摘要:
A whole-chip Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) protection circuit and protection method are provided. The whole-chip ESD protection circuit comprises: input/output (I/O) units located between a power line and a grounding wire; a power clamp circuit located between the power line and the grounding wire and connected to the I/O units, any power clamp circuit being shared by multiple I/O units; and an ESD trigger circuit located between the power line and the grounding wire. The ESD trigger circuit generates an ESD trigger signal when an ESD events occurs and transmits the ESD trigger signal to the power clamp circuit and each I/O unit so that the power clamp circuit and each I/O unit form a current discharge path from the power line to the grounding wire respectively. Compared with the prior art, the present invention fully utilizes an existing driving transistor in the I/O unit to realize efficient whole-chip ESD protection and avoids adding too many power clamp circuits in the whole chip with regard to ESD, thereby reducing the overall size of the chip and lowering the cost.
摘要:
A surge protection circuit, related to the power electronics field. The surge protection circuit includes: an input configured to provide direct current power supply, an output configured to connect to a next circuit, and a cutoff circuit connected to the output; the surge protection circuit further includes: a discharge circuit connected between the input and the cutoff circuit; the discharge circuit includes: a diode and a field-effect transistor; the cathode of the diode is connected to the positive end of the input, and the anode of the diode is connected to the source of the field-effect transistor; the gate of the field-effect transistor is connected to the positive end of the input, the drain of the field-effect transistor is connected to the negative end of the input, and the direction of the parasitic diode of the field-effect transistor is opposite to the direction of the diode.
摘要:
An apparatus is provided for powering at least one electric motor. The apparatus includes at least one driving device for driving the electric motor, a supply path positioned between a supply voltage generator and the at least one driving device, a first circuit, a control device, and a protection device for protecting against over-voltages. The first circuit is inserted in the supply path to enable and prevent the powering of the at least one driving device, and the control device controls at least the first circuit. The protection device includes a second circuit for detecting a current that flows in the supply path from the at least one driving device to the supply voltage generator, and a third circuit for selectively absorbing the current that is detected.
摘要:
A solid-state magnet control includes a housing and magnet control circuitry mounted within the housing. The magnet control circuitry includes an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) bridge configuration and DUMP circuitry. The DUMP circuitry inhibits circuit damage to the magnet control circuitry and other components contained within the magnet control caused by overvoltage and/or voltage transients. The magnet control circuitry controls current passing through the magnet. The IGBT bridge configuration includes a LIFT HIGH IGBT, a LIFT LOW IGBT, a CLEAN HIGH IGBT, and a CLEAN LOW IGBT, as well as a capacitor bank. The DUMP circuitry includes a DUMP HIGH IGBT, a discharge diode, and a discharge resistor. The magnet control is configured to provide power loss ride through, ground fault detection, and discharge voltage control, and can accept increased voltage supply to reduce charge-up time of the magnet, and existing operator control inputs through a relay interface.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a protective circuit (30) for intrinsically safe electromagnetic actuators operating at the voltage of a power supply approved for underground mining, for switching electrohydraulic valves in underground mining, comprising a coil (11) connected to a first potential (2) and a second potential (3) of the power supply and associated with at least two spaced-apart short-circuit means (12) connected in parallel with the electromagnetic actuator coil (11) for short-circuiting the coil in the event of a reversal of the potential of the coil voltage. In accordance with the present invention the protective circuit comprises a semiconductor switch (T3) which is inserted between the coil (11) and the second potential (3) and, in the event of a voltage reduction or potential reversal, isolates the coil (11) from the second potential, so that the discharge from the coil (11) has no adverse effect on the energy supply system or the intrinsic safety.
摘要:
A high voltage protection device applied to a coil driving device of a DC fan and motor. The coil driving device is connected to the high voltage protection device that has an activation control unit connected to the coil driving device, a logic operation unit that has two input terminals connected to a protection activation signal source and the activation control unit, a high voltage protection unit connected to an output terminal of the logic operation unit and the driving device. When the voltage of the coil driving device is higher than a predetermined value, the potential of a digital signal output is adjusted high and input to the logic operation unit. By logic operation performed on the input digital signal and another digital signal obtained from a protection signal source, a signal is generated to activate the high-voltage protection device, and the operation voltage of coil driving device can return to normal value.
摘要:
An inverter for an electric machine is specified that includes a plurality of switching elements, in particular six, which are positioned in a bridge circuit and produce a connection between the electric machine and a battery. The switching elements built into the low-side branch of the inverter are ones that are conductive without a control voltage present, i.e., normally-on switching elements. That ensures that if the supply voltage is absent and the electric machine is rotating the windings of the electric machine are short circuited and no overvoltages are able to occur. In normal operation the inverter is operated like a conventional inverter, by clocked actuation, but with reversed actuation of the control electrodes, i.e., with control voltage for non-conductive time phases and without control voltage in conductive phases.
摘要:
An over-voltage protection coil control circuit has at least one coil driving circuit, wherein an over-voltage protection circuit is connected to the at least one coil driver circuit. The at least one coil driver circuit consists of a transistor. The over-voltage protection circuit is composed of a Zener diode connected to a power supply and the at least one coil driver circuit. When the coil generates a high inverse emf (electromotive force) due to the inversion of its polarity, the Zener diode conducts and guides the high voltage inverse emf to the power supply.
摘要:
A solenoid control circuit that includes two switching networks that are selectively opened and closed in a current limit cycle to control the magnitude of the current flowing through the solenoid. The configuration of the switching networks is such that current flows through an energy dissipating resistor only when the solenoid is commanded off by the solenoid control circuit, and not during the current limit cycle. Thus, the energy dissipated by this resistor is reduced relative to other solenoid control circuits, making it more efficient, and reducing EMI emissions from the circuit while providing for a fast solenoid response.
摘要:
A circuit for preventing high voltage damage to a MOSFET switch in series with an inductor when current flow is interrupted. Specifically, the present invention discloses a protection circuit comprising a PMOS coupled in series to a load, an inductor, and a re-chargeable battery cell. The PMOS is switched to a non-conductive state by a switch in order to prevent over-loading the protection circuit. A clamp circuit temporarily allows the PMOS to conduct when a positive rate change of voltage with respect to time occurs at the gate of the PMOS. The clamp circuit is coupled to the gate of the PMOS. In one embodiment, the clamp circuit has an RC time constant and is comprised of an NMOS, a capacitor, and a pull-down resistor.