Solid-state switch device and operating method for the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12562728-B2
Application number	US-202318565076-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2023
Priority date	Jun 30, 2022
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

There is provided a solid-state switch device connected between a single-phase power supply source and a load, including: a phase bridge arm circuit, including a first and a second power semiconductor switches, which each includes a first, a second and a control ends and each includes a body diode, wherein the second ends of the first and the second power semiconductor switches are connected in series in phase of a single-phase power supply source; a phase voltage sampling circuit, configured to acquire sampled values of phase voltage of the phase bridge arm circuit; and a control circuit, configured to determine direction of the phase voltage according to the sampled values, turn on one of the power semiconductor switches whose body diode direction is the same as the direction of the phase voltage, and turn on the other within a half cycle after the immediate zero-crossing of the phase voltage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A solid-state switch device connected between a single-phase power supply source and a load, comprising:
a phase bridge arm circuit, including a first power semiconductor switch and a second power semiconductor switch, which each includes a first end, a second end and a control end and each includes a body diode, wherein the second ends of the first power semiconductor switch and the second power semiconductor switch are connected in series in phase of a single-phase power supply source; a phase voltage sampling circuit, configured to acquire sampled values of phase voltage of the phase bridge arm circuit; and a control circuit, configured to determine direction of the phase voltage according to the sampled values of the phase voltage, turn on one of the power semiconductor switches in the phase bridge arm circuit whose body diode' direction is the same as the direction of the phase voltage, and turn on the other of the power semiconductor switches in the phase bridge arm circuit within a half cycle after the immediate zero-crossing of the phase voltage.

2 . The solid-state switch device according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the first power semiconductor switch and the second power semiconductor switch is a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor, and the first end, the second end and the control end are a drain, a source and a gate, respectively; or each of the first power semiconductor switch and the second power semiconductor switch is an insulated gate bipolar transistor, and the first end, the second end and the control end are a collector, an emitter and a base, respectively.

3 . The solid-state switch device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control circuit is configured to determine the direction of the phase voltage as a positive direction by determining that an average value of the latest predetermined number of sampled values of the phase voltage is greater than a predetermined positive threshold, or determine the direction of the phase voltage as a negative direction by determining that an average value of the latest predetermined number of sampled values of the phase voltage is less than a predetermined negative threshold.

4 . The solid-state switch device according to claim 3 , wherein
after determining the direction of the phase voltage as the positive direction, the control circuit is configured to determine that the phase voltage crosses zero by determining that the average value of the latest predetermined number of sampled values of the phase voltage is less than the predetermined positive threshold; or after determining the direction of the phase voltage as the negative direction, the control circuit is configured to determine that the phase voltage crosses zero by determining that the average value of the latest predetermined number of sampled values of the phase voltage is greater than the predetermined negative threshold.

5 . A solid-state switch device connected between a three-phase power supply source and a load, comprising:
a first phase bridge arm circuit, including a first power semiconductor switch and a second power semiconductor switch, which each includes a first end, a second end and a control end and each includes a body diode, wherein the second ends of the first power semiconductor switch and the second power semiconductor switch are connected in series in a first phase of the three-phase power supply source; a second phase bridge arm circuit, including a third power semiconductor switch and a fourth power semiconductor switch, which each includes a first end, a second end and a control end and each includes a body diode, wherein the second ends of the third power semiconductor switch and the fourth power semiconductor switch are connected in series in a second phase of the three-phase power supply source; a third phase bridge arm circuit, including a fifth power semiconductor switch and a sixth power semiconductor switch, which each includes a first end, a second end and a control end and each includes a body diode, wherein the second ends of the fifth power semiconductor switch and the sixth power semiconductor switch are connected in series in a third phase of the three-phase power supply source; a phase voltage sampling circuit, configured to acquire sampled values of first phase voltage of the first phase bridge arm circuit, sampled values of second phase voltage of the second phase bridge arm circuit and sampled values of third phase voltage of the third phase bridge arm circuit; and a control circuit, configured to performs the following operations:
determining direction of a line voltage between the first phase bridge arm circuit and the second phase bridge arm circuit according to the sampled values of the first phase voltage and the sampled values of the second phase voltage, and turning on one of the power semiconductor switches in the first phase bridge arm circuit whose body diode's direction is the same as the direction of the line voltage and one of the power semiconductor switches in the second phase bridge arm circuit whose body diode's direction is the same as the direction of the line voltage;
turning on the other of the power semiconductor switches in the first phase bridge arm circuit and the other of the power semiconductor switches in the second phase bridge arm circuit within a half cycle after the immediate zero-crossing of the line voltage, and determining, after the immediate zero-crossing of the line voltage, direction of a voltage across the third phase bridge arm circuit according to the sampled values of the first phase voltage, the sampled values of the second phase voltage and the sampled values of the third phase voltage, and turning on one of the power semiconductor switches in the third phase bridge arm circuit whose body diode's direction is the same as the direction of the voltage; and
turning on the other of the power semiconductor switches in the third phase bridge arm circuit within a half cycle after the immediate zero-crossing of the voltage across the third phase bridge arm circuit,
wherein the first phase bridge arm circuit, the second phase bridge arm circuit and the third phase bridge arm circuit are connected in a star connection.

6 . The solid-state switch device according to claim 5 , wherein
each of the first to sixth power semiconductor switches is a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor, and the first end, the second end and the control end are a drain, a source and a gate, respectively; or each of the first to sixth power semiconductor switches is an insulated gate bipolar transistor, and the first end, the second end and the control end are a collector, an emitter and a base, respectively.

7 . The solid-state switch device according to claim 5 , wherein
the control circuit is configured to derive the latest predetermined number of sampled values of the line voltage from the latest predetermined number of sampled values of the first phase voltage and the latest predetermined number of sampled values of the second phase voltage, and determine the direction of the line voltage as a positive direction by determining that an average value of the latest predetermined number of sampled values of the line voltage is greater than a predetermined positive threshold, or determine the direction of the line voltage as a negative direction by determining that an average value of the latest predetermined number of sampled values of the line voltage is less than a predetermined negative threshold.

8 . The solid-state switch device according to claim 5 , wherein
the control circuit is configured to derive the latest predetermined number of sampled values of the voltage across the third phase bridge arm circ

Assignees

• Schneider Electric Ind Sas

Inventors

• Chen Xiaohang
• Bai Wanlong
• Wu Zuoren
• Song Yangfeng
• Ling Qing
• Chen Jiamin

Classifications

• H03K2217/0054

  Gating switches, e.g. pass gates · CPC title

• H03K17/687

  the devices being field-effect transistors · CPC title

• H02M1/0009

  Devices or circuits for detecting current in a converter · CPC title

• H03K2217/0009

  AC switches, i.e. delivering AC power to a load · CPC title

• H02M1/083

  for the ignition at the zero crossing of the voltage or the current · CPC title