Signal generation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10153765-B2
Application number	US-201715411429-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2017
Priority date	Feb 8, 2016
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

A signal generation device, including: an insulation element having transmission and reception units, and isolatedly transmitting an input wave introduced to the transmission unit, to thereby output an output wave from the reception unit; a power unit generating a voltage according to the output wave; a terminal having an output signal corresponding to the voltage; a generation unit generating a control signal; an insulation unit isolatedly transmitting the control signal, and generating a drive signal according to the control signal; a selection unit selecting whether to output the output signal to the terminal, according to the drive signal; a detection unit generating a detection signal indicating the state of the output signal, according to a detection wave obtained from the transmission unit; and a control signal adjustment unit adjusting the control signal according to the detection signal, the output signal being adjusted according to the adjustment of the control signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A signal generation device, comprising:
a first insulation element including a transmission unit and a reception unit, the first insulation element configured to isolatedly transmit an input wave that is input to the transmission unit, to thereby output an output wave from the reception unit;
a power source unit, connected to the first insulation element, configured to generate a power source voltage based on the output wave received from the reception unit;
a control signal generation unit configured to generate a control signal;
an insulation unit, connected to the control signal generation unit, configured to isolatedly transmit the control signal, and to generate a drive signal based on the isolatedly transmitted control signal;
an output selection unit configured to select whether or not an output signal is to be output to an output terminal based on the drive signal, the output terminal is connected to the output selection unit and is a terminal to which the output signal, having a voltage corresponding to the power source voltage, is output;
a first detection unit, connected to the first insulation element, configured to generate a first detection signal indicating a state of the output signal based on a detection wave received from the transmission unit; and
a control signal adjustment unit, connected to the first detection unit, configured to perform an adjustment of the control signal in accordance with the first detection signal,
wherein the output signal is adjusted in accordance with the adjustment of the control signal by the control signal adjustment unit.

2. The signal generation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the output signal is equal to or less than a predetermined voltage value, the first detection unit is configured to generate a first abnormality signal as the first detection signal,
the control signal adjustment unit is configured to perform an attenuation of the control signal upon the first abnormality signal being input,
an attenuation of the drive signal is occurred in accordance with the attenuation of the control signal, and
outputting of the output signal to the output terminal by the output selection unit is stopped in accordance with the attenuation of the drive signal.

3. The signal generation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the input wave is input to the control signal generation unit,
the input wave is a high-frequency wave,
the control signal generation unit is configured to modulate the high-frequency wave in accordance with an input signal to thereby generate the control signal,
the control signal includes a first control signal and a second control signal,
the drive signal includes a first drive signal and a second drive signal,
the insulation unit includes a second insulation element, a third insulation element, a second rectification unit, and a third rectification unit,
the second insulation element is configured to isolatedly transmit the first control signal,
the second rectification unit is configured to rectify the isolatedly transmitted first control signal to thereby generate the first drive signal,
the third insulation element is configured to isolatedly transmit the second control signal,
the third rectification unit is configured to rectify the isolatedly transmitted second control signal to thereby generate the second drive signal,
the output selection unit includes a first switching element and a second switching element,
an on/off state of the first switching element is switched by the first drive signal,
an on/off state of the second switching element is switched by the second drive signal,
a conducting/non-conducting state between the power source unit and the output terminal changes according to the on/off states of the first switching element and the second switching element, thereby selecting whether or not the output signal is output from the output terminal,
when the power source unit and the output terminal are in the conducting state, the output signal is output from the output terminal, and
the control signal adjustment unit is configured to adjust at least one of the first control signal or the second control signal upon the first detection signal being input.

4. The signal generation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first detection unit includes a first detection terminal and a first detection circuit,
the first detection terminal is connected to the transmission unit, and
the first detection circuit is configured to generate the first detection signal on the basis of the detection wave that is input from the first detection terminal.

5. The signal generation device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the input wave is a high-frequency wave,
a high-frequency wave component is included in the detection wave,
the first detection circuit includes a rectification unit, and
the first detection circuit is configured to generate the first detection signal by the high-frequency wave component being rectified by the rectification unit.

6. The signal generation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the input wave is a high-frequency wave,
the power source unit includes a first rectification unit and a charge accumulation element,
the first rectification unit is configured to rectify the output wave to thereby generate a charging voltage,
the charge accumulation element is charged by the charging voltage,
the power source voltage is a discharge voltage of the charge accumulation element,
the output selection unit includes a first switching element,
a conducting/non-conducting state between the charge accumulation element and the output terminal changes according to an on/off state of the first switching element, and,
when the charge accumulation element and the output terminal are in the conducting state, the output signal is output from the output terminal.

7. The signal generation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the input wave is a high-frequency wave,
the first insulation element is an electromagnetic resonance coupler,
the electromagnetic resonance coupler includes transmission-side wiring and a reception-side wiring opposing the transmission-side wiring,
the transmission unit is the transmission-side wiring, and
the reception unit is the reception-side wiring.

8. The signal generation device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an input-wave adjustment unit,
wherein the first detection signal is input to the input-wave adjustment unit,
the input-wave adjustment unit is configured to perform an adjustment of the input wave in accordance with the first detection signal, and
the output signal is adjusted in accordance with the adjustment of the input wave by the input-wave adjustment unit.

9. The signal generation device according to claim 8 ,
wherein, when the output signal is equal to or less than a predetermined voltage value, the first detection unit is configured to generate a first abnormality signal as the first detection signal,
the input-wave adjustment unit is configured to perform an amplification of the input wave upon the first abnormality signal being input, and
the output signal becomes higher than the predetermined voltage value in accordance with the amplification of the input wave by the input-wave adjustment unit.

10. The signal generation device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second detection unit configured to generate a second detection signal corresponding to the output signal; and
a second adjustment unit configured to adjust the output signal on the basis of the second detection signal.

11. The signal generation device according to claim 10 ,
wherein, whe

Assignees

• Panasonic Corp

Inventors

• Tabata Osamu
• Nagai Shuichi
• Kawai Yasufumi

Classifications

• H02M5/02

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• G08C17/00

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