WO2023286464A1 - 制御装置およびスイッチング装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to control devices and switching devices.
- Patent Document 1 JP-A-2011-259233
- Patent Document 2 JP-A-11-4150
- the first aspect of the present invention provides a control device.
- the control device may include a protection unit that performs a protection operation to limit current flowing through the main switching element in response to a short circuit occurring in the main switching element.
- the control device may include a protection operation control section that causes the protection section to continue the protection operation until power supply to the drive control section that drives and controls the main switching element according to the drive signal is stopped.
- the protective operation control unit When a short circuit occurs, the protective operation control unit retains information indicating that the protective operation should be executed until a first canceling condition including that the short circuit is eliminated and that the power supply is stopped is satisfied. You may have the 1st holding
- the protection operation control unit continues the protection operation until a first release condition is satisfied, including that the short circuit is eliminated and that a reference operation for restarting power supply is performed. It may have a first holding unit that holds information to the effect that it should be executed.
- the protection operation control section may have a reset section that resets the first holding section in response to the satisfaction of the first release condition.
- the first release condition may further include that a drive signal for turning on the main switching element is not supplied, and that a reference time or longer has elapsed since the start of the protection operation.
- the protection unit detects that the temperature of the main switching element has risen above the reference temperature, that a current greater than the reference current has flowed through the main switching element, and that the supply voltage from the power supply has dropped below the reference voltage. Protective action may also be taken in response to the occurrence of at least one anomaly.
- the protection operation control unit detects that the abnormality has been resolved, that the drive signal for turning on the main switching element is not supplied, and that the reference time has passed since the start of the protection operation.
- a second holding unit that holds information indicating that the protection operation should be executed until a second release condition that includes that the above has passed and that does not include that the power supply is stopped is satisfied; You can
- the protection operation control unit may receive power from a power source separate from the drive control unit.
- the protective operation control unit may have a third holding unit that holds information as to whether or not to continue the protective operation in response to receiving power supply from a power source shared with the drive control unit.
- the control device may include a measurement unit that measures a parameter according to the current flowing through the main switching element.
- the control device may comprise a detector for detecting that a short circuit has occurred in the main switching element according to the measured parameter.
- the control device may further include an output unit that outputs an alarm signal when the protection operation is performed.
- the control device may further include a drive control section.
- a switching device is also provided in a second aspect of the present invention.
- the switching device may comprise the control device of the first aspect.
- the switching device may comprise a main switching element.
- 1 shows a switching device 1 according to a first embodiment
- 1A shows a switching device 1A according to a second embodiment
- 1B shows a switching device 1B according to a third embodiment
- 1C shows a switching device 1C according to a fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 1 shows a switching device 1 according to this embodiment.
- the switching device 1 may be a device used for driving a motor or supplying power. It may be a power conversion device such as an inverter device that Also, the switching device 1 may be an IPM (intelligent power module) that automatically performs a protective operation in the event of an abnormality.
- the switching device 1 may comprise positive and negative main switching elements 2,3 and positive and negative control devices 4,5. Note that the negative terminal 102 may be connected to the ground as an example.
- the switching device 1 is provided with an input terminal 103 to which the drive signal Vin is input, an alarm terminal 104 for outputting the alarm signal ALM, and the like. good.
- Main switching elements 2, 3 The main switching elements 2 and 3 are sequentially connected in series between a positive terminal 101 and a negative terminal 102 .
- the main switching elements 2 and 3 each have a collector terminal connected to the positive terminal 101 side and an emitter terminal connected to the negative terminal 102 side.
- the main switching elements 2 and 3 may constitute an upper arm and a lower arm in the switching device, and a power supply output terminal 105 may be connected to the middle point of the main switching elements 2 and 3 .
- the main switching elements 2,3 may have sense emitter terminals that are connected to corresponding control devices 4,5.
- Thermal diodes 20 for detecting overheating of the main switching elements 2 and 3 are provided in the vicinity of the main switching elements 2 and 3 (in the same chip as the main switching elements 2 and 3 as an example in this embodiment). 30 may be arranged, and the anode and cathode terminals of the thermal diodes 20, 30, respectively, may also be connected to the controllers 4, 5.
- the main switching elements 2 and 3 are IGBTs, and may have a parasitic diode (not shown) whose cathode is on the positive terminal 101 side. Additionally or alternatively, a freewheeling diode (not shown) may be connected in anti-parallel to each of the main switching elements 2 and 3 so that the positive terminal 101 side serves as a cathode.
- the main switching elements 2 and 3 may be semiconductor elements of other structures such as MOSFETs or bipolar transistors.
- Controllers 4 and 5 control main switching elements 2 and 3 .
- the control device 4 on the positive side may control the main switching element 2 and the control device 5 on the negative side may control the main switching element 3 . Since the controllers 4 and 5 have the same configuration, the controller 5 on the negative side will be described in this embodiment, and the description of the controller 4 on the positive side will be omitted.
- the control device 5 controls the main switching element 3.
- the control device 5 has a drive control section 50 , an abnormality detection section 6 , a protection operation control section 56 , an alarm output section 57 and a protection section 58 .
- the drive control unit 50 and the protection operation control unit 56 may be supplied with power from separate power sources. may be powered by a power source.
- the drive control unit 50 may be supplied with a voltage (also referred to as a control voltage) Vcc(1) from one power supply, and other components in the control device 5 may receive a voltage (control voltage) from another power supply. may be powered by Vcc(2) (also referred to as voltage).
- Voltage Vcc(1) and voltage Vcc(2) may be the same voltage or different voltages.
- the drive control unit 50 drives and controls the main switching element 3 according to the drive signal Vin input to the input terminal 103 .
- the drive signal Vin may be input from the outside, and may include a signal to turn on the main switching element 3 and a signal to turn off the main switching element 3 .
- the drive signal Vin may cause the main switching elements 2 and 3 to switch in a synchronous rectification manner. may be set to be in the connected state alternatively (alternately as an example).
- the drive signal Vin instructs to turn on the main switching element 3 when it is at low level, and instructs to turn off the main switching element 3 when it is at high level.
- the drive control unit 50 has a current source 500 , a Zener diode 501 , an inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 502 , a NOT gate 503 , a switching element 504 and a switching element 505 .
- the current source 500 maintains the potential of the input terminal 103 at a high level when the drive signal Vin for turning on the main switching element 3 is not input to the input terminal 103 .
- the Zener diode 501 is connected between the input terminal 103 and the ground with the cathode terminal directed toward the input terminal 103 to prevent overvoltage from being applied to the control device 5 from the input terminal 103 .
- the inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 502 is connected to the input terminal 103 and inverts the high level/low level of the driving signal Vin with hysteresis.
- the inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 502 may supply the inverted drive signal Vin to the NOT gate 503 and the switching element 505 via AND gates 581 and 582 in the protection section 58, which will be described later.
- the NOT gate 503 is provided between the AND gate 581 of the protection section 58 and the switching element 504 .
- NOT gate 503 may further invert the output signal from AND gate 581 and supply it to switching element 504 .
- the switching element 504 is connected between the power supply of the control voltage Vcc(1) and the gate of the main switching element 3.
- the switching element 504 is a switching element for turn-on, and turns on the main switching element 3 by conducting between the power source of the control voltage Vcc(1) and the gate of the main switching element 3 .
- Switching element 504 may be turned on when the signal supplied from NOT gate 503 is at a low level.
- the switching element 504 is a P-type MOSFET, but it may be a semiconductor element with another structure.
- a switching element 505 is connected between the gate of the main switching element 3 and the negative terminal 102 .
- the switching element 505 is a switching element for turning off, and turns off the main switching element 3 by establishing conduction between the gate of the main switching element 3 and the negative terminal 102 .
- Switching element 505 may be turned on when the signal provided by AND gate 582 is at a high level.
- the switching element 505 is an N-type MOSFET, but it may be a semiconductor element with another structure.
- abnormality detection unit 6 detects an anomaly for which protective action should be taken.
- abnormalities include short circuit of the main switching element 3, overheating of the main switching element 3, overcurrent of the main switching element 3, and control voltage drop. Overheating of the main switching element 3 may mean that the temperature of the main switching element 3 becomes higher than the reference temperature.
- the overcurrent of the main switching element 3 may be a current larger than the reference current flowing through the main switching element 3 .
- the control voltage drop may be a drop in the supply voltage Vcc(1) due to power supply to the drive control unit 50 below the reference voltage.
- the abnormality detection unit 6 has an overheat detection unit 61 , a measurement unit 62 , an overcurrent detection unit 63 , a short circuit detection unit 64 and a control voltage drop detection unit 65 .
- the overheat detector 61 detects overheating of the main switching element 3 .
- the overheat detector 61 has a current source 610 , a comparator 611 , a low pass filter 612 and a hysteresis buffer 613 .
- the current source 610 is connected between the anode terminal of the thermal diode 30 and the inverting input terminal of the comparator 611, and causes forward current to flow through the thermal diode 30.
- the forward voltage of the thermal diode 30 may be lower when the temperature of the thermal diode 30 is higher than the reference temperature than when the thermal diode 30 is at the reference temperature.
- a reference potential is connected to the non-inverting input terminal of the comparator 611 .
- the reference potential of the comparator 611 may be equal to the potential of the inverting input terminal when the main switching element 3 is at the reference temperature.
- the comparator 611 may supply an output signal to the protection operation control section 56 via the low pass filter 612 and the hysteresis buffer 613 .
- the low-pass filter 612 may remove high frequency components contained in the output signal from the comparator 611 .
- the hysteresis buffer 613 may buffer the output signal from the comparator 611 with hysteresis to prevent the output signal from fluttering.
- the measurement unit 62 measures parameters according to the current flowing through the main switching element 3 .
- the current flowing through the main switching element 3 may be the instantaneous value of the current flowing through the switching element 3 .
- the measuring section 62 may have two resistors 620 and 621 connected in series between the sense emitter terminal of the main switching element 3 and the ground.
- the measuring unit 62 supplies the overcurrent detecting unit 63 with a voltage detected according to the sense emitter current flowing through both the resistors 620 and 621, and according to the sense emitter current flowing through the resistor 621 on the ground side.
- the detected voltage may be supplied to the short circuit detector 64 .
- the overcurrent detector 63 detects overcurrent in the main switching element 3 .
- the overcurrent detection section 63 may detect that an overcurrent has flowed through the main switching element 3 according to the parameters measured by the measurement section 62 .
- the overcurrent may be a current larger than a reference current (for example, the rated current of the main switching element 3) or a current smaller than the current that flows when the main switching element 3 is short-circuited.
- the overcurrent detector 63 has a comparator 630 and a low-pass filter 631 .
- the non-inverting input terminal of the comparator 630 is connected to the connection point between the resistor 620 of the measuring section 62 and the sense emitter terminal of the main switching element 3, and the inverting input terminal of the comparator 630 is connected to the reference potential.
- the reference potential of the comparator 630 may be equal to the potential of the non-inverting input terminal when the current flowing through the main switching element 3 is the reference current described above. As a result, the output signal of the comparator 630 becomes high level in response to the overcurrent state of the main switching element 3 .
- the comparator 630 may supply the output signal to the protection operation control section 56 via the low pass filter 631 .
- a low-pass filter 631 may remove high frequency components contained in the output signal from the comparator 630 .
- a short-circuit detection unit 64 detects a short-circuit of the main switching element 3 .
- the short circuit detection section 64 may detect that a short circuit has occurred in the main switching element 3 according to the parameters measured by the measurement section 62 .
- the short-circuit detector 64 has a comparator 640 and a low-pass filter 641 .
- the non-inverting input terminal of the comparator 640 is connected to the connection point between the resistors 620 and 621 of the measuring section 62, and the inverting input terminal of the comparator 640 is connected to the reference potential.
- the reference potential of the comparator 640 may be higher than the potential of the non-inverting input terminal when the main switching element 3 is not short-circuited. It may be lower than the electric potential. As a result, the output signal of the comparator 640 becomes high level in response to the main switching element 3 being short-circuited.
- the comparator 640 may supply the output signal to the protection operation control section 56 via the low-pass filter 641 .
- a low-pass filter 641 may remove high frequency components contained in the output signal from the comparator 640 .
- Control voltage drop detector 65 detects a control voltage drop. In this embodiment, as an example, the control voltage drop detector 65 may detect that the control voltage Vcc(1) has dropped.
- the control voltage drop detector 65 has resistors 655 and 656 , a comparator 651 , a low pass filter 652 and a hysteresis buffer 653 .
- the resistors 655, 656 are connected in series between the control voltage Vcc(1) and ground.
- a connection point between the resistors 655 and 656 may be connected to an inverting input terminal of the comparator 651, and a non-inverting input terminal of the comparator 651 may be connected to a reference potential.
- the reference potential of the comparator 651 may be equal to the potential of the inverting input terminal when the control voltage Vcc(1) is the reference voltage.
- the reference voltage may be the minimum voltage of the control voltage Vcc(1) at which the drive control section 50 operates normally.
- the output signal of the comparator 651 goes high in response to the control voltage Vcc(1) falling below the reference voltage.
- the comparator 651 may supply an output signal to the protection operation control section 56 via the low pass filter 652 and the hysteresis buffer 653 .
- the low-pass filter 652 and hysteresis buffer 653 may be similar to the low-pass filter 612 and hysteresis buffer 613 of the overheat detection section 61 .
- the protection operation control unit 56 operates the protection unit in response to occurrence of any abnormality among short-circuiting of the main switching element 3, overheating of the main switching element 3, overcurrent of the main switching element 3, and drop in control voltage. 58 to perform a protection operation.
- the protection operation control section 56 may cause the protection operation to be performed by setting the protection control signal SG supplied to the protection section 58 to a high level.
- the protection operation control unit 56 includes an OR gate 560, an SR flip-flop 561, a delay circuit 562, an AND gate 563, an SR flip-flop 564, a delay circuit 565, an AND gate 566, and an OR gate 569.
- OR gate 560 is connected to the output terminals of overheat detector 61 , overcurrent detector 63 and control voltage drop detector 65 .
- OR gate 560 may take the logical sum of the output signals from overheat detector 61 , overcurrent detector 63 and control voltage drop detector 65 .
- the OR gate 560 may supply the operation result to the SR type flip-flop 561 .
- SR type flip-flop 561 is connected to the output terminal of OR gate 560 .
- the SR type flip-flop 561 is an example of a second holding unit, and when at least one of the overheating of the main switching element 3, the overcurrent of the main switching element 3, and the drop in the control voltage occurs, The information indicating that the protective operation should be executed is retained until the second release condition is satisfied.
- the SR-type flip-flop 561 may retain information indicating that the protection operation should be performed by being set, and may reset the information by being reset.
- the output terminal of the OR gate 560 may be connected to the set terminal of the SR flip-flop 561, and the SR flip-flop 561 may be set in response to the signal from the OR gate 560 becoming high level.
- the SR type flip-flop 561 is set when at least one of the overheating of the main switching element 3, the overcurrent of the main switching element 3, and the drop in the control voltage occurs.
- the reset terminal of the SR flip-flop 561 may be connected to the output terminal of an AND gate 563, which will be described later, and the SR flip-flop 561 may be reset in response to the output signal from the AND gate 563 becoming high level. .
- the SR type flip-flop 561 may output a high level signal in the set state and output a low level signal in the reset state. SR flip-flop 561 may provide an output signal to OR gate 569 and delay circuit 562 .
- the delay circuit 562 is connected to the output terminal of the SR flip-flop 561 .
- the delay circuit 562 may output a high-level signal when a reference time or longer has elapsed since the SR flip-flop 561 started outputting a high-level signal.
- the delay circuit 562 may output a high level signal when the high level output signal from the SR flip-flop 561 continues for a reference time or longer. and a signal obtained by delaying the output signal of the SR type flip-flop 561 by the reference time.
- Delay circuit 562 may provide an output signal to AND gate 563 .
- the reference time may be a time arbitrarily set for the delay circuit 562 .
- the reference time may be the minimum time during which the alarm output unit 57 should output the alarm signal ALM.
- AND gate 563 is provided between OR gate 560 , delay circuit 562 , inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 502 and the reset terminal of SR flip-flop 561 . AND gate 563 resets SR type flip-flop 561 in response to satisfaction of the second release condition.
- the second release condition is that any of the overheating of the main switching element 3, the overcurrent of the main switching element 3, and the drop in the control voltage has been resolved, and the driving signal Vin that turns on the main switching element 3 is It includes not being supplied, and the fact that more than the reference time has passed since the start of the protection operation.
- the second release condition does not include the condition that the power supply to the drive control unit 50 is stopped.
- the resolution of the abnormality may be a state in which the abnormality has not occurred.
- the fact that the drive signal Vin that turns on the main switching element 3 is not supplied may mean that the supply of the drive signal Vin is stopped, or that the drive signal Vin that turns off the main switching element 3 is It may be supplied.
- the AND gate 563 outputs the output signal from the OR gate 560 (in this embodiment, as an example, the logic of the output signals from the overheat detector 61, overcurrent detector 63, and control voltage drop detector 65). sum), the inverted signal of the output signal from the inverted Schmitt trigger circuit 502 (in this embodiment, the inverted drive signal Vin as an example), and the output signal from the delay circuit 562. , it may be detected whether or not the second release condition is satisfied.
- the AND gate 563 may supply the operation result to the reset terminal of the SR flip-flop 561 .
- the SR type flip-flop 564 is connected to the output terminal of the short circuit detection section 64 .
- the SR-type flip-flop 564 is an example of a first holding unit, and holds information indicating that a protection operation should be performed until a first release condition, which will be described later, is satisfied when a short circuit occurs.
- the SR-type flip-flop 564 may retain information indicating that the protection operation should be performed by being set, and reset the information by being reset.
- the set terminal of the SR type flip-flop 564 may be connected to the output terminal of the short circuit detection section 64, and the SR type flip-flop 564 may be set in response to the signal from the short circuit detection section 64 becoming high level. As a result, the SR type flip-flop 564 is set by short-circuiting the main switching element 3 .
- the reset terminal of the SR flip-flop 564 may be connected to the output terminal of an AND gate 566, which will be described later, and the SR flip-flop 564 is reset when the output signal from the AND gate 566 becomes high level. good.
- the SR type flip-flop 564 may output a high level signal in the set state and output a low level signal in the reset state. SR flip-flop 564 may provide an output signal to OR gate 569 and delay circuit 565 .
- Delay circuit 565 is connected to the output terminal of SR flip-flop 564 .
- the delay circuit 565 may output a high-level signal when a reference time or longer has elapsed since the SR flip-flop 564 started outputting a high-level signal.
- the delay circuit 565 may output a high level signal when the high level output signal from the SR flip-flop 564 continues for a reference time or longer. and a signal obtained by delaying the output signal of the SR type flip-flop 564 by the reference time.
- Delay circuit 565 may provide an output signal to AND gate 566 .
- the reference time may be a time arbitrarily set for the delay circuit 565 .
- the reference time may be the minimum time during which the alarm output unit 57 should output the alarm signal ALM.
- AND gate 566 is provided between short circuit detector 64 , control voltage drop detector 65 , delay circuit 565 , inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 502 and the reset terminal of SR flip-flop 564 .
- the AND gate 566 is an example of a reset section, and resets the SR flip-flop 564 in response to the satisfaction of the first release condition.
- the first release condition includes that the short circuit has been resolved and that the power supply to the drive control unit 50 has been stopped. As a result, when a short circuit occurs, the protection operation of the protection section 58 continues until the power supply to the drive control section 50 is stopped. Resolving the short circuit may mean that there is no short circuit. The fact that the power supply has been stopped may mean that the power supply is in a stopped state, or that the power supply has been temporarily stopped.
- the first release condition may further include that the drive signal Vin that turns on the main switching element 3 is not supplied, and that a reference time or longer has elapsed since the start of the protection operation.
- the AND gate 566 outputs an inverted signal of the output signal from the short circuit detection unit 64, an inverted signal of the voltage signal detected by the resistors 655 and 656 of the control voltage drop detection unit 65, and an inverted Schmidt
- the AND of the inverted signal of the output signal from the trigger circuit 502 (in this embodiment, the inverted drive signal Vin as an example) and the output signal from the delay circuit 565 may be obtained.
- the voltage signals detected by the resistors 655 and 656 of the control voltage drop detection unit 65 may be at high level unless the power supply to the drive control unit 50 is stopped. May be low level.
- AND gate 566 may supply the operation result to the reset terminal of SR type flip-flop 564 .
- OR gate 569 is connected to the output terminals of SR type flip-flops 561 and 564 . OR gate 569 may take the logical sum of the output signals of SR type flip-flops 561 and 564 . The OR gate 569 may supply the signal of the calculation result to the protection section 58 and the alarm output section 57 as the protection control signal SG.
- the alarm output unit 57 is an example of an output unit, and outputs an alarm signal ALM from the alarm terminal 104 when the protection operation is executed.
- the alarm signal ALM may be at high level when the protective operation is not being executed, and may be at low level when the protective operation is being executed to warn the operator.
- a resistor 571 may be connected to the alarm terminal 104 .
- the alarm output unit 57 has a current source 572 , a switching element 573 and an inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 574 .
- the current source 572 is connected to the alarm terminal 104, and externally flows a current from the alarm terminal 104 via the resistor 571 to maintain the alarm signal ALM output from the alarm terminal 104 at a high level.
- the switching element 573 is connected between the connection point between the current source 572 and the alarm terminal 104 and the ground.
- the switching element 573 is normally off, and is turned on in response to the protection control signal SG from the protection operation control unit 56 becoming high level when executing the protection operation, and the current from the current source 572 is grounded. flush. As a result, the alarm signal ALM output from the alarm terminal 104 becomes low level.
- the switching element 573 may be an N-type MOSFET as an example.
- the inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 574 is connected to the alarm terminal 104 and inverts the high level/low level of the alarm signal ALM with hysteresis.
- the first threshold when the alarm signal ALM switches from low level to high level may be higher than the second threshold when it switches from high level to low level.
- the inverting Schmitt trigger circuit continues to operate until the alarm signal ALM exceeds the second threshold value and reliably becomes high level.
- the output of 574 remains high.
- Inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 574 may provide an inverted alarm signal ALM to protector 58 .
- the protection unit 58 performs a protection operation to limit the current flowing through the main switching element 3 in response to detection of an abnormality such as overheating, overcurrent, short circuit, control voltage drop, or the like.
- the protection unit 58 may perform a protection operation in response to detection of an abnormality by the overheat detection unit 61, the overcurrent detection unit 63, the short circuit detection unit 64, or the control voltage drop detection unit 65.
- the protection unit 58 has an OR gate 580 , AND gates 581 and 582 , a NOT gate 583 and a switching element 584 .
- the OR gate 580 is connected to output terminals of the protection operation control section 56 and the alarm output section 57 .
- the OR gate 580 may take the logical sum of the protection control signal SG from the protection operation control section 56 and the inverted signal of the alarm signal ALM from the inverting Schmidt trigger circuit 574 of the alarm output section 57 .
- OR gate 580 may provide the result of the operation to AND gate 582 and NOT gate 583 .
- the AND gate 581 is connected to the output terminals of the inverting Schmidt trigger circuit 502 of the drive control section 50, the protection operation control section 56 and the alarm output section 57.
- An AND gate 581 receives the drive signal Vin inverted by the inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 502 of the drive control unit 50 , the inverted signal of the protection control signal SG from the protection operation control unit 56 , and the inverted Schmidt trigger signal of the alarm output unit 57 .
- a logical product of the inverted signal of the alarm signal ALM generated by the trigger circuit 574 and a further inverted signal may be obtained.
- the output of the AND gate 581 is the inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 502. becomes low level regardless of the output signal of , and thus the drive signal Vin. Further, when execution of the protection operation is not instructed by the protection control signal SG and no warning is given by the alarm signal ALM, the output of the AND gate 581 is the same as the output of the inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 502. match.
- AND gate 581 may provide an output signal to switching element 504 for turning on main switching element 3 via NOT gate 503 . Accordingly, when execution of the protection operation is instructed by the protection control signal SG and/or when an alarm is issued by the alarm signal ALM, the switching element 504 is turned off regardless of the drive signal Vin. maintained at Further, when execution of the protection operation is not instructed by the protection control signal SG and no warning is issued by the alarm signal ALM, the switching element 504 is controlled according to the drive signal Vin. AND gate 581 may also provide an output signal to AND gate 582 .
- the AND gate 582 is connected to the output terminals of the AND gate 581 and the OR gate 580 .
- AND gate 582 may AND the inverted signal of the output signal of AND gate 581 and the inverted signal of the output signal of OR gate 580 .
- the output of the AND gate 582 becomes the output signal of the AND gate 581. , and eventually becomes low level regardless of the output signal of the inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 502 and the driving signal Vin.
- the output of the AND gate 582 is the inverted signal of the output signal of the AND gate 581. , and eventually match the inverted signal of the output of the inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 502 and the drive signal Vin.
- the AND gate 582 may supply an output signal to the switching element 505 for turning off the main switching element 3 . Accordingly, when execution of the protection operation is instructed by the protection control signal SG and/or when an alarm is given by the alarm signal ALM, the switching element 505 is turned off regardless of the drive signal Vin. maintained at Further, when execution of the protection operation is not instructed by the protection control signal SG and no warning is issued by the alarm signal ALM, the switching element 505 is controlled according to the drive signal Vin.
- the NOT gate 583 is connected to the output terminal of the OR gate 580 and inverts the output signal of the OR gate 580 .
- NOT gate 583 may provide an output signal to switching element 584 .
- the switching element 584 is connected in parallel with the switching element 505 between the gate of the main switching element 3 and the negative terminal 102 .
- the switching element 584 is a switching element for softly shutting down the main switching element 3 , and turns off the main switching element 3 by establishing conduction between the gate of the main switching element 3 and the negative terminal 102 .
- the switching speed of switching element 584 may be lower than the switching speed of switching element 505 .
- Switching element 505 may be turned on when the signal supplied from NOT gate 583 is at a low level.
- the switching element 505 is a P-type MOSFET, but it may be a semiconductor element with another structure.
- the protection operation that is performed when a short circuit occurs continues until the power supply to the drive control unit 50 is stopped. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the protective operation from being canceled without removing the cause of the short circuit, and prevent secondary destruction of the element due to the cancellation of the protective operation.
- the SR type flip-flop 564 stores information to the effect that the protection operation should be executed until the first release condition including that the short circuit is eliminated and that the power supply is stopped is satisfied. is held to Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the protective operation from being canceled without removing the cause of the short circuit.
- the SR type flip-flop 564 is reset in response to the satisfaction of the first release condition, it is possible to release the protection operation and resume normal operation when the first release condition is met. can.
- the protection operation is canceled while the main switching element 3 is turned off. You can resume driving.
- the first release condition includes that the reference time or longer has elapsed since the start of the protection operation, it is possible to prevent short-circuits from continuously occurring within the reference time.
- the protection operation is not canceled until at least the reference time elapses, the alarm signal ALM can be continuously output over the reference time.
- the protection operation should be performed until the second release condition is satisfied.
- the second release condition is that the abnormality has been resolved, that the drive signal Vin for turning on the main switching element 3 is not supplied, and that a reference time or longer has elapsed since the start of the protection operation. Not included on the condition that the power supply is stopped. Therefore, in the protective operation due to overheating or overcurrent of the main switching element 3 or a decrease in the control voltage Vcc(1), the protective operation is quickly released without the condition of stopping the power supply, and the operation is resumed in the normal state. can do.
- the alarm signal ALM is output when the protection operation is executed, it is possible to notify the abnormality and prompt removal of the cause of the abnormality and stop of the power supply.
- protection operation control unit 56 receives power supply from a power supply different from that of the drive control unit 50, control can be continued even when the power supply to the drive control unit 50 is stopped.
- FIG. 2 shows a switching device 1A according to the second embodiment.
- a control device 5A of the switching device 1A includes an abnormality detection section 6A and a protection operation control section 56A. Note that the main switching element 2 and its control device are not shown in FIG. 2 and FIGS. 3 and 4, which will be described later.
- the same reference numerals are assigned to substantially the same components as those of the switching device 1 shown in FIG. 1, and the description thereof will be omitted.
- the abnormality detection unit 6A has an OR gate 66A connected to the output terminals of the overcurrent detection unit 63 and the short circuit detection unit 64.
- the OR gate 66A may take the logical sum of the output signals of the overcurrent detection section 63 and the short circuit detection section 64 and supply the operation result to the protection operation control section 56A.
- the protection operation control section 56A may have an OR gate 560A, an SR flip-flop 564A, an AND gate 563A and an SR flip-flop 561A.
- the OR gate 560A is connected to the output terminals of the overheat detection section 61, the OR gate 66A and the control voltage drop detection section 65.
- OR gate 560A may take the logical sum of the output signals from overheat detector 61, OR gate 66A and control voltage drop detector 65.
- FIG. The OR gate 560A may supply the operation result to the set terminal of the SR flip-flop 561A. As a result, the logical sum of the output signals from the overheat detection unit 61, the overcurrent detection unit 63, the short circuit detection unit 64, and the control voltage drop detection unit 65 is taken, and when any of the output signals becomes high level, SR type flip-flop 561A is set.
- the SR type flip-flop 564A is connected to the output terminals of the short-circuit detector 64 and the AND gate 566.
- the SR flip-flop 564A is set in response to the signal from the short-circuit detector 64 becoming high level, and the output signal from the AND gate 566 is set to It may be reset in response to going high.
- the SR type flip-flop 564A may supply a high level signal in the set state and a low level signal in the reset state to the delay circuit 565 and the AND gate 563A.
- the AND gate 563A is provided between the OR gate 560, the delay circuit 562, the inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 502, the SR flip-flop 564A, and the reset terminal of the SR flip-flop 561A.
- AND gate 563A resets SR type flip-flop 561A in response to satisfaction of the third release condition.
- the third release condition does not include that the power supply to the drive control unit 50 is stopped, and in addition to the above-described second release condition, the output of the SR flip-flop 564A is at low level. Including. As a result, the output signal of the SR type flip-flop 564A is at a low level when no short-circuit has occurred so far, so the AND gate 563A determines that the remaining condition of the third release condition, that is, the second release condition is SR type flip-flop 561A is reset accordingly. On the other hand, once a short circuit occurs, the output signal of SR flip-flop 564A is at a high level until the first release condition is satisfied. That is, the SR flip-flop 561A is not reset regardless of whether the second release condition is satisfied.
- the output signal of the SR flip-flop 564A is at a low level, so the AND gate 563A will apply the remaining condition of the third release condition, i.e. the second release condition.
- the SR type flip-flop 561A is reset according to the satisfaction of the condition.
- the AND gate 563A includes an inverted signal of the output signal from the OR gate 560A, an inverted signal of the output signal from the inverted Schmitt trigger circuit 502, an output signal from the delay circuit 562, and an SR type Whether or not the third release condition is satisfied may be detected by taking the AND of the output signal of the flip-flop 564A and the inverted signal.
- the AND gate 563A may supply the operation result to the reset terminal of the SR flip-flop 561A.
- the SR type flip-flop 561A is connected to output terminals of the OR gate 560A and the AND gate 562A.
- the SR type flip-flop 561A is set in response to the signal from the OR gate 560A going high, and the output signal from the AND gate 566A goes high, similar to the SR type flip-flop 561 in the first embodiment. It may be reset depending on the level.
- the SR flip-flop 561A may supply the delay circuit 562 and the drive control section 50 with a high level signal in the set state and a low level signal in the reset state.
- FIG. 3 shows a switching device 1B according to a third embodiment.
- the switching device 1B includes an operation detection terminal 108 and a control device 5B.
- the operation detection terminal 108 detects the input of the reference operation when the power supply is restarted.
- the reference operation includes an operation instructing the start of power supply to the drive control unit 50 (for example, an operation on a power button), an operation instructing initialization to be executed after the switching device 1B and the control device 5B are activated, and the like. you can When the reference operation is performed, a high level signal may be supplied from the operation detection terminal 108 to the control device 5B.
- the control device 5B has an SR type flip-flop 564B and an AND gate 566B.
- the SR type flip-flop 564B is connected to the output terminal of the short-circuit detector 64.
- FIG. The SR flip-flop 564B retains information indicating that the protection operation should be performed until the first release condition according to the present embodiment is satisfied.
- the first cancellation condition in this embodiment includes that the short circuit is eliminated when the short circuit occurs, and that the reference operation is performed when the power supply is restarted. As a result, when a short circuit occurs, the protection operation of the protection unit 58 is continued until the reference operation for restarting the power supply is performed.
- the first release condition may further include that the drive signal Vin that turns on the main switching element 3 is not supplied, and that a reference time or longer has elapsed since the start of the protection operation.
- An AND gate 566B may be connected to the reset terminal of the SR flip-flop 564B, and the SR flip-flop 564B may be reset in response to the output signal from the AND gate 566B becoming high level.
- SR flip-flop 564 B may provide an output signal to delay circuit 565 and OR gate 569 .
- the AND gate 566B is provided between the short-circuit detection section 64, the operation detection terminal 108, the delay circuit 565, the inverted Schmitt trigger circuit 502, and the reset terminal of the SR flip-flop 564B.
- AND gate 566B resets SR type flip-flop 564B in response to satisfaction of the first release condition.
- the AND gate 566B outputs an inverted signal of the output signal from the short-circuit detection unit 64, a signal from the operation detection terminal 108, and an output signal from the inverted Schmitt trigger circuit 502 (an example in this embodiment).
- the AND of the inverted signal of the inverted drive signal Vin) and the output signal from the delay circuit 565 may be obtained.
- the AND gate 566 may supply the operation result to the reset terminal of the SR flip-flop 564B.
- the switching device 1B described above when a short circuit occurs, until the first release condition is satisfied, including that the short circuit is eliminated and that the reference operation for restarting the power supply is performed. Information to the effect that the protection operation should be executed is held in the SR type flip-flop 564B. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the protective operation from being canceled without removing the cause of the short circuit.
- the SR type flip-flop 564B is reset according to the satisfaction of the first release condition, it is possible to release the protection operation and restart the operation in the normal state when the first release condition is met. can.
- the SR flip-flop 564B is described as supplying an output signal to the OR gate 569, but the output signal is supplied to the AND gate 563 in the same manner as the SR flip-flop 564A in the second embodiment. You may
- FIG. 4 shows a switching device 1C according to a fourth embodiment.
- a protective operation control section 56C of the control device 5C in the switching device 1C receives power supply from the power source common to the drive control section 50.
- each component in control device 5C may receive power supply of voltage Vcc from a common power supply.
- the protection operation control unit 56C has an OR gate 568C, an SR flip-flop 561C, and an AND gate 563C.
- the OR gate 568C is provided between the short circuit detection section 64 and the AND gate 563C, and latches a high level output signal when the short circuit detection section 64 detects a short circuit.
- the OR gate 568C may take the logical sum of the output signal of the short circuit detector 64 and the output signal of the OR gate 568C itself. As a result, once the output signal from the short circuit detector 64 becomes high level, the output signal of the OR gate 568C is maintained at high level. OR gate 568C may provide an output signal to AND gate 563C.
- the SR type flip-flop 561C is connected to the output terminals of the OR gate 560 and the AND gate 563C.
- the SR-type flip-flop 561C is an example of a third holding unit, and information as to whether or not to continue the protection operation in response to power supply to the protection operation control unit 56C from a power supply shared with the drive control unit 50. hold.
- the SR-type flip-flop 561C may retain information indicating that the protection operation should be performed by being set, and reset the information by being reset.
- the SR type flip-flop 561C is set in response to the signal from the OR gate 560 going high, and the output signal from the AND gate 563C goes high, similar to the SR type flip-flop 561 in the first embodiment. It may be reset depending on the level. SR type flip-flop 561C may provide an output signal to OR gate 569 and delay circuit 562 .
- the AND gate 563C is provided between the OR gate 560, the delay circuit 562, the inverting Schmitt trigger circuit 502, the OR gate 568C, and the reset terminal of the SR flip-flop 561C.
- AND gate 563C resets SR type flip-flop 561C in response to satisfaction of the fourth release condition.
- the fourth release condition includes, in addition to the second release condition described above, that the output of the OR gate 568C is at low level. As a result, when no short-circuit has occurred so far, the output signal of the OR gate 568C is at the low level, so the AND gate 563C satisfies the remaining condition of the fourth release condition, that is, the second release condition. SR type flip-flop 561C is reset accordingly. On the other hand, once a short circuit has occurred, the output signal of OR gate 568C is maintained at a high level, so AND gate 563C determines whether the remaining condition of the fourth release condition, that is, the second release condition is met. Regardless, the SR type flip-flop 561C is not reset. Therefore, once a short circuit occurs, the SR flip-flop 561C remains set as long as the power supply is maintained, and is reset when the power supply is stopped.
- the AND gate 563C outputs the inverted signal of the output signal from the OR gate 560, the inverted signal of the output signal from the inverted Schmitt trigger circuit 502, the output signal from the delay circuit 562, and the OR gate 563C. Whether or not the fourth release condition is satisfied may be detected by taking the AND of the output signal from the 568C and the inverted signal.
- the AND gate 563C may supply the operation result to the reset terminal of the SR flip-flop 561C.
- the SR type flip-flop 561C receives information as to whether or not to continue the protection operation. retained. Therefore, the protective operation can be reliably continued by the protective unit 58 until the power supply to the drive control unit 50 is stopped. Moreover, since the information is reset when the power supply is stopped, the protection operation can be canceled and the operation can be resumed in a normal state.
- control device 5 has the drive control section 50 and the alarm output section 57, but at least one of them may not be provided. Further, although the abnormality detection unit 6 has been described as having the overheat detection unit 61, the overcurrent detection unit 63, and the control voltage drop detection unit 65, at least one of these may be omitted.
- the voltage detected according to the sense emitter current of the main switching element 3 flowing through the resistors 620 and 621 is used as a parameter corresponding to the current flowing through the main switching element 3.
- Other parameters may be used, such as the voltage sensed as a function of emitter current flowing through a resistor.
- the protection unit 58 has been described as softly shutting down the main switching element 3 when an abnormality such as a short circuit or overcurrent occurs. may also be lowered to a lower reference voltage and maintained.
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特許文献1 特開2011-259233号公報
特許文献2 特開平11-4150号公報
[1.1.スイッチング装置]
図1は、本実施形態に係るスイッチング装置1を示す。スイッチング装置1は、モータ駆動用または電力供給用に用いられる装置であってよく、例えば正側端子101および負側端子102から供給される直流電力を交流電力に変換して電源出力端子105から出力するインバータ装置などの電力変換装置であってよい。また、スイッチング装置1は、異常時に自動で保護動作を行うIPM(インテリジェントパワーモジュール)であってよい。スイッチング装置1は、正側および負側の主スイッチング素子2,3と、正側および負側の制御装置4,5とを備えてよい。なお、負側端子102は一例としてグランドに接続されてよい。スイッチング装置1には、正側端子101や負側端子102、電源出力端子105に加えて、駆動信号Vinが入力される入力端子103や、アラーム信号ALMを出力するアラーム端子104などが設けられてよい。
主スイッチング素子2,3は、正側端子101および負側端子102の間に直列に順次接続されている。例えば、主スイッチング素子2,3は、それぞれ正側端子101の側にコレクタ端子が接続され、負側端子102の側にエミッタ端子が接続される。主スイッチング素子2,3は、スイッチング装置における上アームおよび下アームを構成してよく、主スイッチング素子2および主スイッチング素子3の中点には電源出力端子105が接続されてよい。
制御装置4,5は、主スイッチング素子2,3を制御する。正側の制御装置4は主スイッチング素子2を制御対象とし、負側の制御装置5は主スイッチング素子3を制御対象としてよい。なお、制御装置4,5は同様の構成であるため、本実施形態では負側の制御装置5について説明を行い、正側の制御装置4については説明を省略する。
駆動制御部50は、入力端子103に入力される駆動信号Vinに応じて主スイッチング素子3を駆動制御する。駆動信号Vinは外部から入力されてよく、主スイッチング素子3をオン状態とする信号、および、オフ状態とする信号を含んでよい。例えば、駆動信号Vinは、主スイッチング素子2,3に同期整流方式でスイッチングを行わせてよく、一例として主スイッチング素子2,3の両方がオフとなるデッドタイムを挟んで主スイッチング素子2,3を択一的に(一例として交互に)接続状態とするよう設定されてよい。なお、本実施形態では一例として、駆動信号Vinはローレベルの場合に主スイッチング素子3をオンにすることを指示し、ハイレベルの場合に主スイッチング素子3をオフにすることを指示する。
異常検知部6は、保護動作を行うべき異常を検知する。本実施形態では一例として、異常には、主スイッチング素子3の短絡、主スイッチング素子3の過熱、主スイッチング素子3の過電流、および、制御電圧低下が含まれる。主スイッチング素子3の過熱とは、主スイッチング素子3が基準温度よりも高温になることであってよい。主スイッチング素子3の過電流とは、主スイッチング素子3に基準電流よりも大きい電流が流れることであってよい。制御電圧低下とは、駆動制御部50への電源供給による供給電圧Vcc(1)が基準電圧よりも低下することであってよい。異常検知部6は、過熱検知部61と、測定部62と、過電流検知部63と、短絡検知部64と、制御電圧低下検知部65とを有する。
過熱検知部61は、主スイッチング素子3の過熱を検知する。過熱検知部61は、電流源610と、コンパレータ611と、ローパスフィルタ612と、ヒステリシスバッファ613とを有する。
測定部62は、主スイッチング素子3に流れる電流に応じたパラメータを測定する。主スイッチング素子3に流れる電流は、スイッチング素子3に流れる電流の瞬時値であってよい。本実施形態においては一例として、測定部62は、主スイッチング素子3のセンスエミッタ端子とグランドとの間に直列に接続された2つの抵抗620,621を有してよい。測定部62は、センスエミッタ電流が抵抗620,621の両方を流れることに応じて検出される電圧を過電流検知部63に供給し、センスエミッタ電流がグランド側の抵抗621を流れることに応じて検出される電圧を短絡検知部64に供給してよい。
過電流検知部63は、主スイッチング素子3の過電流を検知する。過電流検知部63は、測定部62により測定されたパラメータに応じて主スイッチング素子3に過電流が流れたことを検知してよい。過電流とは、基準電流(一例として主スイッチング素子3の定格電流)より大きい電流であってよく、主スイッチング素子3が短絡した場合に流れる電流よりも小さい電流であってよい。過電流検知部63は、コンパレータ630と、ローパスフィルタ631とを有する。
短絡検知部64は、主スイッチング素子3の短絡を検知する。短絡検知部64は、測定部62により測定されたパラメータに応じて主スイッチング素子3に短絡が生じたことを検知してよい。短絡検知部64は、コンパレータ640と、ローパスフィルタ641とを有する。
制御電圧低下検知部65は、制御電圧低下を検知する。本実施形態では一例として、制御電圧低下検知部65は、制御電圧Vcc(1)が低下したこと検知してよい。制御電圧低下検知部65は、抵抗655,656と、コンパレータ651と、ローパスフィルタ652と、ヒステリシスバッファ653とを有する。
保護動作制御部56は、主スイッチング素子3の短絡、主スイッチング素子3の過熱、主スイッチング素子3の過電流、および、制御電圧低下のうちの何れかの異常が生じたことに応じて保護部58に保護動作を行わせる。保護動作制御部56は、保護部58に供給する保護制御信号SGをハイレベルにすることで保護動作を行わせて良い。保護動作制御部56は、ORゲート560と、SR型フリップフロップ561と、遅延回路562と、ANDゲート563と、SR型フリップフロップ564と、遅延回路565と、ANDゲート566と、ORゲート569とを有する。
ORゲート560は、過熱検知部61、過電流検知部63および制御電圧低下検知部65の出力端子に接続される。ORゲート560は、過熱検知部61、過電流検知部63および制御電圧低下検知部65からの出力信号の論理和をとってよい。ORゲート560は、演算結果をSR型フリップフロップ561に供給してよい。
SR型フリップフロップ561は、ORゲート560の出力端子に接続される。SR型フリップフロップ561は、第2保持部の一例であり、主スイッチング素子3の過熱、主スイッチング素子3の過電流、および、制御電圧低下のうち少なくとも1つの異常が生じた場合に、後述の第2解除条件が満たされるまで、保護動作を実行すべき旨の情報を保持する。SR型フリップフロップ561は、セット状態となることによって、保護動作を実行すべき旨の情報の保持を行い、リセットされることで、当該情報をリセットしてよい。
遅延回路562は、SR型フリップフロップ561の出力端子に接続される。遅延回路562は、SR型フリップフロップ561によるハイレベルの信号出力の開始から基準時間以上が経過している場合にハイレベルとなる信号を出力してよい。本実施形態では一例として遅延回路562は、SR型フリップフロップ561によるハイレベルの出力信号が基準時間以上に継続する場合にハイレベルとなる信号を出力してよく、SR型フリップフロップ561の出力信号と、SR型フリップフロップ561の出力信号を基準時間だけ遅延させた信号との論理積をとる。遅延回路562は、出力信号をANDゲート563に供給してよい。基準時間は、遅延回路562に対して任意に設定される時間であってよい。一例として、基準時間は、アラーム出力部57がアラーム信号ALMを出力するべき最小の時間であってよい。
ANDゲート563は、ORゲート560、遅延回路562および反転型シュミットトリガ回路502と、SR型フリップフロップ561のリセット端子との間に設けられる。ANDゲート563は、第2解除条件が満たされることに応じてSR型フリップフロップ561をリセットする。
SR型フリップフロップ564は、短絡検知部64の出力端子に接続される。SR型フリップフロップ564は、第1保持部の一例であり、短絡が生じた場合に、後述の第1解除条件が満たされるまで、保護動作を実行すべき旨の情報を保持する。SR型フリップフロップ564は、セット状態となることによって、保護動作を実行すべき旨の情報の保持を行い、リセットされることで、当該情報をリセットしてよい。
遅延回路565は、SR型フリップフロップ564の出力端子に接続される。遅延回路565は、SR型フリップフロップ564によるハイレベルの信号出力の開始から基準時間以上が経過している場合にハイレベルとなる信号を出力してよい。本実施形態では一例として遅延回路565は、SR型フリップフロップ564によるハイレベルの出力信号が基準時間以上に継続する場合にハイレベルとなる信号を出力してよく、SR型フリップフロップ564の出力信号と、SR型フリップフロップ564の出力信号を基準時間だけ遅延させた信号との論理積をとる。遅延回路565は、出力信号をANDゲート566に供給してよい。基準時間は、遅延回路565に対して任意に設定される時間であってよい。一例として、基準時間は、アラーム出力部57がアラーム信号ALMを出力するべき最小の時間であってよい。
ANDゲート566は、短絡検知部64、制御電圧低下検知部65、遅延回路565および反転型シュミットトリガ回路502と、SR型フリップフロップ564のリセット端子との間に設けられる。ANDゲート566は、リセット部の一例であり、第1解除条件が満たされることに応じてSR型フリップフロップ564をリセットする。
ORゲート569は、SR型フリップフロップ561,564の出力端子に接続される。ORゲート569は、SR型フリップフロップ561,564の出力信号の論理和をとってよい。ORゲート569は、演算結果の信号を保護制御信号SGとして保護部58と、アラーム出力部57とに供給してよい。
アラーム出力部57は、出力部の一例であり、保護動作が実行される場合にアラーム端子104からアラーム信号ALMを出力する。アラーム信号ALMは、保護動作が実行されていない場合にはハイレベルであってよく、保護動作が実行されている場合にローレベルとなることでオペレータに警報を行ってよい。アラーム端子104には抵抗571が接続されてよい。アラーム出力部57は、電流源572と、スイッチング素子573と、反転型シュミットトリガ回路574とを有する。
保護部58は、過熱や過電流、短絡、制御電圧低下などの異常が検知されたことに応じて、主スイッチング素子3に流れる電流を制限する保護動作を行う。保護部58は、過熱検知部61や過電流検知部63、短絡検知部64、制御電圧低下検知部65により異常が検知されたことに応じて保護動作を行ってよい。保護部58は、ORゲート580と、ANDゲート581,582と、NOTゲート583と、スイッチング素子584とを有する。
ANDゲート581は、出力信号をANDゲート582にも供給してよい。
図2は、第2実施形態に係るスイッチング装置1Aを示す。スイッチング装置1Aの制御装置5Aは、異常検知部6Aと、保護動作制御部56Aとを備える。なお、図2や、後述の図3,図4では、主スイッチング素子2や、その制御装置の図示を省略している。また、本実施形態や、後述の他の実施形態において、図1に示されたスイッチング装置1と略同一のものには同一の符号を付け、説明を省略する。
図3は、第3実施形態に係るスイッチング装置1Bを示す。スイッチング装置1Bは、操作検出端子108と、制御装置5Bとを備える。
SR型フリップフロップ564Bは、短絡検知部64の出力端子に接続される。SR型フリップフロップ564Bは、本実施形態に係る第1解除条件が満たされるまで、保護動作を実行すべき旨の情報を保持する。
図4は、第4実施形態に係るスイッチング装置1Cを示す。
なお、上記の実施形態においては、制御装置5は駆動制御部50およびアラーム出力部57を有することとして説明したが、これらの少なくとも1つを有しなくてもよい。また、異常検知部6は過熱検知部61と、過電流検知部63と、制御電圧低下検知部65とを有することとして説明したが、これらの少なくとも1つを有しなくてもよい。
2 主スイッチング素子
3 主スイッチング素子
4 制御装置
5 制御装置
6 異常検知部
20 サーマルダイオード
30 サーマルダイオード
50 駆動制御部
56 保護動作制御部
57 アラーム出力部
58 保護部
61 過熱検知部
62 測定部
63 過電流検知部
64 短絡検知部
65 制御電圧低下検知部
66 ORゲート
101 正側端子
102 負側端子
103 入力端子
104 アラーム端子
105 電源出力端子
108 操作検出端子
500 電流源
501 ツェナーダイオード
502 反転型シュミットトリガ回路
503 NOTゲート
504 スイッチング素子
505 スイッチング素子
560 ORゲート
561 SR型フリップフロップ
562 遅延回路
563 ANDゲート
564 SR型フリップフロップ
565 遅延回路
566 ANDゲート
568 ORゲート
569 ORゲート
571 抵抗
572 電流源
573 スイッチング素子
574 反転型シュミットトリガ回路
580 ORゲート
581 ANDゲート
582 ANDゲート
583 NOTゲート
584 スイッチング素子
610 電流源
611 コンパレータ
612 ローパスフィルタ
613 ヒステリシスバッファ
620 抵抗
621 抵抗
630 コンパレータ
631 ローパスフィルタ
640 コンパレータ
641 ローパスフィルタ
651 コンパレータ
652 ローパスフィルタ
653 ヒステリシスバッファ
655 抵抗
Claims (12)
- 主スイッチング素子に短絡が生じたことに応じて、当該主スイッチング素子に流れる電流を制限する保護動作を行う保護部と、
駆動信号に応じて前記主スイッチング素子を駆動制御する駆動制御部への電源供給が停止されるまで前記保護部に保護動作を継続させる保護動作制御部と、
を備える制御装置。 - 前記保護動作制御部は、
前記短絡が生じた場合に、前記短絡が解消したこと、および、前記電源供給が停止されたことを含む第1解除条件が満たされるまで、前記保護動作を実行すべき旨の情報を保持する第1保持部を有する、請求項1に記載の制御装置。 - 前記保護動作制御部は、
前記短絡が生じた場合に、前記短絡が解消したこと、および、前記電源供給が再開される場合の基準操作が行われたことを含む第1解除条件が満たされるまで、前記保護動作を実行すべき旨の情報を保持する第1保持部を有する、請求項1に記載の制御装置。 - 前記保護動作制御部は、前記第1解除条件が満たされることに応じて前記第1保持部をリセットするリセット部を有する、請求項2または3に記載の制御装置。
- 前記第1解除条件は、前記主スイッチング素子をオン状態とする前記駆動信号が供給されていないこと、および、前記保護動作の開始から基準時間以上が経過していることをさらに含む、請求項2~4の何れか一項に記載の制御装置。
- 前記保護部は、前記主スイッチング素子が基準温度よりも高温になったこと、前記主スイッチング素子に基準電流よりも大きい電流が流れたこと、および、前記電源供給による供給電圧が基準電圧よりも低下したこと、の少なくとも1つの異常が生じたことに応じても前記保護動作を行い、
前記保護動作制御部は、前記少なくとも1つの異常が生じた場合に、生じた異常が解消したこと、前記主スイッチング素子をオン状態とする前記駆動信号が供給されていないこと、および、前記保護動作の開始から基準時間以上が経過していることを含み、前記電源供給が停止されていることを条件に含まない第2解除条件が満たされるまで、前記保護動作を実行すべき旨の情報を保持する第2保持部を有する、請求項2~5の何れか一項に記載の制御装置。 - 前記保護動作制御部は、前記駆動制御部とは別の電源から電源供給を受ける、請求項2~6の何れか一項に記載の制御装置。
- 前記保護動作制御部は、前記駆動制御部と共通の電源から電源供給を受けることに応じて、前記保護動作を継続させるか否かの情報を保持する第3保持部を有する、請求項1に記載の制御装置。
- 前記主スイッチング素子に流れる電流に応じたパラメータを測定する測定部と、
測定されたパラメータに応じて前記主スイッチング素子に短絡が生じたことを検知する検知部と、
をさらに備える、請求項1から8の何れか一項に記載の制御装置。 - 前記保護動作が実行される場合にアラーム信号を出力する出力部をさらに備える、請求項1~9の何れか一項に記載の制御装置。
- 前記駆動制御部をさらに備える、請求項1から10の何れか一項に記載の制御装置。
- 請求項11に記載の制御装置と、前記主スイッチング素子とを備えるスイッチング装置。
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