insulated gate semiconductor element which is 1st Example The voltage waveform of the positive detection of 1st Example.
- the voltage waveform of the false detection of 1st Example The voltage waveform of the false detection of 1st Example.
- the voltage waveform which suppresses the voltage oscillation of 1st Example The circuit block diagram of the modification of 1st Example.
- the circuit block diagram of the control apparatus of the insulated gate semiconductor element which is 3rd Example The voltage waveform of the positive detection of 2nd Example.
- the voltage waveform of the false detection of 2nd Example The voltage waveform of the false detection of 2nd Example.
- the circuit block diagram of the control apparatus of the insulated gate semiconductor element which is 4th Example The circuit block diagram of the control apparatus of the insulated gate semiconductor element which is 5th Example.
- FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of an insulated gate semiconductor device control apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- the output stage 6 of the G1 driving circuit which is a first control voltage output circuit that applies a first control voltage to the IGBT1, the sense IGBT2, the diode 3, the main gate (G1) 4, the auxiliary gate (G2) 5, and G1.
- An output stage 7 of a G2 drive circuit which is a second control voltage output circuit for applying a second control voltage to G2, a logic circuit 8 which receives PWM signals and outputs control signals for G1 and G2, a sense resistor 9, and a first noise filter 10, the first comparator 11, the first reference voltage source 12, the second noise filter 13, the second comparator 14, the second reference voltage source 15, and the first comparator output an OFF signal as a first comparison result.
- the determination circuit 16 returns the auxiliary gate (G2) 5 to the on state.
- the time constant of the second noise filter 13 is larger than the time constant of the first noise filter 10.
- IGBT1 and IGBT2 are formed on one semiconductor substrate, and constitute a single semiconductor switching element, that is, IGBT.
- IGBT semiconductor switching element
- the time constant of the first noise filter 10 is zero, that is, the first noise filter 10 may not be provided. At this time, the voltage across the sense resistor 9 is input to the first comparator 11 without passing through the noise filter.
- the main operation of this embodiment is as follows. (1) An overcurrent flows through the IGBT 1, a voltage is generated across the sense resistor 9, the output of the first noise filter 10 exceeds the reference voltage of the first reference voltage source 12, and the auxiliary gate (G 2) 5 is turned off. To do. Thereafter, when the output of the second noise filter 13 exceeds the reference voltage of the second reference voltage source 15, the main gate (G1) 4 is turned off and the IGBT 1 is turned off. (2) When a noise voltage is generated at both ends of the sense resistor 9 and the output of the first noise filter 10 exceeds the reference voltage of the first reference voltage source 12, the auxiliary gate (G2) 5 is turned off.
- the auxiliary gate (G2) 5 is turned back on, and the IGBT 1 is turned on in the normal on state (both G1 and G2 have ON signals). Return to the input state. (3) When a noise voltage is generated at both ends of the sense resistor 9 and the output of the first noise filter 10 does not exceed the reference voltage of the first reference voltage source 12, the auxiliary gate (G2) 5 is kept on. .
- the operation (1) (when an overcurrent is detected) will be described using the voltage waveform of FIG.
- the input voltages of the first comparator 11 and the second comparator 14 increase according to the time constants of the first noise filter 10 and the second noise filter 13. Since the time constant of the second noise filter 13 is larger than the time constant of the first noise filter 10, the rising slope of the input voltage of the second comparator 14 is gentler than the input voltage of the first comparator 11.
- the auxiliary gate (G2) 5 is turned off.
- the collector current continues to flow, but since the auxiliary gate (G2) 5 is turned off, the saturation current decreases and the heat generation of the IGBT is suppressed. Thereafter, when the input voltage of the second comparator 14 exceeds the second reference voltage generated by the reference voltage source 15 (t3), the main gate (G1) 4 is turned off, and the IGBT is turned off.
- FIG. 3 corresponds to the above operation (2) (when an overcurrent is erroneously detected).
- the auxiliary gate (G2) 5 When the voltage across the sense resistor rises (t1) and the input voltage of the first comparator exceeds the first reference voltage (t2), the auxiliary gate (G2) 5 is turned off. However, when the preset time td has elapsed (t3) and the input voltage of the second comparator 14 does not exceed the second reference voltage, the auxiliary gate (G2) 5 is turned on and the IGBT is turned on normally. It returns to the state (both G1 and G2 are on).
- FIG. 4 corresponds to the above operation (3) (when an overcurrent is erroneously detected).
- the auxiliary gate (G2) is kept on.
- the short circuit protection cuts off a large current several times the rated current, so the surge voltage at the time of current interruption is large.
- the operation for suppressing the surge voltage in the present embodiment will be described using the voltage waveform of FIG.
- FIG. 6 is a modification of the first embodiment, and shows a circuit block diagram of a control device for an insulated gate semiconductor element in which the main gate (G1) 4 in FIG. 1 is divided into two parts (20, 21).
- the auxiliary gate (G2) 5 When interrupting a large current as in short-circuit protection, the auxiliary gate (G2) 5 is turned off, then one main gate part G1 (1) 20 is turned off, and then the other main gate part G1 (2) 21 is turned off. By turning off, the collector current gradually decreases and the surge voltage is suppressed.
- the saturation current has three stages (1. G1 and G2 are both on, 2. G1 (1) off, G1 (2) on, 3. G1 (1) and G1 (2) are both Off), the collector current gradually decreases, and the surge voltage can be suppressed.
- FIG. 7 is a circuit block diagram of a control device for an insulated gate semiconductor device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the first noise filter 10 and the second noise filter 13 are connected in series. That is, the voltage across the sense resistor 9 is input to the second noise filter 13 via the first noise filter 10.
- the time constant of the second noise filter 13 is set larger than the time constant of the first noise filter 10.
- FIG. 8 is a circuit block diagram of an insulated gate semiconductor device control apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that one noise filter, one reference voltage source, and one comparator are used.
- the auxiliary gate (G2) when the input voltage of the first comparator exceeds the first reference voltage (t2), the auxiliary gate (G2) is turned off. If the input voltage of the first comparator falls below the reference voltage before the time td elapses (t3), the auxiliary gate (G2) is turned on.
- FIG. 12 is a circuit block diagram of a control device for an insulated gate semiconductor device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a collector voltage is detected as a collector current detecting means. Since there is a positive correlation between the collector current and the collector voltage, the collector current can be estimated by detecting the collector voltage.
- the collector voltage rises and the output of the first noise filter 10 exceeds the reference voltage of the first reference voltage source 12
- the auxiliary gate (G2) 5 is turned off.
- the main gate (G1) 4 is turned off and the IGBT 1 is turned off.
- the saturation current of the IGBT 1 is reduced and the short-circuit resistance is increased, so that the reliability is improved.
- FIG. 13 is a circuit block diagram of an insulated gate semiconductor device control apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a gate voltage is detected as a collector current detecting means.
- the collector current rises and the collector voltage increases, the gate voltage rises through the feedback capacitance, so that the collector current can be estimated by detecting the gate voltage.
- the auxiliary gate (G2) 5 When the gate voltage rises and the output of the first noise filter 10 exceeds the first reference voltage of the reference voltage source 12, the auxiliary gate (G2) 5 is turned off. Thereafter, when the output of the second noise filter 13 exceeds the second reference voltage of the reference voltage source 15, the main gate (G1) 4 is turned off, and the IGBT is turned off.
- FIG. 14 is a circuit block diagram of an insulated gate semiconductor device control apparatus according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a reference voltage is applied to the first comparator 11 and the second comparator 14 by the same reference voltage source 12. Therefore, in this embodiment, the reference voltages of the first comparator 11 and the second comparator 14 have the same value.
- FIG. 15 shows the circuit block diagram of the power converter device which is 7th Example of this invention.
- This example is a three-phase inverter device, and as the semiconductor switching element 700, an insulated gate semiconductor element including a plurality of insulated gates described in the above embodiments is used.
- the semiconductor switching element 700 an insulated gate semiconductor element including a plurality of insulated gates described in the above embodiments is used.
- FIG. 15 a general IGBT circuit symbol is used as a circuit symbol of the semiconductor switching element for convenience.
- the present embodiment includes a pair of DC terminals 900 and 901 and the same number of AC phases, that is, three AC terminals 910, 911 and 912.
- One semiconductor switching element 700 is connected between each DC terminal and each AC terminal, and the entire three-phase inverter device includes six semiconductor switching elements.
- a diode 600 is connected in antiparallel to each semiconductor switching element 700.
- the number of semiconductor switching elements 700 and diodes 600 is appropriately set to a plurality according to the number of AC phases, the power capacity of the power converter, and the breakdown voltage and current capacity of the semiconductor switching element 700 alone.
- each semiconductor switching element 700 When each semiconductor switching element 700 is driven on and off by the gate drive circuit 800, DC power received from the DC power supply 960 to the DC terminals 900 and 901 is converted into AC power, and the AC power is converted into AC terminals 910, 911, and so on. 912 is output.
- Each AC output terminal is connected to a motor 950 such as an induction machine or a synchronous machine, and the motor 950 is rotationally driven by AC power output from each AC terminal.
- the gate drive circuit 800 includes the control device according to any of the above-described embodiments. Therefore, when an arm short circuit or the like occurs, the semiconductor switching element 700 is safely turned off and protected from overcurrent. Therefore, the reliability of the power conversion device is improved.
- control device can be applied to the gate drive circuit of the semiconductor switching element for other power conversion devices such as a converter and a chopper, and similar effects can be obtained.
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図1は本発明の第1実施例である絶縁ゲート半導体素子の制御装置の回路ブロック図である。本実施例は、IGBT1、センスIGBT2、ダイオード3、主ゲート(G1)4、補助ゲート(G2)5、G1に第1制御電圧を与える第1制御電圧出力回路であるG1駆動回路の出力段6、G2に第2制御電圧を与える第2制御電圧出力回路であるG2駆動回路の出力段7、PWM信号を受けG1とG2の制御信号を出力する論理回路8、センス抵抗9、第1ノイズフィルタ10、第1比較器11、第1基準電圧源12、第2ノイズフィルタ13、第2比較器14、第2基準電圧源15、第1比較器から第1比較結果であるオフ信号が出力された後、第2比較器から第2比較結果であるオフ信号が出力されない場合に、補助ゲート(G2)5をオン状態に戻す判定回路16から構成される。本実施例においては、第2ノイズフィルタ13の時定数が、第1ノイズフィルタ10の時定数より大きい。
(1)IGBT1に過電流が流れ、センス抵抗9の両端に電圧が発生し、第1ノイズフィルタ10の出力が、第1基準電圧源12の基準電圧を超え、補助ゲート(G2)5をオフする。その後、第2ノイズフィルタ13の出力が、第2基準電圧源15の基準電圧を超えると、主ゲート(G1)4をオフし、IGBT1がオフする。
(2)センス抵抗9の両端にノイズ電圧が発生し、第1ノイズフィルタ10の出力が、第1基準電圧源12の基準電圧を超えると、補助ゲート(G2)5をオフする。その後、第2ノイズフィルタ13の出力が、第2基準電圧源15の基準電圧を超えないと、補助ゲート(G2)5をオンに戻し、IGBT1が通常のオン状態(G1、G2ともにオン信号が入力された状態)に復帰する。
(3)センス抵抗9の両端にノイズ電圧が発生し、第1ノイズフィルタ10の出力が、第1基準電圧源12の基準電圧を超えないと、補助ゲート(G2)5のオン状態を維持する。
図7は本発明の第2実施例である絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置の回路ブロック図である。本実施例が第1実施例と異なる点は、第1ノイズフィルタ10と第2ノイズフィルタ13を直列に接続することである。すなわち、センス抵抗9の両端の電圧が第1ノイズフィルタ10を介して第2ノイズフィルタ13に入力される。第1実施例では、第1ノイズフィルタ10と第2ノイズフィルタ13が並列に接続されるので、第2ノイズフィルタ13の時定数が、第1ノイズフィルタ10の時定数より大きく設定される。これに対し、本実施例では、第1ノイズフィルタ10および第2ノイズフィルタ13の時定数について第1実施例のような制約は無い。
図8は本発明の第3実施例である絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置の回路ブロック図である。本実施例が第1実施例と異なる点は、ノイズフィルタ、基準電圧源、比較器が、それぞれ1つづつ用いられていることである。
図12は本発明の第4実施例である絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置の回路ブロック図である。本実施例が第1実施例と異なる点は、コレクタ電流検知手段としてコレクタ電圧を検出することである。コレクタ電流とコレクタ電圧には正の相関があるので、コレクタ電圧を検知することで、コレクタ電流を推定できる。コレクタ電圧が上昇し、第1ノイズフィルタ10の出力が、第1基準電圧源12の基準電圧を超えたら、補助ゲート(G2)5をオフする。その後、第2ノイズフィルタ13の出力が、第2基準電圧源15の基準電圧を超えたら、主ゲート(G1)4をオフし、IGBT1がオフする。
図13は本発明の第5実施例である絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置の回路ブロック図である。本実施例が実施例1と異なる点は、コレクタ電流検知手段としてゲート電圧を検出することである。コレクタ電流が上昇し、コレクタ電圧が増加すると、帰還容量を介してゲート電圧が上昇するので、ゲート電圧を検知することで、コレクタ電流を推定できる。
図14は本発明の第6実施例である絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置の回路ブロック図である。本実施例が第1実施例と異なる点は、第1比較器11と第2比較器14に対して、同じ基準電圧源12により基準電圧を与えることである。従って、本実施例においては、第1比較器11と第2比較器14の基準電圧は同じ値となる。
図15は、本発明の第7実施例である電力変換装置の回路構成図を示す。
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- 第1絶縁ゲートと第2絶縁ゲートを備える絶縁ゲート型半導体素子を、前記第1絶縁ゲートおよび前記第2絶縁ゲートにそれぞれ与えられる第1制御電圧および第2制御電圧によって駆動する絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置において、
前記絶縁ゲート型半導体素子に流れる電流に関する信号を出力する電流検知手段と、
前記電流検知手段が出力する前記信号を入力する第1ノイズフィルタと、
前記第1ノイズフィルタの出力信号と第1基準信号を比較し、第1比較結果を出力する第1比較器と、
前記第1比較結果により、前記絶縁ゲート型半導体素子に過電流が流れていると判定されたら、前記第2制御電圧を低下させる第2制御電圧出力回路と、前記第2制御電圧が低下した後、前記第1制御電圧を低下させる第1制御電圧出力回路と、
を備えることを特徴とする絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置。 - 請求項1に記載の絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置において、
さらに、
前記電流検知手段が出力する前記信号を入力する第2ノイズフィルタと、
前記第2ノイズフィルタの出力信号と第2基準信号を比較し、第2比較結果を出力する第2比較器と、
を備え、
前記第2制御電圧出力回路は、前記第2比較結果により、前記絶縁ゲート型半導体素子に前記過電流が流れていると判定されたら、前記第2制御電圧を低下させることを特徴とする絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置。 - 請求項2に記載の絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置において、
前記第2ノイズフィルタの時定数が前記第1ノイズフィルタの時定数より大きいことを特徴とする絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置。 - 請求項2または請求項3に記載の絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置において、
前記第1比較結果により、前記絶縁ゲート型半導体素子に過電流が流れていると判定され、かつ前記第2比較結果により、前記絶縁ゲート型半導体素子に前記過電流が流れていると判定されなければ、前記第2制御電圧出力回路は、前記第2制御電圧を増加することを特徴とする絶縁ゲート半導体素子の制御装置。 - 請求項1または請求項2に記載の絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置において、
前記第1制御電圧出力回路は、前記第1制御電圧を階段状に低下することを特徴とする絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置。 - 請求項1または請求項2に記載の絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置において、
前記第1絶縁ゲートは第1の部分と第2の部分からなり、
前記第1の部分に与えられる前記第1制御電圧を前記第2の部分に与えられる前記第1制御電圧よりも先に低下させることを特徴とする絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置。 - 請求項2に記載の絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置において、
前記電流検知手段が出力する前記信号は、前記第1ノイズフィルタを介して前記第2ノイズフィルタに入力されることを特徴とする絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置。 - 請求項1に記載の絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置において、
前記第1制御電圧出力回路は、前記第1比較結果により、所定時間の間、前記絶縁ゲート型半導体素子に過電流が流れていると判定されたら、前記第1制御電圧を低下させることを特徴とする絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置。 - 請求項8に記載の絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置において、
前記第2制御電圧出力回路は、前記所定時間よりも短い時間の間、前記絶縁ゲート型半導体素子に過電流が流れていると判定されたら、前記第2制御電圧を増加させることを特徴とする絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置。 - 請求項1または請求項2に記載の絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置において、
前記電流検知手段は、前記絶縁ゲート半導体素子に接続されるセンス抵抗の両端の電圧に基づいて、前記絶縁ゲート型半導体素子に流れる電流に関する信号を出力することを特徴とする。 - 請求項1または請求項2に記載の絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置において、
前記電流検知手段は、前記絶縁ゲート半導体素子のコレクタ電圧に基づいて、前記絶縁ゲート型半導体素子に流れる電流に関する信号を出力することを特徴とする。 - 請求項1または請求項2に記載の絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置において、
前記電流検知手段は、前記絶縁ゲート半導体素子の第1絶縁ゲートの電圧に基づいて、前記絶縁ゲート型半導体素子に流れる電流に関する信号を出力することを特徴とする。 - 請求項2に記載の絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置において、
前記第1基準信号の大きさと前記第2基準信号の大きさが同じであることを特徴とする絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置。 - 一対の直流端子と、
交流の相数と同数の交流端子と、
前記直流端子と前記交流端子の間にされる複数の半導体スイッチング素子と、
前記複数の半導体スイッチング素子に逆並列に接続される複数のダイオードと、
前記複数の半導体スイッチング素子を駆動する複数のゲート駆動装置と、
を備える電力変換装置において、
前記複数の半導体スイッチング素子の各々は、第1絶縁ゲートと第2絶縁ゲートを備える絶縁ゲート型半導体素子であり、
前記複数のゲート駆動装置の各々は、請求項1または請求項2に記載の絶縁ゲート型半導体素子の制御装置を備えることを特徴とする電力変換装置。
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