KR20170051084A - Circuit protection device - Google Patents
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- H01T—SPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
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Abstract
Description
The present invention relates to an electric shock protection device, and more particularly, to an electric shock protection device in which discharged static electricity can flow efficiently to a circuit part.
Recently, the adoption of a metal-made housing has been increasing in order to improve aesthetics and robustness of portable electronic devices.
However, since the metal housing is excellent in electrical conductivity due to the nature of the material, an electrical path can be formed between the housing and the built-in circuit depending on the specific device or depending on the location. Particularly, since the metal housing and the circuit part form a loop, when a static electricity having a high voltage instantaneously flows through a conductor such as a metal housing having a large exposed surface area, the circuit part such as an IC can be damaged, Measures are required.
On the other hand, such a portable electronic device typically uses a charger to charge the battery. Such a charger rectifies an external AC power source to a DC power source and then through a transformer to a low DC power source suitable for a portable electronic device. Here, in order to enhance the electrical insulation of the transformer, a Y-CAP composed of a capacitor is provided at both ends of the transformer.
However, when the Y-CAP does not have the normal characteristics, such as a non-genuine charger, the DC power may not be sufficiently blocked by the Y-CAP, and furthermore, a leakage current may be generated by the AC power source. Can propagate along the ground of the circuit.
Such a leakage current can be transmitted to a conductor that can be contacted with a human body as in an external case of a portable electronic device. As a result, the user can give an unpleasant feeling of crushing and, in severe cases, There is a fear of wearing.
Accordingly, a portable electronic device such as a cellular phone employing a metal case is required to protect the user from leakage current.
In this case, it is required to take measures to simultaneously solve the problem of electric shock protection and static electricity protection. In this case, it is necessary to develop a device that takes into account the elements that can satisfy the electrical characteristics corresponding to the signals having different characteristics. to be.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric shock protection device capable of protecting an internal circuit and / or a user from a leakage current caused by static electricity or an external power source.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an electric shock protection device capable of enlarging a surface area where a pair of inner electrodes face each other to allow discharged static electricity to flow efficiently to a circuit portion.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electric shock protection device disposed between a body contactable conductor of an electronic device and a built-in circuit, comprising: a body; And an electric shock protection unit including first and second electrodes spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval in the body, and a gap formed in a region where the first and second electrodes face each other; Wherein the surface area of the first electrode and the second electrode is larger than the cross-sectional area of the first electrode and the second electrode, and the electric shock protection device And shielding the leakage current of the external power supply flowing from the ground of the circuit part.
Vbr> Vin
Here, Vbr is a breakdown voltage of the electric shock protection element,
Vin is the rated voltage of the external power supply of the electronic device.
In addition, the first electrode and the second electrode may be formed in a sawtooth shape.
The gap may include a layer of a discharge material applied to the inner wall at a predetermined thickness along the height direction.
Also, the discharge material layer may be formed of a non-conductive material or a semiconductor material including metal particles.
In addition, the layer of discharge material may include a first portion that is applied along the inner wall of the cavity, a second portion that extends outwardly from the top of the first portion, and a third portion that extends outwardly from the bottom of the first portion can do.
Further, the elementary body may be made of an insulator having a dielectric constant.
The first electrode and the second electrode may include at least one of Ag, Au, Pt, Pd, Ni, and Cu.
According to the present invention, since the surface area of the region where the first electrode and the second electrode face each other is enlarged, the discharged static electricity can flow efficiently to the circuit portion.
Further, in the portable electronic device in which the conductor such as the metal case is exposed to the outside, the user and the internal circuit can be protected from the leakage current and the static electricity caused by the external power source by providing the electric shock protection element connecting the conductor and the circuit portion.
1 is a perspective view illustrating an electric shock protection device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line A-A 'of FIG. 1,
3A to 3D are views showing various forms of a first electrode and a second electrode in an electric shock protection device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
4A and 4B are conceptual diagrams showing an application example of an electric shock protection device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS.
FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic equivalent circuit diagrams for explaining operation of (a) leakage current and (b) static electricity of an electric shock protection device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. The present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and the same or similar components are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the specification.
In the description of the electric shock protection device with reference to the drawings, the X axis is defined in the longitudinal direction of the
The electric
Vbr> Vin
Here, Vbr is a breakdown voltage of the electric shock protection element,
Vin is the rated voltage of the external power supply of the electronic device.
At this time, the rated voltage may be a standard rated voltage for each country, for example, 240V, 110V, 220V, 120V and 100V.
The electric
The
In addition, a pair of external electrodes 130 are provided outside the
Such a
The electric
The pair of internal electrodes includes a
At this time, at least a part of the
The surface area of the
That is, the end portions of the
The facing surface shapes of the
Also, The
If the distance between the
The discharge start voltage (operating voltage) of the
On the other hand, the first electrode and the second electrode disposed opposite to each other may be provided in various shapes and patterns such as a polygonal shape, a circular shape, an elliptical shape, a non-linear shape, and a combination thereof. The first and second electrodes facing each other may be provided in the same pattern and shape, or may have different patterns and shapes.
The
The
The
Here, the
As described above, when the volume of the air gap is enlarged, even if fine particles are generated from the first electrode and the second electrode during the discharge by the static electricity, the space between the first electrode and the second electrode is wide, Can be reduced.
At this time, it is preferable that the gap is a space in which discharge is initiated by the first electrode and the second electrode when static electricity is introduced, and the volume of the gap is set so as to satisfy resistance to static electricity. For example, the volume of the gap may be 1-15% of the total volume of the electric
If the volume of the gap is less than 1% of the total volume of the electric
If the volume of the gap exceeds 15% of the total volume of the electric
Here, the volume of the
For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, the end of the
3B, the end side of the
3C, the end of the
Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 3D, a plate-shaped first extended
That is, the facing surface area of the
Here, the shape of the surface where the first electrode and the second electrode face each other is not limited to the configuration shown and described in FIGS. 3A to 3D, and the surface area of the surface on which the first electrode and the second electrode face each other It can be formed in any shape as long as the shape can be widened.
Accordingly, when static electricity flowing through the metal case flows through the gap to the second electrode facing one end of the first electrode at one end of the first electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode face each other The flow of the static electricity moving from the first electrode to the second electrode can be smooth.
A
The
Accordingly, the discharge material may be made of a nonconductive material including at least one kind of metal particles, and may be made of a semiconductor material containing SiC or a silicon-based component. In addition, the discharge material may be formed by mixing at least one material selected from SiC, carbon, graphite, and ZnO and at least one material selected from Ag, Pd, Pt, Au, Cu, Ni, It is possible.
For example, when the
The ZnO component has excellent nonlinear resistance characteristics and discharge characteristics.
SiC and ZnO are both conductive when used separately, but when they are mixed and fired, ZnO is bonded to the surface of the SiC particles to form an insulating layer.
In such an insulating layer, SiC completely reacts to form a SiC-ZnO reaction layer on the surface of the SiC particles. Accordingly, the insulation layer blocks the Ag path to provide a further higher insulation property to the discharge material and improves the resistance to static electricity, thereby solving the DC shorting phenomenon when the electric shock protection device is mounted on the electronic part.
Here, the discharge material includes SiC-ZnO-based materials as an example of the discharge material. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the discharge material may be a material suitable for the components constituting the
The
The electric
Here, the portable
Such a portable
At this time, the housing of the portable
In particular, the metal case may be provided so as to partially surround or partially surround the side of the housing of the portable
As such, the electric
Such an electric
That is, when the
In this case, when the plurality of
For example, in the case where the camera of the portable
In addition, when the
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4B, the electric
Such an electric
5A, when the leakage current of the external power source is introduced into the
5B, when the static electricity flows from the outside through the
Here, the
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
100: an electric shock protection element 110:
120: internal electrode 121: first electrode
122: second electrode 130: external electrode
140: Pore 150: Discharge material layer
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An electric shock protection unit including first and second electrodes spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval in the body and a gap formed in a region where the first and second electrodes face each other; Lt; / RTI >
Wherein the surface area of the first electrode and the surface of the second electrode is larger than the cross-sectional area of the first electrode and the second electrode,
Wherein the electric shock protection device passes the static electricity without being destroyed by insulation when the static electricity flows from the electric conductor and blocks the leakage current of the external electric power supplied from the ground of the circuit part.
Vbr> Vin
Here, Vbr is a breakdown voltage of the electric shock protection element,
Vin is the rated voltage of the external power supply of the electronic device.
Wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are formed in a concavo-convex shape.
Wherein one end of the first electrode is formed in a wavy shape, and one end of the second electrode is formed corresponding to a shape of one end of the first electrode.
Wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are formed in a sawtooth shape.
Wherein the gap comprises a layer of a discharge material applied to the inner wall at a predetermined thickness along the height direction.
Wherein the discharge material layer is made of a nonconductive material or a semiconductor material including metal particles.
Wherein the layer of discharge material comprises a first portion that is applied along an inner wall of the cavity and a second portion that extends outwardly from an upper end of the first portion and a third portion that extends outward from a lower end of the first portion, Protection device.
Wherein said elementary body is made of an insulator having a permittivity.
Wherein the first electrode and the second electrode comprise at least one of Ag, Au, Pt, Pd, Ni, and Cu.
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