摘要:
The present invention is aimed at providing a method and a circuit for protecting the output stage of a power actuator against voltage transients of the surge type. In particular, it provides protection against voltage surge transients of the kind described by International Standard IEC 801-5, for a power transistor contained in the output stage of the actuator. The method of this invention provides for:
the utilization of the power transistor (PW) intrinsic diode (DP) for dumping the transient energy to one of the supply generator terminals during a positive transient; and the utilization of the power transistor (PW) restoration feature to the on state for dumping the energy thereinto during a negative transient, while simultaneously inhibiting the current limiting function.
The power transistor (PW) is turned on again, and the current limiting circuit (4) inhibited, by the following steps:
a) generating an electric signal which is substantially proportional to the voltage appearing at the output terminal (OUT) of the actuator; b) driving the control terminal (G) of the power transistor (PW) by means of said electric signal, and causing said transistor to conduct, while simultaneously disabling the current limiting circuit (4) when the output voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold; and c) allowing the transient energy to be dissipated to the power transistor (PW).
摘要:
The invention relates to a non-dissipative device for protecting against overloading an integrated circuit having multiple independent channels, being of the type which comprises an input terminal (IN) and an output terminal (OUT) having an integrated switch (1) connected therebetween which consists of a first or input portion (2), a logic gate (PL1) with two inputs (I3,I4) a second or control portion (3), and a third or output portion (4), all in series with one another. The device further comprises a circuit (A) for generating the on- and off-times (Ton,Toff) of the integrated switch (1) connected between an output (O4) of the third portion (4) and an input terminal (I4) of said logic gate (PL1).
摘要:
The purpose of the present invention is to protect the final transistor (PW) of a power actuator from short circuits and overloads with a completely integrated circuitry solution which would not influence the output impedance of the actuator and would permit having a limitation current constant and independent of the value of the output terminal of the actuator. A power actuator in accordance with the present invention incorporates a circuit for limitation of the maximum current delivered by the power transistor (PW) which comprises:
a network for detection of the current delivered by the power transistor (PW) which generates a first electrical signal proportional to said current, a reference network generating a reference electrical signal, and an operational amplifier (3) which compares the first electrical signal with the reference electrical signal and which tends to inhibit the power transistor if the current delivered exceeds a certain threshold value and whose output terminal is coupled to the reference network in such a manner that the reference electrical signal depends on the voltage present at the amplifier output.
摘要:
The purpose of the present invention is to supply a method and a circuit simple and accurate enough to protect at least one transistor against exceeding a complex limit implying processing of multiple electrical quantities associated with said transistor. Since in many practical cases said complex limit corresponds to the product of at least two quantities, typically a current and a voltage, the circuit in accordance with the present invention generates electrical signals basically proportional to said quantities, multiplies them, compares the product with a reference signal corresponding to the limit placed on the transistor and acts on the transistor in such a way that said limit is not exceeded. Advantageously the multiplication of currents can be provided simply by means of connection in series of bipolar transistor junctions at which said currents are supplied to the respective emitters. In this case it is additionally advantageous to generate the reference signal by means of connection in series of the bipolar transistor junctions in such a manner as to have an analogous behaviour of the multiplier and the generator.
摘要:
A regulated voltage-boosting device including a charge-pump circuit (11), which has an input terminal (4a) receiving a first voltage (V DD ) and an output terminal (4b) supplying a second voltage (V LCD ) higher than said first voltage (V DD ), and being provided with a plurality of voltage-boosting stages (17) that can be selectively activated and deactivated. The regulated voltage-boosting device moreover comprises an automatic-selection circuit (10) for activating a number of voltage-boosting stages (17) which is correlated to the first voltage (V DD ) and to the second voltage (V LCD ).
摘要:
A circuit for detecting signals present on a bifilar voltage-supply and signal-transmission line, in which the signals are constituted by positive and negative variations of the supply potential of at least one of the wires of the line (2), comprises: a low-pass filter (20) connected to the two wires of the line in order to supply, at an output terminal of the filter, a constant reference potential (V+) substantially equal to the supply potential of a preselected one of the two wires, a first threshold comparator (21) having a reference input terminal (27) and a threshold input terminal (29) connected, respectively, to the output terminal (18) of the filter (20) and to the preselected wire of the two wires, and a second threshold comparator (22) having a reference input terminal (28) and a threshold input terminal (30) connected, respectively, to the preselected wire of the two wires and to the output terminal (18) of the filter (20). The circuit is relatively simple, does not require synchronization signals, and can be formed as an integrated circuit, taking up a limited area.