Switching device and method for controlling the switching device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025266811-A1
Application number	US-202519008914-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 3, 2025
Priority date	Feb 21, 2024
Publication date	Aug 21, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A switching device including a coil a first switch and a second switch connected in series. The switching device includes a first diode with the anode connected to a second end of the coil; a second diode with the cathode connected to a first end of the coil; a first power supply unit, the first end of which is connected to the second end of the coil and the second end of which is connected to the low potential end, and the output end of which outputs a first supply voltage; a current detection unit, which is connected between the second end of the second switch and the low potential end; a voltage detection unit, which is connected between the high potential end and the low potential end; and a control unit. A method for controlling the switching device is also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A switching device, comprising:
a coil, a first switch and a second switch; wherein a first end of the first switch is connected to a high potential end of an input power source and a second end of the first switch is connected to a first end of the coil; a second end of the coil is connected to a first end of the second switch and a second end of the second switch is connected to a low potential end of the input power source; the switching device further comprises: a first diode, the anode of the first diode being connected to the second end of the coil and the cathode of the first diode being connected to the high potential end; a second diode, the anode of the second diode being connected to the low potential end and the cathode of the second diode being connected to the first end of the coil; a first power supply unit, a first end of the first power supply unit being connected to the second end of the coil, a second end of the first power supply unit being connected to the low potential end, and an output of the first power supply unit outputting a first supply voltage; a first energy-consuming unit, the first energy-consuming unit being connected between the second end of the second switch and the low potential end; a second energy-consuming unit, the second energy-consuming unit being connected between the high potential end and the low potential end; a voltage detection unit, which is configured to detect an input voltage of the input power source and to feed a voltage detection signal to the control unit; and the control unit, which is configured to control the switching on and off of the first switch and to control the switching on and off of the second switch within a time period during which the first switch is switched off in response to the input voltage being greater than a pre-given voltage threshold; wherein the first supply voltage is less than the input voltage.

2 . The switching device according to claim 1 , wherein the first power supply unit comprises:
a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a first Zener diode and a third diode; wherein the first capacitor is connected in series with the second capacitor, a first end of the first capacitor is connected to the second end of the coil, a second end of the second capacitor is connected to the low potential end, the third diode is connected in series with the first Zener diode and connected in parallel to the second capacitor, the third capacitor is connected in parallel with the first Zener diode, the cathode of the third diode is connected to the cathode of the first Zener diode, the anode of the first Zener diode is connected to the low potential end, and the cathode of the first Zener diode is connected to the output of the first power supply unit.

3 . The switching device according to claim 2 , wherein the switching device further comprises:
a second Zener diode, wherein the anode of the second Zener diode is connected to the second end of the second switch, and the cathode of the second Zener diode is connected to the second end of the first capacitor.

4 . The switching device according to claim 1 , wherein the switching device further comprises:
a second power supply unit, which is configured to convert the input voltage to a second supply voltage; wherein the second supply voltage is less than the input voltage; wherein the control unit is configured to control the second power supply unit to output the second supply voltage in response to the input voltage being less than the voltage threshold, and the control unit is configured to control the first power supply unit to output the first supply voltage in response to the input voltage being greater than the voltage threshold.

5 . The switching device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to control the duty cycle of the first switch by means of pulse width modulation.

6 . The switching device according to claim 1 , wherein the switching device further comprises:
a current detection unit, which is configured to detect the current flowing through the coil and to feed a current detection signal to the control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to control the switching on and off of the first switch based on the current detection signal.

7 . The switching device according to claim 6 , wherein the first energy dissipating unit is constructed as a current sampling resistor, and the current detection unit comprises the current sampling resistor and a first filter circuit connected in parallel with the current sampling resistor.

8 . The switching device according to claim 1 , wherein the second energy-consuming unit is constructed as a voltage sampling resistor, and the voltage detection unit comprises the voltage sampling resistor and a second filter circuit connected in parallel with the voltage sampling resistor.

9 . The switching device according to claim 1 , wherein the switching device further comprises:
a rectification unit, which is configured to convert the alternating current of the input power source into direct current.

10 . A method for controlling a switching device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the switching on and off of the first switch by means of pulse width modulation, thereby controlling the magnitude of the current flowing through the coil;
wherein the control unit controls the second switch to switch off and on within a time period in which the first switch is off in response to the input voltage being greater than the voltage threshold.

Assignees

• Schneider Electric Ind Sas

Inventors

• Xu Jungang
• Chen Jiamin
• Yan Songxue
• Feng Siyang
• Zhuang Hao
• Xie Juan

Classifications

• H02M1/44

  Circuits or arrangements for compensating for electromagnetic interference in converters or inverters · CPC title

• H02H3/08

  responsive to excess current (responsive to abnormal temperature caused by excess current H02H5/04) · CPC title

• H02H3/24

  responsive to undervoltage or no-voltage {(H02H3/207 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H02H3/20

  responsive to excess voltage · CPC title

• H02H7/26

  Sectionalised protection of cable or line systems, e.g. for disconnecting a section on which a short-circuit, earth fault, or arc discharge has occured (locating faults in cables G01R31/08) · CPC title