Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Synchronizing parallel power switches
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Application No.: US14894583Application Date: 2014-06-17
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Publication No.: US09762114B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Robin Lyle , Mark Snook , Robert John Leedham
- Applicant: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
- Applicant Address: DE Regensburg
- Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
- Current Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Regensburg
- Agent Andrew Wilford
- Priority: GB1311997.9 20130704
- International Application: PCT/GB2014/051850 WO 20140617
- International Announcement: WO2015/001311 WO 20150108
- Main IPC: G05F1/12
- IPC: G05F1/12 ; G05B24/02 ; H02J1/00 ; H02J3/12 ; G05B11/01 ; H02M5/42 ; H02M7/68 ; H02M3/24 ; H02M7/44 ; H02M7/538 ; H02M1/088 ; H03K17/12 ; H03K17/28

Abstract:
The invention generally relates to methods and circuits for controlling switching of parallel coupled power semiconductor switching devices (3), for example for use in a power converter. In an example, there is provided a circuit for controlling switching of parallel coupled power semiconductor switching devices (3), the circuit comprising: a plurality of drive modules (2), each said module for controlling a said power semiconductor switching device (3); control circuitry to transmit switch command signals to the modules, each said switch command signal to trigger a said drive module to control a said power semiconductor switching device to switch state; and voltage isolation between the drive modules and the control circuitry, wherein each said drive module for controlling a said device comprises: timing circuitry (22) to compare a switching delay of the device and a reference delay, wherein said switching delay is a time interval between detecting a said switching command signal at the drive module and switching of the device in accordance with the detected switching command signal; and delay circuitry (21) to provide a controllable delay to delay a said triggering by a said switching command signal received at the module subsequent to the detected switching command signal, the delay circuitry configured to control the controllable delay according to a result of said comparison of said switching delay of the device, to thereby reduce a time difference between the reference delay and a said switching delay of the device switching in accordance with the subsequent switching command signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160126822A1 SYNCHRONIZING PARALLEL POWER SWITCHES Public/Granted day:2016-05-05
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