WO2015045197A1 - 直流電源装置、直流電源装置の制御方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a DC power supply device, for example, a DC power supply device used for a load such as a plasma generator, and a control method for the DC power supply device.
- a plasma processing process using plasma as a processing target such as a substrate is known.
- DC power is supplied from the DC power supply device to the plasma generator, plasma is generated by, for example, converting the processing gas into plasma in the space inside the plasma generator, and the generated plasma forms a film on the surface of the substrate. Processing and etching are performed.
- a plasma generator corresponds to an electrical load for a DC power supply device.
- a circuit using a resonance converter or a circuit using chopper control is known as a circuit for generating an ignition voltage for generating plasma discharge.
- FIGS. 13A and 13B are ignition voltage generation circuits using a resonant converter
- FIG. 13A shows a circuit example of a series resonant converter
- FIG. 13B shows a parallel resonant converter circuit example.
- an LC series resonance circuit is connected between an inverter circuit and a converter composed of a diode rectifier circuit.
- the inverter circuit and the diode are connected.
- An LC parallel resonant circuit is connected to a converter composed of a rectifier circuit.
- An ignition voltage generating circuit using a resonant converter raises the ignition voltage by resonance.
- FIG. 13C is a circuit example of chopper control, and a chopper circuit is provided between the DC source (Ein) and the inverter circuit.
- the ignition voltage is controlled by the on-duty ratio of the switching element provided in the chopper circuit.
- plasma is generated by applying a voltage larger than a set discharge voltage for a certain period, and in the device described in Patent Document 3, a voltage exceeding the rated value is instantaneously applied.
- the plasma discharge is ignited by application.
- the voltage applied to ignite the plasma is a voltage greater than the discharge voltage or the rated voltage applied for a certain period or momentarily.
- the occurrence of plasma discharge varies, and when the applied voltage is low, it is necessary to set the application time longer.
- the DC power supply device that supplies DC power to the plasma generator has a problem that the DC power supply device becomes complicated and large in order to increase the voltage used to generate plasma discharge.
- the voltage is increased by the resonance operation.
- the maximum value of can only be boosted up to twice the input DC voltage Edc.
- it is necessary to increase the input DC voltage Edc and it is necessary to prepare a high-voltage DC source.
- the inverter circuit is not provided with a resonance circuit. Therefore, in the step-down chopper circuit, the maximum value of the ignition voltage is the input DC voltage Ein. There is a problem that it can only be obtained.
- the inventor of the present application has proposed a solution in a DC power supply device that combines a current source step-down chopper circuit and a three-phase inverter circuit (Patent Document 4).
- the short circuit current is formed by controlling the switching operation of the multiphase inverter connected to the load side of the current source step-down chopper circuit.
- a configuration is proposed in which a short-circuit current is formed by providing a single switching circuit between the output side ends of the current source step-down chopper circuit.
- the short-circuit current is formed by controlling the switching operation of the multi-phase inverter, in addition to the usual inverter control in the control of the three-phase inverter, the switching operation that shorts and opens between the upper and lower ends
- the short circuit control is performed and the short circuit current is formed by the configuration in which the switching circuit is provided, a circuit configuration only for short circuit between the upper and lower ends is separately provided.
- An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described conventional problems, and to simplify and miniaturize a device configuration for forming a high voltage for generating plasma discharge in a DC power supply device that supplies DC power to a plasma generator. .
- a step of generating a plasma discharge in the plasma generator when the power is turned on or restarted is performed.
- a voltage higher than the voltage applied during normal operation called an ignition voltage, is applied from the DC power supply device to the plasma generator to generate plasma discharge.
- the present invention relates to a DC power supply used for generating a voltage to be applied to a plasma generator in order to generate a plasma discharge, and a control method for the DC power supply.
- the direct current power supply device of the present invention repeats the process of storing energy in the reactor by passing a short-circuit current through the voltage-type step-down chopper part included in the direct current power supply device for a very short time, and stores the energy stored in the reactor as an output capacity.
- the output voltage is sequentially raised and thereby raised to the ignition set voltage.
- the DC power supply device of the present invention has a configuration in which a short-circuit current is formed using a switching element included in the booster circuit. By closing the switching element of the booster circuit for a short time, the upper and lower ends of the output side of the voltage-type step-down chopper unit are short-circuited, and the current path from the voltage-type step-down chopper unit to the output terminal of the DC power supply device is cut off for a short time. .
- the current path to the output terminal of the DC power supply device is interrupted by the short circuit of the booster circuit, and the current that has been flowing to the voltage-type step-down chopper unit until then flows as a short-circuit current through the voltage-type step-down chopper unit and the booster circuit.
- the short-circuit current is temporarily accumulated in the reactor included in the voltage-type step-down chopper unit.
- the switching element of the booster circuit is opened to release the short circuit and the interruption of the current path is released, the current path from the voltage-type step-down chopper unit to the output terminal of the DC power supply is formed again, and the energy stored in the reactor Boosts the voltage at the output of the DC power supply.
- the voltage at the output terminal of the DC power supply device is boosted to the ignition set voltage by repeating boosting of the output terminal by accumulating and releasing current.
- the control method of the DC power supply device of the present invention includes a voltage-type step-down chopper unit that constitutes a DC voltage source, a booster circuit that boosts the DC voltage of the voltage-type step-down chopper unit, and converts the DC output of the booster circuit into single-phase AC
- a control unit including a control unit including a single-phase inverter unit, a chopper control unit that controls a voltage step-down chopper unit, and a boost control unit that controls a booster circuit, and controls a DC power supply device that supplies DC power to a plasma generator Is the method.
- the control unit switches and controls an ignition mode for supplying an ignition voltage for generating plasma discharge to the plasma generator and a steady operation mode for continuing the plasma discharge of the plasma generator.
- the boost control unit intermittently shorts between the positive voltage side and the negative voltage side of the boost circuit, and controls the boost operation by the short-circuit current formed by this intermittent short circuit, and the plasma generator The output voltage to be applied to is controlled.
- the boost control unit generates a short-circuit pulse signal that intermittently shorts the switching element that connects between the positive voltage terminal and the negative voltage terminal in the boost circuit.
- the switching element is turned on by a short-circuit pulse signal, and shorts the positive voltage terminal and the negative voltage terminal at the output terminal of the voltage-type step-down chopper unit.
- the controller switches between boost control and constant voltage control.
- Boost control is performed by the boost control unit, and boosting by a short-circuit current is repeated a plurality of times to raise the output voltage to the ignition set voltage.
- constant voltage control is performed by the chopper controller, and the output voltage is maintained at the ignition set voltage.
- the control unit switches from boost control to constant voltage control after the output voltage reaches the ignition set voltage.
- the control unit includes the chopper control on-duty ratio in the chopper control unit and the number of intermittent short-circuit operations in the boost control unit as parameters.
- the chopper control unit controls the input voltage of the voltage step-down chopper unit according to the on-duty ratio.
- the boost control unit controls the boost ratio according to the number of intermittent short-circuit operations. The voltage rise of the output voltage is controlled by the input voltage and the boost ratio.
- the steady operation mode can be selected from constant voltage control, constant current control, and constant power control, and the control unit in the switching control, the output current reaches the ignition set current, and the output voltage is When the voltage drops to the plasma generation voltage, the ignition mode is switched to the steady operation mode, and control selected from constant voltage control, constant current control, and constant power control is performed.
- the constant voltage control is a voltage control in which the set value for the steady operation is switched from the ignition set voltage set in the ignition mode to the steady operation set voltage, and the output voltage is maintained at the steady operation set voltage.
- the constant current control is a current control in which the set value for steady operation is switched from the ignition set voltage set in the ignition mode to the steady operation set current, and the output current is maintained at the steady operation set current.
- the constant power control is a power control in which the set value for steady operation is switched from the ignition set voltage set in the ignition mode to the steady operation set power, and the output power is maintained at the steady operation set power.
- the configuration in which the switching circuit is provided is a configuration in which a short circuit for the purpose of short-circuiting between the upper and lower ends is separately provided. Since short-circuit control can be performed using this, it is not necessary to prepare a separate short-circuit.
- the apparatus configuration for forming a high voltage that generates plasma discharge can be simplified and miniaturized.
- the voltage application time required for generating plasma discharge can be shortened without using a large-scale and complicated DC power supply device.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an operation for generating a short-circuit current and a step-up operation for an output voltage due to the short-circuit current according to the present invention.
- FIG. 1A is a diagram for explaining an operation of generating a short-circuit current.
- the booster circuit the positive voltage side and the negative voltage side are short-circuited.
- This short circuit current path to the output terminal of the DC power supply from the voltage-down chopper unit is interrupted by a small time, short-circuit current delta i flows through the voltage-down chopper unit and the booster circuit.
- the short-circuit current is temporarily accumulated in the DC reactor L F1 provided in the voltage source step-down chopper unit.
- the short-circuit current flowing through the voltage-down chopper unit by a short step-up circuit accumulated DC reactor L F1 to boost the output voltage to the stored current and energy conversion. Since the amount of boosting obtained by one short circuit is small, the output voltage is increased stepwise by repeating the boosting process by the short circuit a plurality of times to boost the ignition set voltage. In addition, the amount of boost due to a single short circuit can be increased by extending the short-circuiting time for short-circuiting the positive voltage side and the negative voltage side. In this case, the boosting width can be finely adjusted, the boosting resolution can be increased, and this is advantageous in controlling the output voltage.
- the short-time short-circuit current path formed in the voltage-type step-down chopper unit and the booster circuit can be formed by simply short-circuiting the positive voltage side and the negative voltage side of the booster circuit. Since a booster circuit can be used, the configuration can be simplified and reduced in size.
- the booster circuit is controlled by the boost controller.
- the boost control the positive voltage side and the negative voltage side of the booster circuit are intermittently short-circuited, and by this short-circuit, a current path is formed in the current source step-down chopper circuit and the booster circuit for a very short time so that a short-circuit current flows.
- the energy of the short-circuit current is accumulated in the reactor of the voltage source step-down chopper unit.
- the short-circuit operation is performed for each short time short-circuit pulse signal, and a plurality of short-circuit operations are performed by intermittently inputting a plurality of short-circuit pulse signals.
- the voltage step-down chopper unit is in conduction with the output terminal of the DC power supply until one short-circuit operation ends and the next short-circuit operation.
- the energy stored in the reactor is sent to the output terminal of the DC power supply device to boost the output voltage.
- Each short-circuit operation is performed based on the short-circuit pulse signal, and the short-circuit current is reset for each short-circuit operation.
- the output voltage is added to the voltage boosted in the previous short-circuit operation and boosted sequentially.
- boost control during a short-circuit operation in which the positive voltage side and negative voltage side terminals of the boost circuit are short-circuited, the current flow from the voltage source step-down chopper unit and the boost circuit to the single-phase inverter unit is stopped. Therefore, the formation of the short-circuit current of the booster circuit and the voltage source step-down chopper unit is performed without being affected by the orthogonal conversion operation by the single-phase inverter unit.
- the control unit performs control using, for example, the on-duty ratio of the chopper control of the chopper control unit and the number of intermittent short-circuit operations as parameters.
- the input voltage of the voltage-type step-down chopper unit is controlled by the on-duty ratio
- the step-up ratio is controlled by the number of intermittent short-circuit operations
- the voltage rise of the output voltage is controlled by the input voltage and the step-up ratio of the voltage-type step-down chopper unit.
- the control unit performs boost control for increasing the output voltage to the ignition set voltage by repeating boosting by a short circuit current a plurality of times, and constant voltage control for maintaining the output voltage at the ignition set voltage by the chopper control unit. Change over. The switching from the boost control to the constant voltage control is performed when the output voltage reaches the ignition set voltage.
- the control unit causes a short-circuit current to flow through the booster circuit and the voltage-type step-down chopper unit by performing boost control in the ignition mode.
- the energy of this short-circuit current is temporarily stored in the reactor provided in the voltage source step-down chopper unit.
- the accumulated energy boosts the output voltage of the DC power supply device through the single-phase inverter during the period until the next short circuit.
- Control is performed to increase the output voltage applied to the plasma generation device by repeating the boosting operation of accumulating current energy due to this short circuit and boosting the output voltage due to conduction.
- the output voltage of the DC power supply device is determined by the step-up by a plurality of short-circuit operations and the input voltage of the voltage-type step-down chopper unit determined by chopper control.
- the number of short-circuit operations required to boost the voltage to the ignition set voltage is related to the input voltage of the voltage-type step-down chopper unit, the time width of the ignition mode, the voltage width to be boosted by a single short-circuit operation, and the like. Therefore, it can be determined based on the configuration and use conditions of the DC power supply device.
- the output voltage rises to a predetermined ignition set voltage by boost control, and is maintained by constant voltage control after reaching the ignition set voltage.
- boost control boost control
- constant voltage control after reaching the ignition set voltage.
- the chopper controller performs pulse width control, and controls the input voltage of the voltage-type step-down chopper to a predetermined voltage.
- Step (Steady operation mode) In constant voltage control in the ignition mode, when the output current reaches the ignition set current and the output voltage drops to the plasma generation voltage, the ignition mode is switched to the steady operation mode. Any control selected from current control and constant power control is performed.
- the constant current control is a control mode in which the set value for steady operation is switched from the ignition set voltage set in the ignition mode to the steady operation set current, and the output current is maintained at the steady operation set current.
- the constant power control is a control mode in which the set value for the steady operation is switched from the ignition set voltage set in the ignition mode to the steady operation set power, and the output power is maintained at the steady operation set power.
- the switching from the ignition mode to the steady operation mode is performed based on the occurrence of plasma discharge in the plasma generator, and is performed based on the output current and output voltage. Normally, the occurrence of plasma discharge increases the output current, and the output voltage drops from the voltage at the time of ignition. By detecting the output voltage level and the output current level in the plasma generator from the DC power supply device, it is possible to detect the occurrence of plasma discharge and switch from the ignition mode to the steady operation mode.
- the output current supplied from the DC power supply to the plasma generator is switched from the ignition current to the steady operation current at the time of switching from the ignition mode to the steady operation mode.
- the ignition current becomes the largest ignition current at the final stage of switching from the ignition mode to the steady operation mode.
- the ignition current when the ignition mode is switched to the steady operation mode is obtained in advance and set as the ignition setting current. Further, when plasma discharge occurs, the output voltage becomes lower than the ignition set voltage, so a low voltage when plasma discharge occurs is determined as the plasma generation voltage.
- the output current is compared with the ignition set current, the output voltage is compared with the plasma generation voltage, and when the output current reaches the ignition set current and the output voltage drops to the plasma generation voltage, the plasma discharge Judgment is made when this occurs.
- the control set value is selected from the ignition set voltage of the constant voltage control in the ignition mode, and from the constant voltage control, constant current control, and constant power control in the steady operation mode. Switch to the control setting value and perform the selected control.
- a constant voltage, a constant current, or a constant power is applied to the plasma generator by constant voltage control, constant current control, or constant power control, and a stable plasma discharge is maintained.
- the current path from the voltage step-down chopper section to the output end side is a path that passes through each part of the single-phase inverter section, transformer, and rectifier connected to the DC power supply device.
- switching means is provided which is turned on in the ignition mode and is turned off in the normal operation mode.
- the inverter control unit generates a gate pulse signal for controlling the pulse width of the switching elements of the bridge circuit constituting the single phase inverter.
- the gate pulse signal converts on / off control of each switching element of the bridge circuit of the single-phase inverter to convert a direct current into an alternating current.
- a DC power supply device 1 shown in FIG. 2 has a voltage-type step-down chopper unit 2 constituting a DC voltage source, a booster circuit 3, and a bridge circuit including four switching elements of a first switching element to a fourth switching element.
- a single-phase inverter 4 that converts the DC output of the voltage-type step-down chopper unit 2 into single-phase AC power by the operation of the switching element, and a control that controls the voltage-type step-down chopper unit 2, the booster circuit 3, and the single-phase inverter 4 Part 5 is provided.
- the output of the booster circuit 3 is supplied to the load 10.
- a rectification unit (not shown in FIG. 2) is provided between the booster circuit 3 and the single-phase inverter 4, and the output of the booster circuit 3 is AC / DC converted, and the obtained DC voltage is supplied to the load 10. Good.
- the DC source can be constituted by, for example, a rectifying unit that rectifies AC power from an AC power source and a snubber unit that constitutes a protection circuit that suppresses transiently generated high voltage.
- Voltage-step-down chopper unit 2 and a DC reactor L F1 and switching element Q 1, a diode D 1.
- the switching element Q 1 is, steps down by chopper controlling the DC voltage.
- the DC reactor L F1 smoothes the chopper-controlled DC current, and the chopper output capacitor C F1 forms a DC voltage.
- Boosting circuit 3 can connect the switching element Q 2 between the positive terminal P and the negative terminal N, constructed by connecting a diode D 2 between the switching element Q 2 and the chopper output capacitor C F1 .
- the switching element Q 2 forms a short circuit that short-circuits between the positive terminal P and the negative terminal N of the voltage-type step-down chopper unit 2.
- Diode D 2 is a blocking diode for preventing backflow into the voltage-step-down chopper unit 2 from the single-phase inverters 4 and chopper output capacitor C F1, not limited to the configuration to be connected to the positive terminal P side, a negative terminal N You may connect to the side.
- the switching element Q 2 of the booster circuit 3 is a switching element that controls a short circuit between the positive terminal P and the negative terminal N.
- a closed circuit is formed together with the diodes D 1 and DC reactor L F1 of the voltage source step-down chopper unit 2, FIG. 1 (a short circuit current delta i flows shown).
- Chopper output capacitor C F1 in addition to boosting by accumulating the energy of the short-circuit current delta i flowing through the DC reactor L F1 of the voltage source step-down chopper unit 2, when performing the commutation operation between the switching elements of the single-phase inverters 4 It absorbs the surge voltage generated in and the energy of the reactor connected in series with each switching element, and has an effect of protecting the switching element.
- the value of the chopper output capacitor C F1 is set to such an extent that the delay of the current does not affect the commutation of the inverter operation due to the time constant due to the load side capacitance and the wiring inductance.
- the single-phase inverter 4 receives the output voltage of the booster circuit 3 and performs orthogonal transformation by controlling the switching elements of the bridge circuit provided in the single-phase inverter 4.
- the single-phase inverter 4 is configured by bridge-connecting the first switching element to the fourth switching element.
- the switching element for example, a semiconductor switching element such as an IGBT or a MOSFET can be used.
- Each switching element of the single-phase inverter performs a switching operation based on a control signal from the control unit 5, converts DC power into AC power, and outputs the AC power.
- the rectification unit rectifies the AC output of the single-phase inverter 4 and supplies the DC output to the load.
- a DC filter circuit may be provided at the output terminal of the rectifier.
- the DC filter circuit can be configured by an output reactor (not shown) connected in series with an output capacitor (not shown) connected in parallel to the output terminal.
- the ripple of DC voltage has a characteristic that increases when the drive frequency of the single-phase inverter circuit is lowered. Therefore, the necessity of an output capacitor and an output reactor can be reduced by increasing the drive frequency of the single-phase inverter circuit. Further, by increasing the drive frequency of the single-phase inverter circuit, it is possible to suppress the energy held in the DC power supply device 1 inside.
- the DC power supply device 1 of the present invention includes a control unit 5.
- the control unit 5 includes a chopper control unit 5A that controls the voltage-type step-down chopper unit 2, a boost control unit 5B that controls the boost circuit 3, and an inverter control unit 5C that controls the single-phase inverter 4.
- a feedback signal is fed back to the control unit 5 from the output end of the DC power supply device 1 or the load side.
- the feedback signal can be, for example, the voltage or current at the output end of the DC power supply device 1.
- Chopper control unit 5A is a component for chopper control of the switching element to Q 1 voltage type step-down chopper unit 2 detects a chopper current, and the output voltage of the DC power supply device 1 which is the output current of the switching element Q 1, Based on the detected value of the chopper current and the output voltage, control is performed so that the output of the voltage step-down chopper unit 2 becomes a predetermined current value and a predetermined voltage value set in advance. Based on the arc detection signal of the arc detection unit, the arc is switched to the off state when the arc occurs, and is switched from the off state to the on state when the arc disappears.
- Boost control unit 5B is a component for controlling the ON / OFF switching element Q 2 of the step-up circuit 3, the boosting operation of the ignition mode, to form a short circuit pulse signal for intermittently short-circuited by the on-state of the micro time. Further, in the short-circuit operation at the time of arc abnormality, based on an arc detection signal from an arc detection unit (not shown), the arc is switched to the on state when the arc is generated, and is switched from the on state to the off state when the arc is extinguished.
- the inverter control unit 5C generates a pulse control signal for controlling on / off of the switching element of the single-phase inverter 4 and switches the switching elements Q U , Q V , Q X of each arm constituting the bridge circuit of the single-phase inverter 4. , Q Y to control the switching operation.
- the single-phase inverter 4 orthogonally converts the input direct current into alternating current by controlling the switching element.
- Chopper control unit 5A switching elements to Q 1 voltage type step-down chopper unit 2 to pulse width control, performs constant voltage control in the ignition mode were selected from the constant-voltage control, constant current control, or a constant power control in the steady operation mode Any control is performed. Control is performed by switching to different set values in the ignition mode and the steady operation mode.
- Set ignition set voltage V IGR in the ignition mode in the normal operation mode, the constant voltage control is set to the steady operation setting voltage V R, the constant current control is set to normal operation set current I R, the constant in the constant power control set the operating set power P R.
- Setting values in each control the steady operation mode from the ignition setting voltage V IGR (constant voltage control of the steady-state operation setting voltage V R, the constant steady operation of the current control set current I R, the steady operation set power P R of the constant power control) to The switching can be performed by detecting that the output voltage and the output current have reached predetermined values. For example, when the set value is switched by detecting the output voltage and output current, the output current increases in the ignition mode, reaches the ignition set current set corresponding to the start of plasma discharge, and the output voltage is plasma. The time point when the voltage drops to the generated voltage is detected, and the set value is switched at this time point.
- FIG. 3 shows the control set values (steady operation set voltage V R , steady operation set current I R , steady operation set power P) in which the ignition set voltage V IGR is selected based on the detection of the output voltage V O and the output current I O. R ).
- the ignition setting voltage V IGR and a constant k may be stored, and the plasma generation setting voltage VPLR may be set by multiplying the ignition setting voltage V IGR by the constant k.
- the constant k can be arbitrarily set in the range of 0.2 to 0.9, for example.
- Switching circuit 5Ab outputs ignition set voltage V IGR, steady operation setting voltage V R, the steady operation set current I R, one of steady operation set power P R based on the switching signal outputted from the comparison circuit 5Ae.
- It ignition set voltage V IGR it can be stored in the memory means 5Ac, steady operation setting voltage V R, the steady operation set current I R, steady operation setting values such as steady operation set power P R is stored in the memory means 5Ad Can do.
- Each of the memories 5Ac to 5Ag is not limited to the configuration provided in the chopper control unit 5A.
- the memories 5Ac to 5Ag may be provided in an arbitrary component such as a control unit that controls the entire DC power supply device, or may be input from the outside of the DC power supply device. It is good.
- the chopper control unit 5A includes a switching element control signal generation circuit 5Aa, and performs switching voltage control, constant current control, or constant power control by pulse width control so that the output becomes a set value. Is generated.
- Switching element control signal generator circuit 5Aa is switching ignition set voltage V IGR sent from the switching circuit 5Ab, steady operation setting voltage V R, the steady operation set current I R, one of steady operation set power P R as a set value generates a device control signal to the chopper controls the switching element to Q 1 voltage type step-down chopper unit 2.
- Boost control unit 5B has a short pulse signal generating circuit 5Ba for generating a short pulse signal P i, for controlling the intermittent short-circuit operation of the booster circuit 3 by a short pulse signal P i.
- Short pulse signal P i starts to generate the rising of the ignition signal IG, to stop generating the switching signal output from the comparator circuit 5Ae the chopper control unit 5A.
- the inverter control unit 5C controls the switching operation of the switching element connected to each arm constituting the bridge circuit of the single-phase inverter 4.
- the single-phase inverter 4 orthogonally converts the input direct current into alternating current by controlling the switching element.
- the single-phase inverter 4 is configured by a bridge circuit having four arms as shown in FIG. 10, for example. Each arm is provided with four switching elements Q U , Q V , Q X , and Q Y , respectively.
- a switching element Q U and the switching element Q X are connected in series, connected in series and a switching element Q V and the switching element Q Y.
- Connection point of the switching elements Q U and the switching element Q X is connected to the positive terminal side of the load through the reactor L m1, connection point of the switching elements Q U and the switching element Q Y is connected to the negative terminal side of the load.
- a feedback signal is fed back to the control unit 5 from the output end of the DC power supply 1 or the load side.
- the feedback signal can be, for example, a voltage at the output terminal of the DC power supply device 1.
- the plasma discharge is generated by the ignition mode S1 when the power is turned on or restarted. Plasma discharge is maintained by mode S2.
- FIG. 5 shows a short-circuit operation of the booster circuit of the DC power supply device of the present invention.
- FIG. 5A shows a circuit state at the time of short circuit
- FIG. 5B shows a circuit state at the time of short circuit end.
- the switching element Q 1 When power supply for supplying power to single-phase inverter side from the DC power source, the switching element Q 1 is in the on state, the switching element Q 2 of the booster circuit is in the OFF state, from the DC power source through a voltage-step-down chopper unit Electric power is supplied to the single-phase inverter side. At this time, the voltage boosted by the booster circuit is supplied to the single-phase inverter.
- FIG. 5A shows a state at the time of short-circuiting in the intermittent short-circuit operation.
- a short circuit and while the switching element to Q 1 ON state, switches the switching element Q 2 of the booster circuit from the off state to the on state, to form a circuit for a DC reactor L F1 and the diode D 1 voltage-down chopper unit 2 .
- Short-circuit current ⁇ i flows through DC reactor L F1 and energy is accumulated.
- FIG. 5B shows a state at the end of the short circuit in the intermittent short circuit operation. At the short ends, and leave the switching elements to Q 1 ON state, by switching the switching element Q 2 of the booster circuit from the ON state to the OFF state, the flow circuit current delta i to the load side, the voltage-down chopper unit and boosting The power supply from the DC power source to the single-phase inverter side is resumed through the circuit.
- the output capacitance C OT is chopper output capacitor C F1 of the voltage source step-down chopper unit or, when the load has a load capacitance C L, the table in the parallel capacitance of the chopper output capacitor C F1 and the load capacitance C L Is done.
- the booster circuit cuts off the chopper from the single-phase inverter when stopping and returning to the DC output of the DC power supply unit, and suppresses excess current to the load when an arc occurs
- the arc power is extinguished at high speed, the current flowing through the chopper is held as a circulating current, and then the circulating current held at the time of restarting the inverter is supplied to the load. It is possible to perform an operation for reducing a delay in supplying DC power to the load when the output is restored.
- IG voltage rise interval boost control
- control is performed to boost the output voltage to the ignition set voltage.
- the boost control unit raises an IG (ignition) generation signal (not shown in FIGS. 7 and 8) that defines an ignition mode interval (S1A).
- IG ignition
- S1A ignition mode interval
- IG With the launch of (ignition) generation signal to generate a short pulse signal P i (S1B).
- Short pulse signal P i is generated by a minute time width T ion, a switching element Q 2 is turned on to, short-circuiting the positive voltage side and a negative voltage side.
- the operation of the short-circuit pulse signal P i in the IG voltage rising section in FIGS. 7C and 8C and the switching element Q 2 in the IG voltage rising section in FIG. 7B and FIG. Indicates the state.
- the chopper control sets the ignition set voltage V IGR as a voltage set value for constant voltage control of the output voltage V O with the rise of an IG (ignition) generation signal (ignition not shown) (S1a).
- the step of short-circuiting operation S1C short-circuit current flows delta i to the voltage-step-down chopper unit.
- the short circuit current delta i is stored in the reactor provided in the voltage-step-down chopper unit (S 1 b).
- the output voltage V O (ignition voltage V OIG ) is compared with the ignition set voltage V IGR, and if the output voltage V O has not reached the ignition set voltage V IGR , the next short-circuit pulse signal P i causes the boost circuit to be positive. are short-circuited between the voltage side and the negative voltage side, it performs processing for boosting the output voltage V O through the short circuit current delta i a (S1C ⁇ S1D). Until the output voltage V O (ignition voltage V OIG ) reaches the ignition set voltage V IGR , the boosting process by the short-circuit operation of S1C to S1D is repeated.
- the output voltage V O (ignition voltage V OIG ) is stepped up by repeating the intermittent short circuit operation of S1C to S1D.
- the portion indicated by symbol A is a stepwise step-up in which the output voltage V O (ignition voltage V OIG ) is directed to the ignition set voltage V IGR. Indicates the state.
- short-circuit current flows delta i, as shown in FIG.
- the short circuit current ⁇ i flows for a minute time width Tion (n) that is the signal width of the short circuit pulse signal P i .
- Short circuit current delta i is reset every short operation.
- T ion (n) n-th short operation of T ion (n) is completed, until the short circuit operation of the next (n + 1) th T ion (n + 1) is started, the direct current by a short operation of the T ion (n) reactor L
- the energy J i (n) stored in F1 is supplied to the load through the inverter unit, the transformer, and the rectifier.
- the output-side capacity of the DC power supply device is the output capacity C OT and the output voltage at the time of ignition is V O (n)
- the energy J i (n) sent to the output capacity C OT by the short-circuit operation Is represented by the following formula (3).
- the output capacitance C OT may be a load capacitance C L of the electrode capacitance of the plasma generator is a load and chopper output capacitor C F1.
- V O (1) ⁇ (L F1 / C OT ) ⁇ ⁇ i1 2 ⁇ 1/2 (5)
- V O (2) ⁇ (L F1 / C OT ) ⁇ ⁇ i1 2 + V O (1) 2 ⁇ 1/2 (6)
- V O (3) ⁇ (L F1 / C OT ) ⁇ ⁇ i1 2 + V O (2) 2 ⁇ 1/2 (7)
- Equation (4) shows that the output voltage V O (n) at the time of ignition can be selected by the number n of short-circuit operations.
- the short-circuit current delta i1 is proportional to the input voltage V in as shown in equation (1).
- Input voltage V in is the output voltage of the voltage source step-down chopper unit, the output voltage is determined by the on-duty ratio of the switching element to Q 1 voltage type step-down chopper unit.
- the step-up ratio of the output voltage V O (n) may be determined by on-duty ratio of the switching element to Q 1 number n, and the voltage-down chopper of the short-circuit operation.
- the number n of short-circuit operations is performed in the ignition mode. Therefore, when the short-circuit pulse signal is output in synchronization with the gate pulse signal, the time from the start of the ignition mode to the release and the gate pulse The number of times is automatically determined according to the time width of the signal.
- control is performed to maintain the boosted output voltage (ignition voltage) at the ignition set voltage.
- the ignition set voltage V IGR can be maintained in two ways .
- FIG. 7 shows the first mode
- FIG. 8 shows the second mode.
- the ignition voltage is maintained at the ignition set voltage V IGR by performing constant voltage control of the ignition voltage by chopper control of the voltage step-down chopper unit.
- the chopper control of the voltage step-down chopper section is switched from the pulse width control of the IG voltage boost section to the constant voltage control, and the output voltage V O (ignition voltage V OIG ) is changed to the ignition set voltage V IGR.
- the voltage is maintained so as to be (S1d).
- Switching element to Q 1 voltage type step-down chopper unit is constant voltage control as shown in Figure 7 (a). In this constant voltage control, after the ignition voltage V OIG reaches the target ignition set voltage V IGR , it is turned off, and when the ignition voltage V OIG decreases from the target ignition set voltage V IGR , the constant voltage control is performed. To increase the ignition set voltage V IGR to maintain the voltage.
- the booster circuit in the control of IG-voltage constant voltage section, the booster circuit, as shown in FIG. 7 (b), it may remain and continue the intermittent short-circuit operation of the switching element Q 2. This is even between the upper and lower end of the booster circuit by the intermittent short operation of the switching element Q 2 is short-ignition set the output voltage V O (ignition voltage V OIG) by the constant voltage control by the voltage-down chopper unit voltage V IGR This is because it can be maintained.
- V O ignition voltage V OIG
- the second aspect is to maintain the output voltage V O by stopping the boosting operation of the switching element Q 2 of the booster circuit is turned off (FIG. 8 (b)) (ignition voltage V OIG) to the ignition setting voltage V IGR.
- the output voltage V O ignition voltage V OIG
- V IGR ignition setting voltage
- the output current IO rises in the IG voltage rising section and the IG voltage constant voltage section.
- a portion indicated by a symbol D indicates a current rising state in the IG voltage rising section and the IG voltage constant voltage section.
- the ignition current I IGR flows through the output current I O (ignition current I G ), and the steady operation output current I O flows through the transition to the steady operation state.
- the portion indicated by symbol E is the output current I O exceeding the ignition setting current I IGR (ignition current I G) flows, the output current of the steady operation It shows a transition state of transition to I O, a portion indicated by reference sign F indicates the output current I O of the steady operation.
- the output voltage V O has reached a steady state operation setting voltage V R, and it is possible to determine the occurrence of plasma discharge may flow ignition set current I IGR to the output current I O.
- the output current that flows when the plasma discharge is generated is determined by the ignition set current I Predetermined as IGR , the output voltage is predetermined as the ignition set voltage V IGR , the output current I O is compared with the set ignition set current I IGR, and the output voltage V O is set as a constant to the set ignition set voltage V IGR
- the plasma generation set voltage VPLR obtained by multiplying k is compared.
- the constant k is set to, for example, 0.2 to 0.9 (S1e, S1f).
- the inverter control unit stops generating the short pulse signal P i to stop the IG generating signals As a result, the ignition mode is terminated and the operation mode is switched to the steady operation mode.
- FIG. 7 (d) the in the output voltage V O shown in FIG. 8 (d), a portion indicated by reference sign C denotes a constant voltage state of being maintained in a steady operation setting voltage V R.
- Step S2 the plasma discharge generated in the ignition mode is maintained.
- the chopper control unit performs the constant voltage control in the steady operation setting voltage V R, the inverter control unit performs a normal pulse width control.
- FIG. 9 shows operating states of chopper control and inverter control in the ignition mode and the steady operation mode.
- the voltage-down chopper unit in IG voltage rising period performs a pulse width control, the booster circuit output voltage V O by intermittently driving the switching element Q 2 (ignition voltage V OIG) Is increased to the ignition set voltage V IGR , and in the IG voltage constant voltage section, the voltage step-down chopper unit performs constant voltage control to maintain the output voltage V O (ignition voltage V OIG ) at the ignition set voltage V IGR .
- the booster circuit may be to continue the intermittent driving of the switching element Q 2, it may be stopped intermittently driving.
- the switching element Q 2 of the booster circuit is turned off to maintain the ignition setting voltage V IGR in the voltage constant voltage section. .
- the output current rises toward the ignition set current IIGR .
- the inverter control performs orthogonal transform control.
- selection from any of constant voltage control, constant current control, and constant current control can be made as required. For example, it is selected in advance and set in the switching circuit of the chopper controller. It can be set from outside the DC power supply. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which changes selection.
- FIG. 11 shows an example of usage in which the DC power supply device of the present invention is applied to a dual cathode power supply device.
- the dual cathode power supply is a power supply that supplies high-frequency power to the load of the plasma generator, and the plasma generator includes two electrodes, electrode 1 and electrode 2, in a grounded case. According to this dual cathode power supply device, an electrically symmetrical AC voltage can be applied to the two electrodes.
- the dual cathode power supply device supplies one output of the single-phase transformer to one electrode 1 via an output cable, and supplies the other output to the other electrode 2 via an output cable.
- FIG. 12 shows an example of usage in which the DC power supply device of the present invention is applied to a load with one end grounded.
- the DC power supply is a power supply that supplies high-frequency power to the load of the plasma generator, and the plasma generator includes two electrodes: an electrode for inputting a DC voltage from the DC power supply and a grounded electrode. According to this DC power supply device, one electrode can be grounded and a DC voltage can be applied to the other electrode.
- the DC power supply device converts the DC power voltage input from the rectifying unit that rectifies AC power of the AC power source, the snubber unit that constitutes a protection circuit that suppresses transient high voltage, Voltage-type step-down chopper unit that outputs voltage, single-phase inverter that converts DC output of voltage-type step-down chopper unit into single-phase AC output, single-phase transformer that converts AC output of single-phase inverter into predetermined voltage, single-phase A rectifier is provided for rectifying the AC output of the transformer.
- the DC power supply device supplies the output of the rectifier to the electrode A through the output cable.
- the electrode B is a ground electrode.
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本願発明の直流電源装置は、プラズマ発生装置に直流電力を供給する直流電源装置であり、直流電圧源を構成する電圧形降圧チョッパ部と、電圧形降圧チョッパ部の直流電圧を昇圧する昇圧回路と、昇圧回路の直流出力を単相交流に変換する単相インバータ部と、制御部とを備え、制御部は電圧形降圧チョッパ部を制御するチョッパ制御部、および昇圧回路を制御する昇圧制御部とを含む構成である。
本願発明の直流電源装置の制御方法は、直流電圧源を構成する電圧形降圧チョッパ部と、電圧形降圧チョッパ部の直流電圧を昇圧する昇圧回路と、昇圧回路の直流出力を単相交流に変換する単相インバータ部と、電圧形降圧チョッパ部を制御するチョッパ制御部、および昇圧回路を制御する昇圧制御部とを含む制御部を備え、プラズマ発生装置に直流電力を供給する直流電源装置の制御方法である。
制御部は、イグニッションモードにおいて、短絡電流による昇圧を複数回繰り返して出力電圧をイグニッション設定電圧まで電圧上昇させる昇圧制御と、チョッパ制御部によって前記出力電圧をイグニッション設定電圧に維持する定電圧制御とを切り換えて行う。この昇圧制御から定電圧制御への切り換えは、出力電圧がイグニッション設定電圧に到達した時点で行う。
イグニッションモードの定電圧制御において、出力電流がイグニッション設定電流に到達し、かつ、出力電圧がプラズマ発生電圧に下降したとき、イグニションモードから定常運転モードに切り換え、定常運転モードにおいて、定電圧制御、定電流制御、定電力制御から選択した何れかの制御を行う。
図2に示す直流電源装置1は、直流電圧源を構成する電圧形降圧チョッパ部2と、昇圧回路3と、第1スイッチング素子~第4スイッチング素子の4つのスイッチング素子からなるブリッジ回路を有し、電圧形降圧チョッパ部2の直流出力をスイッチング素子の動作により単相の交流電力に変換する単相インバータ4と、電圧形降圧チョッパ部2、昇圧回路3、および単相インバータ4を制御する制御部5を備える。
チョッパ制御部5Aは電圧形降圧チョッパ部2のスイッチング素子Q1をパルス幅制御し、イグニッションモードでは定電圧制御を行い、定常運転モードでは定電圧制御、定電流制御、あるいは定電力制御から選択した何れかの制御を行う。イグニッションモードと定常運転モードにおいてそれぞれ異なる設定値に切り換えて制御を行う。イグニッションモードではイグニッション設定電圧VIGRに設定し、定常運転モードにおいて、定電圧制御では定常運転設定電圧VRに設定し、定電流制御では定常運転設定電流IRに設定し、定電力制御では定常運転設定電力PRに設定する。
昇圧制御部5Bは、短絡パルス信号Piを生成する短絡パルス信号生成回路5Baを備え、短絡パルス信号Piによって昇圧回路3の間欠短絡動作を制御する。短絡パルス信号Piは、イグニッション信号IGの立ち上がりで生成を開始し、チョッパ制御部5Aの比較回路5Aeの出力である切り換え信号によって生成を停止する。
次に、本願発明の直流電源装置のイグニッションモードおよび定常運転モードの動作例について、図5の昇圧動作の説明図、図6のフローチャート、図7,8のタイミングチャート、および図9のイグニッションモード,定常運転モードの動作状態図を用いて説明する。
図5は本願発明の直流電源装置の昇圧回路の短絡動作を示している。図5(a)は短絡時の回路状態を示し、図5(b)は短絡終了時の回路状態を示している。
昇圧回路は、イグニッションモード時の間欠短絡動作を行う他、直流電源装置の直流出力の停止・復帰において、停止時においてチョッパ部を単相インバータから切り離して、アーク発生時の負荷への過剰電流を抑制してアークの消弧を高速で行い、チョッパ部を流れる電流を循環電流として保持し、その後、インバータの再起動時において保持していた循環電流を負荷に供給することによって、直流電源装置の直流出力の復帰時における、負荷への直流電力の供給遅れを低減する動作を行うことができる。
はじめに、イグニッションモードS1について説明する。
チョッパ制御部は、出力電圧をイグニッション設定電圧まで昇圧させるIG電圧上昇区間の制御(S1a~S1c)と、昇圧した出力電圧をイグニッション設定電圧に維持するIG電圧定電圧区間の制御(S1d~S1f)の2つの区間によってイグニッションモードの制御を行う。一方、昇圧制御部は、イグニッションモードS1中において昇圧制御を行い、短絡パルス信号Piによって昇圧回路を間欠短絡動作させる。
IG電圧上昇区間において、出力電圧をイグニッション設定電圧まで昇圧させる制御を行う。
以下に、短絡電流による昇圧動作について説明する。
Δi1=(Vin/LF1)×Tion(n) …(1)
Ji(n)=(1/2)×LF1×Δi1 2 …(2)
Ji(n)=(1/2)×LF1×Δi1 2
=(1/2)×COT×(VO(n) 2-VO(n-1) 2) …(3)
ただし、最初の短絡動作を行う前の出力電圧はVO(0)=0としている。
VO(n)={(LF1/COT)×Δi1 2+VO(n-1) 2}1/2 …(4)
式(4)は、短絡動作をn回繰り返したときの出力電圧Vo(n)を表している。
VO(1)={(LF1/COT)×Δi1 2}1/2 …(5)
VO(2)={(LF1/COT)×Δi1 2+VO(1) 2}1/2 …(6)
VO(3)={(LF1/COT)×Δi1 2+VO(2) 2}1/2 …(7)
IG電圧定電圧区間において、昇圧した出力電圧(イグニッション電圧)をイグニッション設定電圧に維持する制御を行う。
第1の態様は電圧形降圧チョッパ部のチョッパ制御によってイグニッション電圧を定電圧制御することによってイグニッション設定電圧VIGRに維持する。
第2の態様は昇圧回路のスイッチング素子Q2をオフ状態(図8(b))として昇圧動作を停止することによって出力電圧VO(イグニッション電圧VOIG)をイグニッション設定電圧VIGRに維持する。
次に、定常運転モードS2では、イグニッションモードで発生したプラズマ放電を維持する。プラズマ放電を維持するために、チョッパ制御部は定常運転設定電圧VRで定電圧制御を行い、インバータ制御部は通常のパルス幅制御を行う。
以下、直流電源装置の使用形態例について図11,12を用いて説明する。
図11は本願発明の直流電源装置をデュアルカソード電源装置に適用した使用形態例を示している。
2 電圧形降圧チョッパ部
3 昇圧回路
4 単相インバータ
5 制御部
5A チョッパ制御部
5Aa スイッチング素子制御信号生成回路
5Ab 回路
5Ac メモリ手段
5Ad メモリ手段
5Ae 比較回路
5Af メモリ手段
5Ag メモリ手段
5B 昇圧制御部
5Ba 短絡パルス信号生成回路
5C インバータ制御部
10 負荷
CF1 チョッパ出力コンデンサ
CL 負荷容量
COT 出力容量
D1 ダイオード
D2 ダイオード
Edc 入力直流電圧
Ein 入力直流電圧
F 符号
IG イグニッション信号
IG イグニッション電流
IIGR イグニッション設定電流
IO 出力電流
IR 定常運転設定電流
Ji エネルギー
LF1 直流リアクトル
Lm1 リアクトル
N 負端子
P 正端子
Pi 短絡パルス信号
PR 定常運転設定電力
Q1 スイッチング素子
Q2 スイッチング素子
QU,QV,QX,QY スイッチング素子
Tion 微小時間幅
VIGR イグニッション設定電圧
Vin 入力電圧
VO 出力電圧
VOIG イグニッション電圧
VPLR プラズマ発生設定電圧
VR 定常運転設定電圧
Δi 短絡電流
Δi1 短絡電流
Δic 循環電流
Claims (9)
- プラズマ発生装置に直流電力を供給する直流電源装置において、
直流電圧源を構成する電圧形降圧チョッパ部と、
前記電圧形降圧チョッパ部の直流電圧を昇圧する昇圧回路と、
前記昇圧回路の直流出力を単相交流に変換する単相インバータ部と、
前記電圧形降圧チョッパ部を制御するチョッパ制御部、および前記昇圧回路を制御する昇圧制御部とを含む制御部を備え、
前記制御部は、前記プラズマ発生装置にプラズマ放電を発生させるイグニッション電圧を供給するイグニッションモードと、前記プラズマ発生装置のプラズマ放電を継続させる定常運転モードとを切り換えて制御し、
前記イグニッションモードにおいて、
前記昇圧制御部は、前記昇圧回路の正電圧側と負電圧側との間を間欠的に短絡し、当該短絡で形成される短絡電流による昇圧動作を制御し、プラズマ発生装置に印加する出力電圧を制御することを特徴とする、直流電源装置。 - 前記昇圧制御部は、前記昇圧回路において正電圧端と負電圧端との間を接続するスイッチング素子を間欠的に短絡する短絡パルス信号を生成し、
前記短絡パルス信号によって前記スイッチング素子をオン状態とすることによって電圧形降圧チョッパ部の出力端の正電圧端と負電圧端とを短絡することを特徴とする、請求項1に記載の直流電源装置。 - 前記イグニッションモードにおいて、前記制御部は、前記昇圧制御部による、短絡電流による昇圧を複数回繰り返して出力電圧をイグニッション設定電圧まで電圧上昇させる昇圧制御と、前記チョッパ制御部による、前記出力電圧をイグニッション設定電圧に維持する定電圧制御とを切り換えて行い、
前記出力電圧がイグニッション設定電圧に到達した後、昇圧制御から定電圧制御に切り換えることを特徴とする、請求項1又は2に記載の直流電源装置。 - 前記制御部は、チョッパ制御部におけるチョッパ制御のオンデューティー比と、昇圧制御部における間欠短絡動作の回数とをパラメータとし、
前記オンデューティー比によって前記電圧形降圧チョッパ部の入力電圧を制御し、
前記間欠短絡動作の回数によって昇圧比を制御し、
前記入力電圧と昇圧比によって出力電圧の電圧上昇を制御することを特徴とする、請求項3に記載の直流電源装置。 - 前記定常運転モードは、
定常運転の設定値をイグニッションモードで設定されるイグニッション設定電圧から定常運転設定電圧に切り換えて、出力電圧を定常運転設定電圧に維持する定電圧制御、
定常運転の設定値をイグニッションモードで設定されるイグニッション設定電圧から定常運転設定電流に切り換えて、出力電流を定常運転設定電流に維持する定電流制御、
定常運転の設定値をイグニッションモードで設定されるイグニッション設定電圧から定常運転設定電力に切り換えて、出力電力を定常運転設定電力に維持する定電力制御
の何れかの制御を選択可能であり、
前記制御部の切換制御は、出力電流がイグニッション設定電流に到達し、かつ、出力電圧がプラズマ発生電圧に下降したとき前記イグニションモードから前記定常運転モードに切り換え、前記定電圧制御、前記定電流制御、前記定電力制御から選択した制御を行うことを特徴とする、請求項1に記載の直流電源装置。 - 直流電圧源を構成する電圧形降圧チョッパ部と、
前記電圧形降圧チョッパ部の直流電圧を昇圧する昇圧回路と、
前記昇圧回路の直流出力を単相交流に変換する単相インバータ部と、
前記電圧形降圧チョッパ部を制御するチョッパ制御部、および前記昇圧回路を制御する昇圧制御部とを含む制御部を備え、プラズマ発生装置に直流電力を供給する直流電源装置の制御方法において、
前記制御部は、前記プラズマ発生装置にプラズマ放電を発生させるイグニッション電圧を供給するイグニッションモードと、前記プラズマ発生装置のプラズマ放電を継続させる定常運転モードとを切り換えて制御し、
前記イグニッションモードにおいて、
前記昇圧制御部は、前記昇圧回路の正電圧側と負電圧側との間を間欠的に短絡し、当該短絡で形成される短絡電流による昇圧動作を制御し、プラズマ発生装置に印加する出力電圧を制御することを特徴とする、直流電源装置の制御方法。 - 前記イグニッションモードにおいて、前記制御部は、短絡電流による昇圧を複数回繰り返して出力電圧をイグニッション設定電圧まで電圧上昇させる昇圧制御と、前記チョッパ制御部によって前記出力電圧をイグニッション設定電圧に維持する定電圧制御とを切り換えて行い、
前記出力電圧がイグニッション設定電圧に到達した後、昇圧制御から定電圧制御に切り換えることを特徴とする、請求項6に記載の直流電源装置の制御方法。 - 前記制御部は、チョッパ制御部におけるチョッパ制御のオンデューティー比と、昇圧制御部における間欠短絡動作の回数とをパラメータとし、
前記オンデューティー比によって前記電圧形降圧チョッパ部の入力電圧を制御し、
前記間欠短絡動作の回数によって昇圧比を制御し、
前記入力電圧と昇圧比によって出力電圧の電圧上昇を制御することを特徴とする、請求項7に記載の直流電源装置の制御方法。 - 前記定常運転モードは、
定常運転の設定値をイグニッションモードで設定されるイグニッション設定電圧から定常運転設定電圧に切り換えて、出力電圧を定常運転設定電圧に維持する定電圧制御、
定常運転の設定値をイグニッションモードで設定されるイグニッション設定電圧から定常運転設定電流に切り換えて、出力電流を定常運転設定電流に維持する定電流制御、
定常運転の設定値をイグニッションモードで設定されるイグニッション設定電圧から定常運転設定電力に切り換えて、出力電力を定常運転設定電力に維持する定電力制御
の何れかの制御を選択可能であり、
前記制御部の切換制御は、出力電流がイグニッション設定電流に到達し、かつ、出力電圧がプラズマ発生電圧に下降したとき前記イグニションモードから前記定常運転モードに切り換え、前記定電圧制御、前記定電流制御、前記定電力制御から選択した制御を行うことを特徴とする、請求項6に記載の直流電源装置の制御方法。
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