US-12620884-B2 - Current sampling circuit

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Abstract

A current sampling circuit is provided. The current sampling circuit includes a sampling unit provided with multiple sampling input terminals, a sampling reference terminal and at least one sampling output terminal. With a symmetric winding arrangement and a phase-offset configuration of control signals of the device, coupling voltage components sent to the current sampling circuit is self-counteracted. An amplification unit is further included in the current sampling circuit. Output signals of the current sampling circuit are calibrated by a calibration unit and compensated for temperature influences by a temperature compensation unit.

Inventors

Jianhong Zeng

Assignees

METAPWR ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20240206
Priority Date: 20230210

Claims (17)

1 . A current sampling circuit, comprising: a sampling unit, wherein the sampling unit is provided with at least two sampling input terminals, a sampling reference terminal, and at least one sampling output terminal; wherein the current sampling circuit is electrically connected with a power conversion device for detecting a working current; the power conversion device is provided with a first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal; the power conversion device comprises at least one switching circuit and at least one winding group; each of the at least one winding group comprises two windings; the winding is provided with a first end and a second end; the second ends of the windings in one winding group are electrically connected with each other and with the first voltage terminal; the first ends of the windings in one winding group are electrically connected with the at least one switching circuit; a voltage waveform is provided across each winding changing according to a working frequency in operation; in each of the at least one winding group, the voltage waveforms corresponding to the two windings are in a phase offset of 180 degrees; wherein the sampling reference terminal is directly connected to the first voltage terminal, and the at least two sampling input terminals are respectively directly connected to the first ends of the corresponding windings in a winding group or winding groups; and wherein the sampling unit is configured to sample voltage waveforms across the windings, averaging by superposing the voltage waveforms to obtain a first output signal, and outputting the first output signal through the at least one sampling output terminal; the first output signal is proportional to the working current of the power conversion device.
2 . The current sampling circuit of claim 1 , wherein M winding groups are provided in the power conversion device, and M is a positive integer; the voltage waveforms corresponding to one winding of each winding group are same in phase; output current components at nodes where the windings are electrically connected in the M winding groups are the same in phase; the working current of the power conversion device is equal to a superposition of the output current components at the nodes; and 2M sampling input terminals are provided.
3 . The current sampling circuit of claim 1 , wherein M winding groups are provided in the power conversion device, and M is a positive integer; the voltage waveforms corresponding to one winding of each winding group are in phase offsets of 360/(2M) degrees progressively in sequence; output current components of the windings are in phase offsets of 360/(2M) degrees progressively in sequence; and the working current is equal to a superposition of the output current components of the windings; 2M sampling input terminals are provided.
4 . The current sampling circuit of claim 1 , further comprising: an amplification unit, wherein the amplification unit is provided with an amplification reference terminal, at least one amplification input terminal and an amplification output terminal; the amplification reference terminal is electrically connected with the second voltage terminal; the amplification input terminal is electrically connected with the sampling output terminal and configured for receiving the first output signal; the amplification unit is configured for amplifying the first output signal and outputting a second output signal, and the second output signal is proportional to the working current of the power conversion device.
5 . The current sampling circuit of claim 1 , wherein a proportional coefficient between the first output signal and the working current varies along with variation of a parasitic resistance of each winding.
6 . The current sampling circuit of claim 1 , wherein the sampling unit comprises at least two sampling resistors and a sampling capacitor, one end of each sampling resistor is electrically connected with one end of the sampling capacitor, another end of each sampling resistor is electrically connected to the corresponding sampling input terminal, and another end of the sampling capacitor is electrically connected to the sampling reference terminal, wherein coupling voltage components of the voltage waveforms are self-counteracted on the sampling capacitor while being averaged.
7 . The current sampling circuit of claim 4 , wherein the amplification unit comprises an operational amplifier, an input terminal of the operational amplifier is electrically connected to the amplification input terminal, and an output terminal of the operational amplifier is electrically connected to the amplification output terminal.
8 . The current sampling circuit of claim 6 , wherein the sampling unit further comprises an impedance-matching resistor; the sampling capacitor is electrically connected to the sampling reference terminal through the impedance-matching resistor; a resistance of the impedance matching resistor is greater than or equal to an equivalent resistance of the sampling resistors in parallel.
9 . The current sampling circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first and second voltage terminals are output terminals of the power conversion device, and the working current is output current of the power conversion device.
10 . The current sampling circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first and second voltage terminals are input terminals of the power conversion device, and the working current is input current of the power conversion device.
11 . The current sampling circuit of claim 1 , wherein the power conversion device is provided with a calibration unit; the current sampling circuit is electrically connected with the calibration unit; the calibration unit is configured for carrying out calibration processing and eliminating an influence on an amplitude distribution of output signals of the current sampling circuit by a value distribution of a parasitic resistance of the windings.
12 . The current sampling circuit of claim 1 , wherein the power conversion device is provided with a temperature compensation unit; the current sampling circuit is electrically connected with the temperature compensation unit; the temperature compensation unit is configured for compensating an influence of temperature on output signals of the current sampling circuit.
13 . The current sampling circuit of claim 1 , wherein a parasitic resistance of the windings is equal to each other.
14 . The current sampling circuit of claim 1 , wherein M winding groups are provided in the power conversion device, and M is a positive integer; the M winding groups are respectively wound around different magnetically permeable cores, or the M winding groups are respectively wound around different core legs of a same magnetically permeable core, or the M winding groups are wound on a same core leg of a same magnetically permeable core.
15 . The current sampling circuit of claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one switching circuit comprises two switches; one ends of the two switches in each of the at least one switching circuit are electrically connected with each other and with the second voltage terminal; the other ends of the two switches in each switching circuit are electrically connected with the first ends of the corresponding windings respectively; a duty ratio of control signals for the switches is 50%.
16 . The current sampling circuit of claim 1 , wherein the power conversion device is provided with at least one capacitor which is bridged between the first voltage terminal and the second voltage terminal; a terminal voltage across the first and second voltage terminals is a superposition of a direct-current voltage component and an alternating-current voltage component; a frequency of the alternating-current voltage component varies within a range that is smaller than 2000 Hz.
17 . The current sampling circuit of claim 16 , wherein the frequency of the alternating-current voltage component varies within a range between 50 Hz and 60 Hz.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims the priority benefit of China application serial no. 202310104287.1 filed on Feb. 10, 2023. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification. BACKGROUND Technical Field The invention relates to a field of power conversion, in particular to a current sampling circuit. Description of Related Art With the development of artificial intelligence, the power requirements of artificial intelligence data processing chips, such as CPUs, GPUs, TPUs and the like (collectively referred to as XPUs) are higher and higher, so that the power supply of the server is greatly increased, the power supply voltage of the system board rises from 12V to 48V. Two-stage voltage reduction circuits gradually become mainstream when the power supply voltage of the system board is 48V. The intermediate conversion device in the two-stage voltage reduction circuit is a conversion device for the voltage conversion between the input bus and the output bus, and the ratio of the input voltage to the output voltage is either a fixed gain ratio or an unfixed gain ratio. Fixed gain ratio is usually 4:1, 8:1 or 12:1, etc. The intermediate conversion device with a fixed gain ratio is usually in an LLC circuit topology, and the LLC circuit topology provides zero-voltage turn-on (i.e., zero-voltage switching, ZVS) or zero-current turn-on (i.e., zero-current switching, ZCS) of the switch connected with the transformer according to the switching frequency, and shows beneficial effects of high switching frequency, high power conversion efficiency, and high power density. With the output voltage of the intermediate conversion device lower and lower and the fixed gain ratio larger and larger, the number of low-voltage winding turns of the transformer in the LLC circuit topology is reduced from multiple turns to one turn or even reduced to 0.5 turn, and a tracking of the working current with a smaller time constant is needed for a steadier output of the device. SUMMARY In general, one aspect features a sampling circuit, comprising: a sampling unit wherein the sampling unit is provided with at least two sampling input terminals, a sampling reference terminal and at least one sampling output terminal;wherein the sampling circuit is electrically connected with a power conversion device for detecting a working current; the power conversion device is provided with a first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal; the power conversion device comprises at least one switching circuit and at least one winding group; each winding group comprises two windings; the winding is provided with a first end and a second end; the second ends of the windings in one winding group are electrically connected with each other and with the first voltage terminal; the first ends of the windings in one winding group are electrically connected with at least one switching circuit; a voltage waveform is provided across each winding changing according to a working frequency in operation; in each winding group, the voltage waveforms corresponding to the two windings are in a phase offset of 180 degrees;wherein the sampling reference terminal is electrically connected with the first voltage terminal, and the at least two sampling input terminals are respectively electrically connected with the first ends of the corresponding windings in the winding group or winding groups; andwherein the sampling unit is configured for sampling voltage waveforms across the windings, averaging by superposing the voltage waveforms to obtain a first output signal, and outputting the first output signal through at least one sampling output terminal; the first output signal is proportional to the working current of the power conversion device. Implementations of the sampling circuit may include one or more of following features. M winding groups are provided in the power conversion device, and M is a positive integer; the voltage waveforms corresponding to one winding of each winding group are same in phase; output current components at nodes where the windings are electrically connected in the M winding groups are the same in phase; the working current of the power conversion device is equal to the superposition of the output current components at the nodes; and 2M sampling input terminals are provided. Implementations of the sampling circuit may include one or more of following features. M winding groups are provided in the power conversion device, and M is a positive integer; the voltage waveforms corresponding to one winding of each winding group are in phase offsets of 360/(2M) degrees progressively in sequence; output current components of the windings are in phase offsets of 360/(2M) degrees progressively in sequence; and the working current is equal to the superposition of the output current components of the windings; 2M sampling input terminals are