Energy supply

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10680428-B2
Application number	US-201715686516-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2017
Priority date	Sep 13, 2016
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

An energy supply for an electrical circuit breaker includes a current converter with a primary conductor and a secondary winding. The energy supply further has a triac with two main connections and one control connection, the triac being connected electrically in parallel with the secondary winding via the main connections. A series circuit including at least two zener diodes is connected to the control connection of the triac at one end and to a main connection of the triac at the other end.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An energy supply for an electrical circuit breaker, comprising:
a current converter including a primary conductor and a secondary winding;
a triac including two main connections and one control connection, the triac being connected electrically in parallel with the secondary winding via the main connections, the two main connections of the triac being connected to input connections of a rectifier and two DC voltage-side output connections of the rectifier being connected to a capacitor; and
a series circuit comprising at least two zener diodes, the series circuit being connected to the control connection of the triac at one end of the series circuit and being connected to a main connection of the triac at another end of the series circuit;
wherein the electrical circuit breaker is designed for a three-phase energy supply system, one current converter and one triac being provided for each phase of the three-phase energy supply system, the rectifier being configured as a three-phase rectifier, and the two main connections of the triac, of each phase of the three-phase energy supply system, each being connected to a respective input of the three-phase rectifier.

2. The energy supply of claim 1 , wherein the primary conductor is a conductor of the electrical circuit breaker, current flow of the conductor through the electrical circuit breaker being monitorable such that, in response to current limit values or current/time period limit values being exceeded, and the primary conductor of the electrical circuit breaker being configured to be interrupted.

3. The energy supply of claim 2 , wherein a another capacitor is connected in parallel with the two main connections of the triac.

4. The energy supply of claim 1 , wherein another capacitor is connected in parallel with the two main connections of the triac to form a parallel circuit.

5. The energy supply of claim 4 , wherein the parallel circuit comprises the secondary winding and the triac includes a first inductor.

6. The energy supply of claim 1 , wherein the series circuit comprising at least two zener diodes includes a first resistor.

7. The energy supply of claim 1 , wherein a control connection-side connection of the series circuit is connected to another capacitor which, at another end, is connected to a main connection of the triac, of the two main connections of the triac, that is not connected to the series circuit.

8. The energy supply of claim 1 , wherein the two DC voltage-side output connections of the rectifier provide an energy supply for the electrical circuit breaker.

9. A DC voltage current limiting device for an electrical circuit breaker, comprising:
a thyristor, an anode of the thyristor being connected to a positive pole of a DC voltage conductor pair and a cathode of the thyristor being connected to a negative pole of the DC voltage conductor pair, for energy supply of the electrical circuit breaker; and
a zener diode, a cathode of the zener diode being connected to the positive pole of the DC voltage conductor pair and an anode of the zener diode being connected to a gate of the thyristor,
wherein the electrical circuit breaker is designed for a three-phase energy supply system, one current converter and one triac being provided for each phase of the three-phase energy supply system, a rectifier being configured as a three-phase rectifier, two main connections of the triac being connected to input connections of a rectifier and two DC voltage-side output connections of the rectifier being connected to a capacitor, and the two main connections of the triac, of each phase of the three-phase energy supply system, each being connected to a respective input of the three-phase rectifier.

10. The DC voltage current limiting device of claim 9 , wherein a second resistor is connected in series with the zener diode.

11. The DC voltage current limiting device of claim 10 wherein a capacitor is connected between a gate connection of the thyristor and the negative pole of the DC voltage conductor pair.

12. The DC voltage current limiting device of claim 10 , wherein a capacitor is connected to a cathode-side connection of the thyristor at one end of the capacitor and to an anode-side connection of the thyristor at another end of the capacitor.

13. The DC voltage current limiting device of claim 10 , wherein the DC voltage conductor pair is connected to an output of a rectifier, the rectifier being connected, at an input end of the rectifier, to a secondary winding of a current converter of the electrical circuit breaker.

14. The DC voltage current limiting device of claim 9 wherein a capacitor is connected between a gate connection of the thyristor and the negative pole.

15. The DC voltage current limiting device of claim 9 , wherein a capacitor is connected to a cathode-side connection of the thyristor at one end and to an anode-side connection of the thyristor at another end.

16. The DC voltage current limiting device of claim 9 , wherein a series circuit comprising a diode and a capacitor is electrically connected between the positive pole of the DC voltage conductor pair and the negative pole of the DC voltage conductor pair, and wherein the anode of the diode is connected to the positive pole of the DC voltage conductor pair or the cathode of the diode is connected to the negative pole of the DC voltage conductor pair, and energy supply of the electrical circuit breaker is provided by the DC voltage across the capacitor.

17. The DC voltage current limiting device of claim 9 , wherein the DC voltage conductor pair is connected to an output of a rectifier, the rectifier being connected, at an input end of the rectifier, to a secondary winding of a current converter of the electrical circuit breaker.

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Geissler Michael
• Stehle Michael

Classifications

• H02H3/083

  for three-phase systems · CPC title

• H02H1/0007

  concerning the detecting means (in general G01R or other subclasses of G01; reed switches H01H71/2445) · CPC title

• H02H9/02

  responsive to excess current {(current limitation for voltage regulators G05F1/573; disconnection after limiting H02H3/025)} · CPC title

• H02H1/06 Primary

  Arrangements for supplying operative power {(power supply arrangements in general G05F, H02M)} · CPC title

• H02H9/041

  using a short-circuiting device · CPC title