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US3626200A
US3626200A US862327A US3626200DA US3626200A US 3626200 A US3626200 A US 3626200A US 862327 A US862327 A US 862327A US 3626200D A US3626200D A US 3626200DA US 3626200 A US3626200 A US 3626200A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P15/00—Electric spark ignition having characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F02P1/00 - F02P13/00 and combined with layout of ignition circuits
    • F02P15/10—Electric spark ignition having characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F02P1/00 - F02P13/00 and combined with layout of ignition circuits having continuous electric sparks
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P3/00—Other installations
    • F02P3/06—Other installations having capacitive energy storage
    • F02P3/08—Layout of circuits
    • F02P3/0876—Layout of circuits the storage capacitor being charged by means of an energy converter (DC-DC converter) or of an intermediate storage inductance
    • F02P3/0884—Closing the discharge circuit of the storage capacitor with semiconductor devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
    • H02M7/00—Conversion of AC power input into DC power output; Conversion of DC power input into AC power output
    • H02M7/42—Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal
    • H02M7/44—Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters
    • H02M7/48—Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
    • H02M7/53—Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal
    • H02M7/537—Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters
    • 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
    • H03K3/26—Generators characterised by the type of circuit or by the means used for producing pulses by the use, as active elements, of bipolar transistors with internal or external positive feedback
    • H03K3/30—Generators characterised by the type of circuit or by the means used for producing pulses by the use, as active elements, of bipolar transistors with internal or external positive feedback using a transformer for feedback, e.g. blocking oscillator

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  • An ignition device used in an internal combustion engine will be discussed as an example of conventional devices.
  • a voltage supplied from a battery is'stepped up through a DC- DC converter so as to charge a capacitor.
  • the electricity stored in the capacitor is discharged through the primary winding of an ignition coil. Consequently, due to induction phenomenon, a high voltage is developed across the secondary winding of the ignition coil.
  • the high voltage thus induced is impressed between a spark gap to cause a spark discharge.
  • This method is a conventionally used one.
  • the DC- DC converter used in the conventional method usually includes a push-pullator circuit having two transistors and a transformer, and a rectifier circuit comprising four diodes connected in a bridge circuit so as to rectify the output from the oscillator circuit.
  • the thyristor which conducts the charge stored in the capacitor to the primary winding of the ignition coil forms a circuit different from that including the transistor which supplies the step-up transformer with actuating current. So, the ignition will be simultaneous with the operation of the transistor, but the turning off is not synchronized with it. Hence, various difficulties have to be overcome for effectively supplying the ignition coil with the electrical energy stored in the capacitor.
  • One object of the present invention is to provide a pulse generator means which can create a series of electric pulses capable of transporting sufficient energy even during a very short duration.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a pulse generator means which can supply a capacitor to store the energy of electric pulses with sufficient energy.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a device which can effectively convert the energy stored in the capacitor into electric pulse energy.
  • a still further object of the invention is to provide an electric pulse generator means possessed of an excellent property as an ignition device for use in an internal combustion engine.
  • a semiconductor element which is adapted to supply an electric energy stored in a capacitor for an output transformer is also used for conducting and interrupting a current which flows to an induction ele' ment from a low-voltage source so as to generate a middle voltage for charging the capacitor, and the semiconductor element is maintained in its conductive state from a desired instant coincident with the initiation of an arbitrary pulse during a desired interval.
  • FIG. 1 is an electric coupling diagram of one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2a is a graphic representation of a wave form showing the emitter-collector voltage of a switching transistor used in FIG. 1 circuit;
  • FIG. 2b is a graphic representation of a wave form showing the emitter-collector current of the switching transistor
  • FIG. 20 is a graphic representation of a wave form showing the voltage developed across a capacitor used in FIG. 1 circuit
  • FIG. 2d is a graphic representation of a wave form showing the terminal voltage across a spark plug in FIG. I circuit.
  • FIGS. 3 to 8 are the electric circuit diagrams of other embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of an embodiment of the present invention as an ignition device for use in a car in which the negative electrode of the carried battery is grounded.
  • a battery I has its negative electrode grounded and its positive electrode connected with a conductor 2.
  • a transformer 3 has windings 5 and 6 wound around a magnetic core 4, the electric polarities of those windings 5 and 6 being indicated conventionally by dots in the figure.
  • One end of the winding 5 is connected with the conductor 2, and the other end thereof is connected with the anode of a diode 7.
  • An NPN-transistor 8 has its emitter electrode grounded, its collector electrode connected with the cathode of the diode 7 and further with one end of a capacitor 9, and its base electrode connected with the cathode of a diode 10.
  • An ignition coil ll has a primary winding 12 and a secondary winding 13, one end of the primary winding 12 and one end of the secondary winding 13 being connected with each other and commonly grounded.
  • the other end of the primary winding 12 is connected with the other end of the capacitor 9, and the other end of the primary winding 13 is connected with one terminal of a spark plug 14.
  • Numeral I5 designates the contacts of an ordinary breaker, one of which is grounded, and the other of which is connected via a resistor 16 with the conductor 2 and also via a differentiating circuit composed of a capacitor 17 and a resistor 18 with the base electrode of the transistor 8.
  • a diode I9 is connected between the emitter and collector electrodes of the transistor 8 in opposite polarity with respect thereto.
  • An ignition switch may preferably be inserted in the conductor 2 but it is not shown in this figure.
  • the polarity of an induced voltage developed across the secondary winding 6 is such that it forward-biases the transistor 8 between the base and emitter electrodes thereof via the diode 10. Consequently, the conductivity of the transistor 8 between the emitter and collector electrodes thereof is further increased until the collector current of the transistor 8 is increased, due to a positive feedback effect, to a value characteristic of the base current which is the addition of the current via the difi'erentiating circuit and the current via the diode 10.
  • the voltage induced in the primary winding 6 decreases, causing the base current of the transistor 8 to decrease and accordingly the collector current to decrease. Accordingly, the voltage induced in the secondary winding 6 further decreases until the transistor 8 is rapidly driven into a nonconductive state between the emitter and collector electrodes thereof due to the positive feedback action.
  • the wave forms representing the voltage Vec between the emitter and collector electrodes and the collector electrodes and the collector current 10 of the transistor 8 in the operation range just described are shown within the intervals t, of FlGS. 2a and 2b, respectively.
  • the voltage across the capacitor 9 reaches its maximum value and this value is maintained because the diode 7 and the nonconductive transistor 8 block the flow of the stored charge in the capacitor 9.
  • the contacts 15 of the breaker resume their closed condition.
  • a forward-biasing current is supplied to the base electrode of the transistor 8 via the conductor 2, the resistor 16 and the capacitor 17 so that the transistor 8 becomes conductive again.
  • the conductive path between the emitter and collector electrodes of the transistor 8 is traversed by the flow of electric charge stored in the capacitor 9 into the primary winding 12 of the ignition coil 1 l as well as by a current flowing through the conductor 2 and the primary winding 5 of the transformer 3.
  • the ignition coil 11 has an inductive property so that the discharge current from the capacitor 9 oscillates. The portion of the discharge current which is of opposite polarity, i.e.
  • the transistor 8 functions as a switching means. Namely, when the transistor 8 is nonconductive the capacitor 9 is charged, while the capacitor begins to discharge to energize the primary winding 12 of the ignition coil 11 as soon as the transistor 8 has become conductive. Therefore, the device whose circuit diagram is represented by that in FIG. 1 is especially excellent for use in a high speed internal combustion engine, as compared with other devices which use breakers for switching the charge and discharge of a capacitor.
  • the period of conduction of the transistor 8 so chosen by suitably selecting the time constant of the positive feedback circuit that a sufficient energy may be drawn from the capacitor 9 to satisfactorily energize the ignition coil 11, but also the remaining energy is restored in the capacitor 9 when the transistor 8 breaks the path of the discharge.
  • a current regulator circuit into the base circuit of the transistor 8
  • the current energy which is stored in the primary winding 5 of the transformer 3 when the transistor 8 becomes nonconductive can be rendered constant and, moreover, the power consumption by the transistor 8 can also be limited so that many difficulties inherent to the generation of heat can be eliminated. Namely, the effect of providing such a current regulator circuit in the base circuit will be apparent from the following brief description.
  • the collector current of the transistor 8 will, therefore, be increased up to a value equal to the product of the base current and the current amplification factor of the transistor 8. The collector current will saturate at this value and never exceed it.
  • the transistor 8 becomes nonconductive so that the energy stored in the primary winding 5 of the transformer 3 will be the same every time.- The transition of the transistor 8 into its nonconductive state is performed automatically at this time, and the power consumption of the transistor 8 itself will not be increased even though the switching time of the breaker is retarded.
  • the current regulator circuit may be one of ordinary types as used in a conventional electric circuit.
  • block 25 represents the constant current control circuit which is connected between the base of transistor 8 and the cathode of diode 10.
  • the constant current control circuit 25 comprises an NPN-transistor 26, a resistor connected between the base of transistor 8 and the emitter of transistor 26, a resistor 28 connected between the base and the collector of transistor 26 and a Zener diode 29 connected between the base of transistor 26 and the base of transistor 8.
  • control for maintaining the current constant is performed by a voltage across the resistor 27 which is developed as a result of the current flowing therethrough degeneratively acting between the base and the emitter of transistor 26.
  • the charging voltage for the capacitor 9 is sometimes chosen to be 200 V or so from the standpoint of circuit design. As this voltage is impressed between the emitter and collector electrodes of the transistor 8 when it is nonconductive, the breakdown voltage between the emitter and the collector must be higher than this charging voltage. However, the employment in the ignition device of a transistor which has such a high breakdown voltage will cause a rise in the production cost of the ignition device. So, that is not economically favorable.
  • the circuit shown in FIG. 3 is designed to overcome such drawbacks.
  • the junction of the primary winding 5 of the transformer 3 and the collector electrode of the transistor 8 is connected through a diode 7 with one end of a capacitor 9 and also with a common terminal to which one end of the winding 12 and one end of winding 13 are coupled together.
  • the other end of the capacitor 9 is grounded.
  • the other end of the primary winding 12 of the ignition coil II is connected with the anode of a silicon controlled rectifier (hereinafter referred to as SCR) 20, of which the cathode is connected with the collector electrode of the transistor 8.
  • SCR 20 silicon controlled rectifier
  • the gate electrode of the SCR 20 is connected via a resistor 21 with a conductor 2.
  • a diode 19 is connected between the anode of the SCR 20 and the emitter electrode of the transistor 8 in such a manner that the polarity of the diode 19 is in opposite relationship with respect to the series circuit of the SCR 20 and the transistor 8.
  • the SCR 20 as well as the diode 7 blocks the terminal voltage across the capacitor 9 so that the voltage between the emitter and collector electrodes of the transistor 8 is very small. Nevertheless, the potential at the collector of the transistor 8 rises transiently when the capacitor 9 is charged. The momentary rise in the impressed voltage, however, is not a matter of consideration so long as the breakdown voltage is concerned. Because the breakdown voltage between the emitter and collector of the transistor 8 is rendered higher during the charge of the capacitor 9 due to the application of a reverse-biasing voltage induced in the primary winding 6 to the base of the transistor 8. Let the case be considered that the charge stored in the capacitor 9 is drawn into the primary winding 12 of the ignition coil 11.
  • the transistor When the transistor turns conductive between the emitter and collector electrodes thereof, the potential at the cathode of the SCR 20 falls. Accordingly, a current flows through the gate electrode of the SCR via the conductor 2 and the resistor 21 so that the SCR 20 begins firing to form a path for the discharge of the capacitor 9.
  • the transistor 8 maintains its conductive state for a predetermined internal and thereafter turns nonconductive.
  • the SCR 20 is forcibly rendered nonconductive even if it is conducting a current. Therefore, when the voltage across the capacitor 9 becomes high after the capacitor 9 finishes charging again, the SCR 20 blocks the high voltage and prevents it from being impressed between the emitter and collector electrodes of the transistor 8.
  • the transformer 3 has to be provided with a tertiary winding 22 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • a tertiary winding 22 By means of this tertiary winding 22 a high voltage can be obtained through the step-up action of the transformer.
  • FIG. 4 circuit the primary winding 12 of the ignition coil 11 is inserted in series in' the charging circuit of the capacitor 9.
  • FIG. 5 circuit the winding 12 of the ignition coil 11 is inserted only in the discharge circuit of the capacitor 9.
  • FIG. 6 circuit wherein a gate turnoff thyristor (hereinafter referred to as GTO) is used in place of the SCR 20, the transistor 8 is separated from the charging circuit of the capacitor 9, and the primary winding 12 of the ignition coil 11 has one end thereof connected with the anode of a GTO 23, of which the cathode is grounded and of which the gate electrode is connected via a resistor 24 with the secondary winding 6 of the transformer 3.
  • GTO gate turnoff thyristor
  • a positive feedback circuit is provided in the base circuit of the transistor 8 in order to maintain the transistor 8 in its conductive state for a certain constant period.
  • a control circuit such as an ordinary timer circuit.
  • a monostable multivibrator will be a preferable timer circuit which is arranged to be triggered by a signal voltage available via the differentiating circuit composed of a capacitor 17 and a resistor 18 and which in turn serves to apply a forward-biasing voltage to the base electrode of the transistor 8 for a predetermined period.
  • block 30, enclosed by dotted lines, designates a monostable multivibrator.
  • the base of a normally nonconductive NPN-transistor 31 is connected with capacitor 17 via a series circuit of resistor 32 and diode 33.
  • the collector of a normally conductive NPN-transistor 34 is connected to the base of a transistor 8 by way of resistor 35. Accordingly, when breaker is opened, a forward current flows into the base of transistor 31 through the circuit consisting of resistor l6-capacitor 17-diode 33-resistor 32, so that the monostable multivibrator 30 shifts into its quasi-stable state.
  • transistor 34 In the quasi-stable state, transistor 34 is nonconductive and the transistor 8 becomes conductive, so that electric charges stored in the capacitor 9 are released, providing a current flow through the inductive winding 5.
  • the time during which the monostable multivibrator 30 is in its quasi-stable state depends upon the time constant determined by the capacitor 36 and resistor 37. After this monostable time, i.e., the completion of the quasi-stable state, the monostable multivibrator 30 assumes its. stable state. Then, the transistor 34 becomes conductive and transistor 8 becomesnonconductive, so that energy stored in the inductive winding 5 is transferred to capacitor 9.
  • the charge of the capacitor 9 can be accomplished with only a slight loss of power, as is the case when a feedback winding is employed.
  • An electric pulse generator wherein a capacitor is charged by a voltage induced in an induction winding due to the rapid interruption of the current flowing through the winding so that the charged electricity may be discharged through a load at a predetermined instant characterized by a series circuit composed of a DC supply source, an induction winding and a semiconductor switching element; a capacitor to be charged by a voltage induced in one of said induction winding and another winding electromagnetically coupled to said induction winding due to interrupting the current through said induction winding; a closed circuit for the discharge of said capacitor composed of said semiconductor switching element, said capacitor and a load; and a control circuit comprising a feedback winding which is electromagnetically coupled to said induction winding and which is so connected as to render said semiconductor switching element conductive when the magnetic flux passing through said inductive winding is increasing and a bias means to temporarily actuate said semiconductor switching element into a conductive state.
  • An electric pulse generator wherein a capacitor is charged by a voltage induced in an induction winding due to the rapid interruption of the current flowing through the winding so that the charged electricity may be discharged through a load at a predetermined instant characterized by a series circuit composed of a DC supply source, an induction winding and a transistor; a capacitor to be charged by a voltage induced in one of said induction winding and another winding electromagnetically coupled to said induction winding, due to interrupting the current through said induction winding; a closed circuit for the discharge of said capacitor, constituted by connecting a series circuit composed of said capacitor, a load and a thyristor between the emitter and collector electrodes of said transistor; a means for connecting the gate electrode of said thyristor with the positive terminal of said DC supply source; and a control circuit to supply a forward-biasing current for the base electrode of said transistor from a predetermined instant for a predetermined period.
  • An electric pulse generator wherein a capacitor is charged by a voltage induced in an inductive winding due to the rapid interruption of the current flowing through the winding so that the charged electricity may be discharged through a load at a predetermined instant comprising a series circuit composed of a DC supply source, an induction winding and a transistor; a capacitor to be charged by a voltage induced in one of said induction winding and another winding electromagnetically coupled to said induction winding, due to said transistor interrupting the current through said induction winding; a thyristor constituting together with said load and said capacitor a closed circuit for the discharge of said capacitor; and a control circuit comprising a feedback winding which is electromagnetically coupled with said induction winding and which is so connected as to render said transistor and thyristor conductive when the magnetic flux passing through said inductive winding is increasing and a bias means to temporarily actuate the transistor into its conductive state.
  • An electric pulse generator wherein a capacitor is charged by a voltage induced in an induction winding due to the rapid interruption of the current flowing through the winding so that the charged electricity may be discharged through a load at a predetermined instant, characterized by a series circuit composed of a DC supply source, an induction winding and a semiconductor switching element; a capacitor to be charged by a voltage induced in one of said induction winding and another winding electromagnetically coupled to said induction winding due to interrupting the current through said induction winding; a discharge circuit for the discharge of said capacitor composed of said semiconductor switching element, said capacitor and a load; an electric timer to which the control electrode of said semiconductor switching element is connected and which can actuate said semiconductor switching element into a conductive state at a predetermined instant and maintain the conductive state until the energy stored in said induction winding is saturated.
  • a capacitor connected switchably in parallel with said load inductive winding; a DC supply source; first means, intermittently connected with said DC supply source for switchably connecting said capacitor in parallel with said load winding, said first means including a second inductive winding and a semiconductor switching element connected in series with said DC supply source;
  • third means coupled to said DC supply source and said semiconductor switching element, for intermittently connecting said first means with said DC supply source;
  • pulses are intermittently supplied to said load inductive winding through the charging and discharging of said capacitor.
  • a pulse generator in accordance with claim 12, wherein said semiconductor switching element comprises a transistor, the collector of which is connected to said capacitor, the emitter of which is connected to one side of said DC supply source, and the base of which is coupled to said second means and said third means.
  • said first means further includes a controlled rectifier switching element connected between said load inductive winding and said semiconductor switching element, and wherein the control terminal of said controlled rectifier switchingelement is connected to said DC supply source.

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