EP3760011A1 - Electrificateur de clôture électrique et son procédé de commande - Google Patents
Electrificateur de clôture électrique et son procédé de commandeInfo
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- EP3760011A1 EP3760011A1 EP19715142.6A EP19715142A EP3760011A1 EP 3760011 A1 EP3760011 A1 EP 3760011A1 EP 19715142 A EP19715142 A EP 19715142A EP 3760011 A1 EP3760011 A1 EP 3760011A1
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- capacitor
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05C—ELECTRIC CIRCUITS OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR USE IN EQUIPMENT FOR KILLING, STUNNING, OR GUIDING LIVING BEINGS
- H05C1/00—Circuits or apparatus for generating electric shock effects
- H05C1/04—Circuits or apparatus for generating electric shock effects providing pulse voltages
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02J—ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
- H02J7/90—Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02J—ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
- H02J7/34—Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other DC sources, e.g. providing buffering
- H02J7/345—Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other DC sources, e.g. providing buffering using capacitors as storage or buffering devices
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- the invention relates to an electric fence energizer and its control method.
- the invention relates to an electric fence energizer comprising a source of electrical energy at the terminals of which are disposed a power storage capacitor, a voltage booster transformer whose secondary is connected to a power supply. an electric fence, and a controllable switch capable of interrupting abruptly while discharging the storage capacitor the current flowing in the primary area of the transformer from said capacitor.
- the invention also relates to a method of com ming of such an electric fence energizer.
- Document FR 2 917 940 describes an electric fence energizer whose primer is in series with a controllable Thyristor to allow the discharge of the energy storage capacitor in the prim ary area.
- Such a thyristor can not provide interruption or lim itation of the capacitor discharge in the primary of the electric fence energizer. This is why an electronic switch is provided to provide this function.
- Document FR 2 709 225 describes an electric fence apparatus which adapts its operating mode to the state of the fence.
- a capacitor is discharged via a transformer to the fence under the control of a switch synchronized by a controller.
- the switch is opened when the discharge energy has reached a previously given value.
- the switch is an electronic actuator capable of being controlled at the close to enable the drive discharge and commanded to open to interrupt it.
- energy is transferred into the circuit downstream of the switch.
- the energy not yet consumed in this downstream circuit dissipates as quickly as possible. This dissipation takes place, in the transformer in the form of mechanical losses, downstream of the transformer to the electric fence and also upstream of the transformer.
- the object of the invention is to propose an electric fence energizer comprising an internal electronic control device capable of interrupting impulse at any moment of the impulse which does not have the above disadvantages.
- Another object of a particular embodiment of the invention is to provide an electric fence energizer in which part of the residual energy losses are not dissipated.
- the subject of the invention is an electric fence energizer comprising an energy storage capacitor capable of being discharged into the primary area of a voltage-increasing transformer, the secondary of which is connected to the electric fence, and comprising a internal electronic device controlling capacitor discharge pulses to the electric fence, characterized in that the capacitor is discharged into a circuit constituted, in series and in the following order, of a first electronic actuator, followed by primary transformer, followed by a second electronic actuator, each of the two electronic actuators being com mable opening and closing, and able to interrupt, during discharge, the discharge pulses of the capacitor in the primary of the transformer , and then to allow them.
- two diodes are fitted to oppose the discharge of the capacitor, each in parallel on the primary of the transformer and one of the electronic actuators com mandables opening and closing, so that the direction of passage of the current in the primary of the transformer is unique.
- the electronic actuators are com m etable opening
- I GBT insulated gate bipolar transistors
- the electronic actuators that are controllable in opening and closing are semi-conductor connection devices of the BJT, GTO or MOSFET type.
- the invention also relates to a method for controlling an electric fence energizer as m entioned above, characterized by the steps of:
- the method comprises a step:
- the triggering of the discharge of the capacitor in the primary area of the transformer is ensured by the control of the closure of the two electronic actuators.
- control of the two electronic actuators is simultaneous.
- the com m on of the two electronic actuators is shifted.
- the subject of the invention is also an electric fence energizer comprising a plurality of energy storage capacitors, each capable of being discharged into the primary area of a step-up transformer, the secondary of which is connected to the electric fence, and comprising a device internal electronic com m ent of capacitor discharge pulses to the electric fence, characterized in that each capacitor is discharged in a circuit constituted, in series and in the following order, of a first electronic actuator, followed by the first stage of the transformer, followed by a second electronic actuator, each of the two electronic actuators being controllable in opening and in closing, and capable of interrupting, during discharge, any current flowing from said capacitor to the prime area of the transformer; and then to authorize it.
- the invention also relates to a method of com m ee an electric fence energizer comprising several energy storage capacitors as m entioned above, characterized by the steps of: a. define a threshold for an electrical characteristic of the impulse to be applied to the fence,
- the above commeand method is characterized in that the triggering of the discharge of a capacitor in the prim ary of the transformer is ensured for each capacitor concerned by the com close the two respective electronic actuators.
- the comparison of the two respective electronic actuators is simultaneous.
- the command of the two respective electronic actuators is shifted.
- Fig. 1a is a simplified electrical schematic diagram of a fence energizer according to the invention.
- Fig. 1b is a simplified block diagram of a fence energizer according to an alternative embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 2a is a simplified electrical diagram of a first embodiment of an electric fence energizer according to the invention.
- Fig. 2b is a simplified circuit diagram of a second embodiment of an electric fence energizer according to the invention.
- Fig. 3a is a simplified electric diagram of a third embodiment of an electric fence energizer according to the invention.
- Fig. 3b is a simplified wiring diagram of an alternative embodiment of the third embodiment of an electric fence energizer according to the invention.
- the electric fence energizer includes in its simplified electrical diagram (Fig. 1) a source 1 of continuous electrical energy charging a capacitor 2 for energy storage.
- the capacitor 2 is able to discharge in the primary 3 of a step-up transformer, whose secondary 4 is connected to an electric fence.
- the positive terminal of the electric power source 1 is connected to an electrode of the capacitor 2, itself connected in series with the terminal 8 of the primary area 3 of the transformer via a first electronic actuator 5.
- the negative terminal of the electric power source 1 is connected to the other electrode of the capacitor, itself connected in series with the other terminal 9 of the primary 3 of the transformer via a second electronic actuator 6
- the two electronic actuators 5 and 6 are controllable in opening and closing by means of an internal electronic device, not shown, which may for example contain a microcontroller.
- the two electronic actuators 5 and 6 are preferably insulated gate bipolar transistors (I GBT), but they can also be of the BJT, GTO or MOSFET type.
- I GBT insulated gate bipolar transistor
- the dim ening of these actuators is selected to allow instantaneous absolute interruption at any moment of the pulse, including the most critical one where the current flowing through them is highest.
- the control of the two electronic actuators 5 and 6 can be simultaneous or shifted.
- the arrangement of the primary 3 of the transformer in series between two electronic actuators com mandable opening and closing has several advantages.
- the symmetrical presence of the two electronic actuators ensures a balanced footprint around the transformer whose center of gravity is generally close to that of the energizer.
- these actuators can indeed not be reduced to simple and unique electronic components. They can be of large volumes and sizes.
- the alternative option of placing the two actuators in series one after the other in am (or downstream) of the primary of the transformers would therefore have a significant imbalance when one considers that the energizers sometimes end up in a precarious position by some end-users who do not always follow the instructions of the operating methods.
- the electrical diagram is completed by two diodes, 1 1 and 12, m to oppose the discharge of the capacitor 2.
- the first diode 1 1 is connected between the terminal 9, placed between the primary 3 of the transformer and the second electronic actuator 6, and the point 7 com m a to the first electronic actuator 5 and the positive terminal of the energy source 1.
- the first diode 11 is connected in parallel on the primary 3 of the transformer and the first electronic actuator 5.
- the second diode 12 is connected between the terminal 8, placed between the primary area 3 of the transformer and the first one. electronic actuator 5, and the point 10 com m a second electronic actuator 6 and the negative terminal of the energy source 1.
- the second diode 12 is connected in parallel with the primary 3 of the transformer and the second electronic actuator 6.
- the two electronic actuators 5 and 6 are open.
- the energy source 1 charges the capacitor 2 and no current passes through the primary area 3 of the transformer.
- the electronic device (not shown) internal to the energizer defines a threshold, which may be safety, for an electrical characteristic of the impulse to be applied to the electric fence. This characteristic is for example an intensity, a voltage, a quantity of energy, a duration.
- the internal electronic device When the internal electronic device commands the triggering of an impulse applicable to the electric fence, it orders the closing of the two electronic actuators 5 and 6.
- the discharge pulse of the capacitor 2 in the primary 3 of the transformer is triggered and runs until the set threshold is reached.
- the internal electronic device then commands the opening of the electronic actuators 5 and 6 for the interruption of the discharge pulse of the capacitor 2.
- a large part of the stored energy is stored in the circuit downstream of the capacitor 2 that is to say, in the primary 3 of the transformer and / or in the electric fence then leaves the electric fence and / or the primary 3 to recharge the capacitor 2 through the diodes 12 and 1 1.
- the electric fence energizer is then ready for the next pulse.
- the arrangement of the diodes 1 1 and 12 relative to the electronic actuators 5 and 6 ensures that in the primary 3 of the transformer, the flow direction of the current is unique. Indeed, during the discharge impulse of the capacitor and during the recovery phase of the residual energy that follows the interruption of the impulse, the current in the primary area 3 of the transformer goes from the terminal 8 to the terminal 9.
- the combination of the two actuators 5 and 6 arranged symmetrically with respect to the primary area 3 of the transformer, and the two diodes 1 1 and 12, each in parallel on the primary 3 of the transformer and one of the electronic actuators 5 and 6, ensures first the control of the discharge of the capacitor 2 until the threshold is reached for an electrical characteristic of the impulse to be applied to the electric fence, and then the optimum recovery of the residual energy.
- the capacitor is submitted to a minimal discharge because it interrupts quickly
- the capacitor is submitted to a maximum recharge by the recovery of a good part of the reenient energy thanks to the diodes.
- the consumption of electrical energy at the capacitor is therefore minimal, which is particularly important for self-powered electric fence energizers, on batteries, batteries, or solar panels.
- the electric fence energizer comprises a plurality of energy storage capacitors, for forming a larger impulse or a pulse consisting of a sequence of several elementary impulses.
- the energizer comprises a second capacitor 14, m connected in parallel with the first capacitor 2.
- the capacitor 2 is able to be discharged in the circuit comprising, in series, the first electronic actuator 5, the primary 3 of the transformer and the second electronic actuator 6.
- the capacitor 14 is able to be discharged into the com circuit carrying, in series, a first electronic actuator 17, the primary 3 of the transformer and a second electronic actuator 1 8.
- each of the capacitors 2 and 14 is fed by the energy source 1 through a diode 15 and 16, respectively.
- the discharge circuit of each of the capacitors 2 and 14 comprises a first electronic actuator, respectively 5 and 17, then in series the primary 3 of the transformer and the second electronic actuator 6.
- the electric fence energizer comprises a plurality of energy storage capacitors charged by the power source and each discharging into the primary form of the transformer. The storage capacitors of this energizer, connected in parallel, are therefore systematically subjected, individually or in combination, to a discharge in said priming area.
- the discharge commanded by the internal electronic device takes place in a circuit constituted, in series and in the following order, of a first electronic actuator, then of the first stage of the transformer, then of a second actuator electronic, each of the two electronic actuators being com m eavable opening and closing, and able to interrupt, during discharge, any current fl owing from the capacitor to the prim ial of the transformer, and then to authorize it.
- the respective electronic actuators are in a position to allow the passage, in the primary area of the transformer, of the electric current corresponding to any respective discharge pulse of each storage capacitor belonging to any combination of capacitors of the capacitor. energizer and triggered by the internal electronic control device. And they are then in a position to interrupt this discharge at any moment.
- the electric fence energizer includes a capacitor charged by the power source in a circuit having in series the capacitor and the primary area of the transformer.
- the electronic actuators 5 and 6 are closed to ensure the charging of the storage capacitor.
- An additional electronic actuator 13, here forming part of the internal discharge pulse compression device not shown, is connected in parallel across the set of capacitor 2 and the primary area 3 of the transformer flanked by the two electronic actuators 5 and 6.
- the capacitor 2 can be discharged into the circuit comprising in series the second electronic actuator 6, the primary 3 of the transformer and the first one. electronic actuator 5.
- the electronic actuators 5 and 6 are later opened to interrupt the capacitor discharge pulse.
- the diodes 1 1 and 12 are mounted to oppose the discharge of the capacitor 2.
- the electronic actuator 13 m has been paralleled, on the one hand, with the energy source 1, on the other hand with the circuit comprising the capacitor 2, the first electronic actuator 5, the primary transformer 3, and the second electronic actuator 6, is preferably a TRI AC, capable of driving in both directions. Since the electronic actuator 13 is blocked, the charging circuit of the capacitor 2 includes the diode 1 1, the primary area 3 of the transformer, the diode 12 and the power source 1.
- the internal electronic device controls the closing of the electronic actuators 5 and 6 to allow the discharge of the capacitor 2. It then commands the release of the electronic actuator 13 to trigger the discharge of the capacitor 2.
- the discharge circuit com takes the electronic actuator 13, the second electronic actuator 6, the primary area 3 of the transformer and the first electronic actuator 5.
- the internal electronic device controls the energy applied to the electric fence and when the preset threshold is reached, it command the opening of the electronic actuators 5 and 6 to interrupt the discharge.
- the internal electronic device com mers the blocking of the TRIAC 13.
- I l can then com m er the closure of the electronic actuators 5 and 6 to allow, for the cycle
- the discharge pulse of the capacitor 2 The triggering of this capacitor discharge pulse is then ensured by the internal electronic circuit by the TRI AC release mechanism.
- the invention has been described with a storage capacitor mated in parallel or in series with the prime of the transformer, and with several capacitors connected in parallel.
- Figures 3a and 3b illustrate the case of two capacitors, but the invention also covers cases with more than two capacitors.
- the invention also covers the case where additional electronic components are added in the series circuit branch formed by the first actuator, then the primary transformer area, then the second actuator, for example to manage problems. EMC filtering.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| FR1851838A FR3078603B1 (fr) | 2018-03-02 | 2018-03-02 | Electrificateur de cloture electrique et son procede de commande |
| PCT/FR2019/050432 WO2019166730A1 (fr) | 2018-03-02 | 2019-02-26 | Electrificateur de clôture électrique et son procédé de commande |
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| EP3760011A1 true EP3760011A1 (fr) | 2021-01-06 |
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| EP19715142.6A Pending EP3760011A1 (fr) | 2018-03-02 | 2019-02-26 | Electrificateur de clôture électrique et son procédé de commande |
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| US (1) | US11979969B2 (fr) |
| EP (1) | EP3760011A1 (fr) |
| FR (1) | FR3078603B1 (fr) |
| WO (1) | WO2019166730A1 (fr) |
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| CN114221569B (zh) * | 2021-12-21 | 2023-12-01 | 中国人民解放军国防科技大学 | 等离子体高能合成射流激励器并联放电装置及方法 |
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| DE1514726B1 (de) * | 1965-06-24 | 1973-02-01 | Schecker Geb Block | Schaltung zur Erzeugung von Schreckspannungsimpulsen zur Dressur von Tieren |
| DE4327572C1 (de) | 1993-08-17 | 1994-10-13 | Horizont Geraetewerk | Elektrozaungerät |
| US7582988B2 (en) * | 2006-09-30 | 2009-09-01 | Zareba Security, Inc. | Lethal electric fence energizer |
| FR2917940B1 (fr) * | 2007-06-22 | 2009-09-11 | Lacme Holding Sa | Electrificateur de cloture electrique |
| JP6139747B1 (ja) * | 2016-05-10 | 2017-05-31 | 三菱電機株式会社 | 放電装置 |
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| WO2019166730A1 (fr) | 2019-09-06 |
| US11979969B2 (en) | 2024-05-07 |
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| NZ766821A (en) | 2025-06-27 |
| FR3078603B1 (fr) | 2020-02-07 |
| FR3078603A1 (fr) | 2019-09-06 |
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