IN SITU OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION FOR ACTIVE BRIDGE APPLICATIONS
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    发明申请
    IN SITU OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION FOR ACTIVE BRIDGE APPLICATIONS 有权
    用于有源桥应用的现场过电压保护

    公开(公告)号:US20170005568A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-05

    申请号:US14788704

    申请日:2015-06-30

    Inventor: Saurabh Sona

    CPC classification number: H02M1/32 H02H7/1222 H02M5/458 H02P7/00 H02P29/0241

    Abstract: An overvoltage protection device protects a half bridge circuit that receives a supply voltage. The overvoltage protection device includes a high speed overvoltage detector that receives the supply voltage, detects whether an overvoltage situation is present, and outputs an overvoltage signal that disables the switches of the half bridge circuit before the switches can be damaged by the overvoltage situation. With both the switches of the half-bridge disabled, the entire supply voltage appears across the two switches in series, by which each switch only receives half the entire voltage. Thus, by quickly disabling both switches of the half-bridge each switch only needs a maximum voltage rating equal to half the maximum voltage rating of the half bridge circuit as a whole. This leads to reduced size and cost for the switches of the half-bridge circuit.

    Abstract translation: 过电压保护装置保护接收电源电压的半桥电路。 过压保护装置包括接收电源电压的高速过电压检测器,检测是否存在过电压情况,并且在开关可能被过电压情况损坏之前输出禁用半桥电路的开关的过电压信号。 由于半桥的两个开关都被禁用,整个电源电压出现在串联的两个开关中,每个开关仅接收整个电压的一半。 因此,通过快速禁用半桥的两个开关,每个开关仅需要等于半桥电路整体的最大额定电压的一半的最大额定电压。 这导致半桥电路的开关的尺寸和成本降低。

    In situ overvoltage protection for active bridge applications

    公开(公告)号:US09825519B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-21

    申请号:US14788704

    申请日:2015-06-30

    Inventor: Saurabh Sona

    CPC classification number: H02M1/32 H02H7/1222 H02M5/458 H02P7/00 H02P29/0241

    Abstract: An overvoltage protection device protects a half bridge circuit that receives a supply voltage. The overvoltage protection device includes a high speed overvoltage detector that receives the supply voltage, detects whether an overvoltage situation is present, and outputs an overvoltage signal that disables the switches of the half bridge circuit before the switches can be damaged by the overvoltage situation. With both the switches of the half-bridge disabled, the entire supply voltage appears across the two switches in series, by which each switch only receives half the entire voltage. Thus, by quickly disabling both switches of the half-bridge each switch only needs a maximum voltage rating equal to half the maximum voltage rating of the half bridge circuit as a whole. This leads to reduced size and cost for the switches of the half-bridge circuit.

    Enhancing high-voltage startup voltage rating for PWM controllers with internal high voltage startup circuit

    公开(公告)号:US11165334B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US16801370

    申请日:2020-02-26

    Abstract: A power supply has a transformer with primary and secondary windings. A first terminal of the primary-winding is coupled to a power-input. A PFC includes a low-voltage circuit correcting power factor of the power signal, having a supply-input receiving a supply voltage during normal operation, a feedback-input coupled to a first terminal of the secondary-winding, and a gate-drive-output. A high-voltage startup circuit powers the low-voltage circuit during startup. Periphery circuitry includes a transient voltage suppression diode having an anode coupled to supply power to the high-voltage startup circuit and a cathode coupled to the power-input, a diode having an anode coupled to the first terminal of the secondary-winding and a cathode coupled to the supply-input of the low-voltage circuit. A capacitor is coupled between the supply-input and ground. A transistor has a drain coupled to a second terminal of the primary-winding and a gate coupled to the gate-drive-output.

    Scheme to reduce static power consumption in analog controller based power converters requiring an external high voltage startup circuit

    公开(公告)号:US10897192B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-19

    申请号:US16671318

    申请日:2019-11-01

    Abstract: A Darlington switch in series with a biasing circuit is biased in an ON state by default to generate a supply voltage for a controller integrated circuit chip during start-up. On powering up, the supply voltage for the controller integrated circuit chip rises. When the supply voltage exceeds a minimum operating voltage threshold, the controller integrated circuit chip is enabled for operation and an auxiliary supply circuit begins generating the supply voltage for the controller integrated circuit chip. The Darlington switch is turned OFF when the supply voltage being generated by the auxiliary circuit is sufficiently higher than a threshold associated with the minimum operating voltage threshold. The circuit for controlling ON/OFF state of the Darlington switch has a substantially lower static power dissipation than the biasing circuit.

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