AIRCRAFT SOLID STATE POWER CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT SOLID STATE POWER CONTROLLER

    公开(公告)号:EP4358405A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-24

    申请号:EP22202131.3

    申请日:2022-10-18

    IPC分类号: H03K17/18 G01R31/327 H02H3/00

    摘要: An aircraft solid state power controller (2a-d) comprises a feed node (8) to be electrically connected to a primary electric power supply (4); a load node (12) to be electrically connected to at least one electric load (6); and at least one electric switching device (16, 17), in particular a solid state switching device (16, 17), which is arranged between the feed node (8) and the load node (12). The at least one electric switching device (16, 17) is switchable between an on-state, in which the at least one electric switching device (16, 17) provides a low-resistive electric electric connection between the feed node (8) and the load node (12); and an off-state, in which the at least one electric switching device (16, 17) electrically isolates the load node (12) from the feed node (8). The aircraft solid state power controller (2a-d) further comprises a secondary electric power supply (24), which is independent from the primary electric power supply (4), and which is configured for applying a test voltage (Viso) between the feed node (8) and the load node (12) of the aircraft solid state power controller (2a-d) in order to allow determining the switching state of the at least one electric switching device (16, 17) by detecting a voltage drop (Vswitch) between the feed node (8) and the load node (12) of the aircraft solid state power controller (2a-d).

    ELECTRIC SAFETY CIRCUIT
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3893346A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-13

    申请号:EP21158103.8

    申请日:2021-02-19

    发明人: GREITHER, Markus

    IPC分类号: H02H3/33 H02H1/00

    摘要: An electric safety circuit (12) for an aircraft DC power supply circuit (10) comprises: a first electric line (11a) connecting a first electric pole (6a) of a main DC power supply (6) with a first electric connector (8a) of an electric load (8); a second electric line (11b) connecting a second electric pole (6b) of the main DC power supply (6) with a second electric connector (8b) of the electric load (8); at least one electric safety switch (Sa, Sb) arranged in at least one of the first and second electric lines (11a, 11b) and configured for selectively interrupting any electric current (I + , I - ) flowing through said at least one electric line (11a, 11b); a first electric coil (L1) arranged in the first electric line (11a), and a second electric coil (L2) arranged in the second electric line (11b); an electric detection coil (L0), wherein the first and second electric coils (L1, L2) and the electric detection coil (L0) are in inductive interaction with each other, wherein the first and second electric coils (L1, L2) and the electric detection coil (L0) in particular are arranged on a common magnetic core (K); and a detection circuit (14) electrically connected with the electric detection coil (L0) and configured for detecting electric voltages (V 0 ) induced in the electric detection coil (L0) and for controlling the at least one electric safety switch (Sa, Sb) to open in case the detected voltage exceeds a predetermined limit. The electric safety circuit (12) further comprises: a first coil switch (X1) serially connected with the first electric coil (L1); a second coil switch (X2) serially connected with the second electric coil (L1); and a control circuit (16) connected with the first and second coil switches (X1, X2) and configured for intermittently switching the first and second coil switches (X1, X2) on and off.

    POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3537552A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-11

    申请号:EP18160883.7

    申请日:2018-03-09

    IPC分类号: H02J1/00

    摘要: Disclosed is a power distribution system (10), comprising a power feed line (12) configured to supply electric power of a given power feed line voltage, a plurality of solid state power control modules (16_1 - 16_6) connected to the power feed line (12); each of the solid state power control modules (16_1 - 16_6) comprising at least one solid state power controller connected to at least one load to be supplied with power from the power feed line (12) and configured to selectively connect the respective load to the power feed line (12) or to disconnect the respective load from the power feed line (12);the power feed line (12) comprising at least one power feed line segment (l1 - l7) connecting two adjacent solid state power control modules (16_1 - 16_6); wherein the at least two adjacent solid state power control modules (16_1 - 16_6) are connected by a further electric line (20_1 - 20_7) connected in parallel to the at least one power feed line segment (l1 - l7).

    CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SOLID STATE POWER CONTROLLER

    公开(公告)号:EP3046257B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-05

    申请号:EP15202023.6

    申请日:2015-12-22

    发明人: GREITHER, Markus

    IPC分类号: H03K17/12

    CPC分类号: H03K17/122 H03K2217/0027

    摘要: A control circuit is configured to apply a drive voltage to a solid state switching device (130) comprising a first terminal (D), a second terminal (S) and a control terminal (G), the solid state switching device (130) configured to switch, according to the drive voltage applied to the control terminal (G), between an OFF operation mode in which the second terminal (S) is electrically disconnected from an electrical supply voltage applied to the first terminal (D), and an ON operation mode in which the second terminal (S) is electrically connected to the electrical supply voltage applied to the first terminal (D) such as to connect a load circuit (116) to the electrical supply voltage, wherein the control circuit is configured to adjust the drive voltage during the ON operation mode according to a load current in the load circuit (116) and/or according to a current between the first terminal (D) and the second terminal (S) of the solid state switching device (130) in the ON operation mode.