EP1000460A1 - Alimentation en tension d'un capteur - Google Patents

Alimentation en tension d'un capteur

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EP1000460A1
EP1000460A1 EP98942637A EP98942637A EP1000460A1 EP 1000460 A1 EP1000460 A1 EP 1000460A1 EP 98942637 A EP98942637 A EP 98942637A EP 98942637 A EP98942637 A EP 98942637A EP 1000460 A1 EP1000460 A1 EP 1000460A1
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flyback converter
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Tilmann KRÜGER
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J47/00—Tubes for determining the presence, intensity, density or energy of radiation or particles
    • H01J47/08—Geiger-Müller counter tubes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
    • G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
    • G01T1/18—Measuring radiation intensity with counting-tube arrangements, e.g. with Geiger counters
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K3/00—Circuits for generating electric pulses; Monostable, bistable or multistable circuits
    • H03K3/02—Generators characterised by the type of circuit or by the means used for producing pulses
    • H03K3/53—Generators characterised by the type of circuit or by the means used for producing pulses by the use of an energy-accumulating element discharged through the load by a switching device controlled by an external signal and not incorporating positive feedback
    • H03K3/57—Generators characterised by the type of circuit or by the means used for producing pulses by the use of an energy-accumulating element discharged through the load by a switching device controlled by an external signal and not incorporating positive feedback the switching device being a semiconductor device

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  • the invention relates to a method for supplying voltage to a sensor from energy sources with low energy and devices for using the method.
  • a Geiger-Müller counter tube for detecting radioactive radiation is assumed as an example of such a sensor.
  • the invention is not limited to sensors, but can also be used, for example, to supply power to other consumers, in particular if they have only very low power consumption at a voltage of over 100 volts.
  • a number of methods which serve to supply sensors with voltage. They can be divided into controlled and regulated voltage converters.
  • Typical controlled voltage supplies are the single-ended forward converter and the push-pull chopper, in which the primary voltage is converted into the secondary voltage with a fixed transmission ratio.
  • Single-ended flyback converters store a primary pulse that turns on a switching transistor or other suitable switch during the duration of the primary pulse and thus an increasing current in a circuit that essentially consists of a primary energy source, for example a battery, a choke and the switch, one Certain energy in the choke, which is released via a rectifier on the secondary side after switching off the primary pulse. If the load on the secondary side is known, the secondary voltage achieved can also be controlled in this way, for example by taking into account the power resulting from the load on the secondary side by suitable determination of the primary pulse rate and primary pulse duration.
  • the voltage increases theoretically indefinitely, in practice it is limited by a backflow of charge due to a lack of blocking behavior of the rectifier and / or the limited dielectric strength of the circuit, for example due to a lack of Blockability of the switching transistor, caused by voltage flashovers in the choke or in a storage capacitor used.
  • the secondary voltage is usually regulated or limited in order to avoid malfunctions in the circuit or hazards to components, especially if it should have a certain value or at least should not exceed it.
  • a limitation of the secondary voltage is often also achieved by parasitic properties of components, such as the avalanche effect of diodes, the capacitance of the choke and the reverse current of the rectifier.
  • Geiger-Müller counter tubes are consumers that have to be supplied with constant voltage over a wide range of the required current for optimum measurement accuracy.
  • the current required for a typical counter tube with an optimal measuring voltage of 500 volts in the absence of radiation is 0.25 nA, but at maximum radiation it is 15 ⁇ A corresponding to a ratio of 1: 60,000.
  • the object of the invention is to avoid the disadvantages of the known methods and devices and to make it possible, on the one hand, to carry out measurements that are as accurate as possible for as long as possible, and on the other hand to implement precise long-term detection and logging of the measured radiation.
  • a flyback converter is used to generate the voltage.
  • the rectifier of the flyback converter is designed for low reverse current and fast shutdown.
  • the measurement of the voltage generated is replaced by fast and suitably synchronized measurement of the voltage at the switch.
  • the time of the next required primary pulse is estimated in the control device and the control device is switched off by then.
  • the voltage measurement and the control behavior are carried out by a microcontroller which controls the sensor operation and also carries out the evaluation, display and logging of the sensor signal.
  • Figure 1 shows a typical device for performing the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a typical circuit according to the state of the
  • the two Figures 1 and 2 are shown as far as possible in agreement.
  • the battery 1 supplies the circuit with the operating voltage 12.
  • the control device 2 processes the measurement signal 10, which the voltage divider, formed by the resistors 6 and 7 from the output voltage 9 (FIG. 2) or the voltage at the switching transistor 3 ( Figure 1) wins, and generates the control signal 11 of the switching transistor 3. If this is switched through, the operating voltage 12 is applied to the inductor 4. Thus, the current through it increases and increasingly stores magnetic energy in it, until the switching transistor is switched off.
  • the inductance of the inductor 4 prevents a rapid change in current, the voltage across it increases until a value is reached which corresponds to the output voltage 9 plus the forward voltage of the rectifier 5, and thus charges its own parasitic capacitance of the inductor 4.
  • Now charging current flows into the capacitor 8 until the magnetic energy stored in the inductance of the inductor 4 is consumed.
  • the time required for this is called the capacitor charging time. It is 9 long for a low output voltage and short for a high one.
  • the rectifier 5 needs a certain time until it locks again, the so-called lock recovery time. Until it expires, the output voltage 9 drives an increasing current through the inductor 4 in the opposite direction, the capacitor 8 is partially discharged, the inductor 4 is charged with magnetic energy in the opposite direction.
  • the rectifier 5 blocks again, the current continues to flow into the battery 1, now from the now inversely operated transistor 3 until the magnetic energy is reduced.
  • the battery 1 is formed by accumulators, the recharging generated thereby does not interfere. However, if the cells are especially suitable for several years of maintenance-free operation, such as lithium thionyl chloride cells, the service life is reduced.
  • the blocking recovery time limits the maximum achievable output voltage 9 because the capacitor charging time decreases in a known manner with increasing output voltage 9. If no current consumption occurs, for example due to non-ideal insulation, diode reverse current or sensor current, at the output voltage 9, the maximum limit value is reached at which the capacitor charging time becomes equal to the blocking recovery time, because the charge supplied to the capacitor then equals that for each primary pulse is removed.
  • This actually unfavorable behavior is used in particularly simple applications, it ensures a limitation of the output voltage 9 and thus makes it possible to dispense with a complex measurement of the output voltage 9 of the voltage supply.
  • Very small pulse-pause ratios are typical for flyback converters to supply Geiger-Müller counter tubes, i.e. long pause times compared to the pulse durations.
  • the reverse current flows through the rectifier.
  • this is already a few microamps at room temperature, for example for diodes of the type 1 N4007 about 5 ⁇ A at 25 ° C, 50 ⁇ A at 125 ° C, i.e. a multiple of the currents required by the sensor, for example 0.25 nA. Therefore, the change in the load of the flyback converter due to changes in the sensor current compared to changes in the rectifier cutoff current due to its temperature mostly a subordinate role.
  • the output voltage 9 is often far more than one hundred times the operating voltage 12
  • the average current of the battery 1 required for this is far more than a hundred times, for example in the order of 1 mA. This means that multi-year operation with a cell of, for example, 2 Ah capacity is not possible.
  • Diodes with a short reverse recovery time available on the market have relatively high reverse currents, while diodes with a particularly low reverse current have long reverse recovery times.
  • long capacitor charging times could be used together with diodes with a particularly small reverse current.
  • it is very difficult to achieve long capacitor charging times because large inductors are required for this, which generally also have relatively large parasitic capacitances.
  • Even with an inductance of 100 mH and an operating voltage of 3 V the current increases to 30 mA in 1 ms. With a ratio of output voltage to operating voltage of 150, the current of the inductor drops linearly from the output value 30 mA to zero in less than 7 ⁇ s.
  • the circuit for measuring the output voltage 9 consumes considerable energy. Standard control devices require control variables of the order of 1 V. Thus, the output voltage 9 is reduced to the required value by the voltage divider consisting of the resistors 6 and 7. It is extremely expensive to use extremely high-resistance stable resistors. Resistors up to about 10 M ⁇ can be obtained inexpensively.
  • the measuring current is, for example, ⁇ A, i.e. considerably more than the current consumption of the sensor itself.
  • FIG. 1 A typical arrangement of an embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 1.
  • the battery 1 in FIG. 1 is realized by a single cell with a high voltage and a long service life, for example a lithium-thionyl chloride cell of size AA, also called Mignon, with a service life of over 10 years. a capacity of 2 Ah and a voltage of 3.7 V.
  • the danger to this cell due to the above-mentioned recharging is avoided by two buffer capacitors 16 and 17 and the Schottky diode 18.
  • the latter can be replaced by a suitably controlled switch, for example a field effect transistor, which can be driven in parallel with transistor 3, with which the current for magnetizing the inductor can be provided by the primary energy source and the two capacitors 16 and 17.
  • a suitably controlled switch for example a field effect transistor, which can be driven in parallel with transistor 3, with which the current for magnetizing the inductor can be provided by the primary energy source and the two capacitors 16 and 17.
  • the capacitor 16 relieves the battery 1 against reverse currents of the Schottky diode 18 on the one hand and together with the capacitor 17 when the current is provided for storing magnetic energy in the inductor 4 on the other hand.
  • control device 2 is implemented by a pulse generator 14, which programs a timer 15 by transmitting a switch-off time 19 such that the supply of the pulse generator by the switch 20 is switched off during this.
  • a control device can be implemented, for example, by a microcontroller with so-called low-power modes.
  • this microcontroller also performs other functions, such as activating the sensor only at certain times or depending on the remaining battery capacity or displaying, calculating the dose and logging the measured values of the sensor.
  • the output voltage 9 is measured in front of the rectifier.
  • an analog-to-digital converter with a relatively slow sample-and-hold circuit in the microcontroller is used, the control signal 11 being synchronized with the analog-to-digital converter in accordance with the invention, in such a way that its sample-and-hold circuit has a specific one Time before the control signal 11 is switched off begins with the sampling of the measured value and, after a fixed time, it ends so in good time that the capacitor charging time has not yet ended even with the maximum output voltage 9 still to be measured. So regardless of the capacitor charging time, the effective sampling time of the measurement signal 10 is shorter than the time required for the sample and hold circuit to settle, but it has a fixed relationship to this. A corresponding correction can be carried out in accordance with the ratio of the effective sampling time of the measurement signal 10 to the time constant of the sample and hold circuit in a generally known manner.
  • the rectifier 5 is realized from two diodes 21 and 22, the diode 22 on the output side having a particularly small reverse current and a particularly short reverse recovery time being dispensed with, and the diode 21 having a particularly short reverse recovery time not having a particularly small one Reverse current is realized.
  • both diodes 21 and 22 are initially conductive.
  • diode 21 will first reach its blocking recovery time and switch off. Thereafter, the diode 22 will slowly block, but because of the lower reverse current compared to the diode 21, determine the reverse current of the rectifier 5 for a substantial part of the pause time between two pulses.
  • the reverse current of the diode 21 will flow for a few microseconds, and that of the diode 22 for the rest of the pause time.
  • the proposed output-side arrangement voltage of the diode 22, the leakage current of the circuit can also be minimized.
  • the connection on the output side, the cathode, and the diode 22 is no longer routed to the printed circuit board, but rather directly to a self-supporting connection of the storage capacitor 8 the circuit board caused leakage currents, which can easily reach the order of magnitude of the sensor current, avoided.
  • a cell with a particularly long service life and high energy is used as primary energy source 1, for example a lithium thionyl chloride cell.
  • the control device 2 is formed by a measurement signal processor which contains an analog-digital converter for evaluating the measurement signal 10 which is essentially proportional to the voltage at the capacitor 8 as the output voltage of the flyback converter, and which executes the control algorithms for controlling the flyback converter with generation of the control signal 11 and with a Timer is equipped.
  • the time switch serves to determine the primary pulse duration of the control signal 11 and to switch off all components of the control device which are not necessary during the primary pulse pause.
  • the synchronization of the measurement with the time of the transition of the switching transistor 3 to the non-conductive state is achieved in the measurement signal processor by first starting the analog-to-digital converter towards the end of the primary pulse duration and then ending the primary pulse after a certain time. After the analog-digital conversion of the measurement signal 11 has ended, the control algorithm is executed and the distance to the next primary pulse is thus determined.
  • the measurement signal processor additionally takes on, among other things, management of the real time from the date and time, an evaluation of the sensor signal (not shown in FIG. 1), a display of desired values on a display, a logging of desired sizes and an evaluation of an operating keyboard.
  • the computing time required for this is short compared to the operating time of the device.
  • the measurement signal processor is put into an idle mode in which only the timer and a counter for detecting a signal generated by the sensor are active and which is characterized by extremely low power consumption.
  • the primary energy source 1 is supported by a capacitor 16, preferably a ceramic capacitor with a very high capacitance, very low leakage current and low internal resistance.
  • a capacitor 16 preferably a ceramic capacitor with a very high capacitance, very low leakage current and low internal resistance.
  • cells can be used as the primary energy source, which have a particularly long lifespan due to a passivation effect, but unfortunately can also develop a relatively high internal resistance, because the capacitor 16 can provide the charge required for magnetizing the inductor 4 with only a small drop in voltage and can be found in the recharge for a relatively long pause between two primary pulses.
  • the diode 18 prevents reverse current to the primary energy source 1 and decouples the circuit formed by the capacitor 17, the choke 4 and the switching transistor 3 from the supply of the control device 2 formed by the primary energy source 1 and the capacitor 16 during the primary pulse in Level of their forward voltage.
  • a relatively high-resistance resistor can be connected in parallel to the diode 18, which ensures that the capacitor 17 is charged to the voltage of the capacitor 16 in the relatively long pause of the primary pulse, without any appreciable reverse current being expected.
  • the rectifier 5 consists of two different diodes, the diode 22 on the output side being realized by a particularly small reverse current when there is no particularly short reverse recovery time and the diode 21 by a particularly short reverse recovery time when there is no particularly small reverse current.
  • the area with the output voltage 9, that is to say that between the output side of the diode 22, in FIG. 22 thus its cathode, the connection of the capacitor 8 and the high-voltage connection of the sensor as a consumer, is particularly well insulated from the rest of the circuit, for example by free wiring in the room, by large distances on a circuit board carrying the circuit and / or by suitable slots in the circuit board.
  • the voltage divider comprising the resistors 6 and 7 divides the voltage at the switching transistor 3 and is constructed from a very high-resistance resistor 6 and a low-resistance resistor 7. Care is taken that the resistor 6 is not capacitively loaded by other components or the circuit board and is not inductive, because otherwise a low-pass behavior is impressed on the voltage divider.
  • the voltage at the switching transistor 3 corresponds very well to the output voltage 9 during the conducting phase of the rectifier 5, and to the operating voltage 12 during the blocking phase.
  • the particularly favorable embodiment of the invention described above has been implemented as a radiation measuring device with a Geiger-Müller counter tube, a keyboard and a liquid crystal display. If the radiation is not too strong, this device only requires an average current of about 10 microamps, which is supplied by the battery, and is therefore 100 times better than solutions according to the prior art. This means that the device can no longer be switched off, since the service life is no longer determined by the power consumption, but only by the durability of the sensor and is well over 10 years.

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Abstract

Les capteurs nécessitant une tension d'alimentation élevée et, au moins de temps en temps, seulement un peu de courant sont alimentés par un convertisseur à oscillateur bloqué qui possède un rendement élevé grâce à un faible courant inverse du redresseur et simultanément à un court temps de recouvrement du blocage, à une faible consommation du dispositif de réglage et à une mesure de tension économique mais néanmoins rentable. L'utilisation de piles longue durée s'avère particulièrement utile.
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