Driving circuit for switching element and switching circuit

    公开(公告)号:US11165421B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US17272753

    申请日:2019-03-14

    申请人: OMRON Corporation

    IPC分类号: H02M1/08 H03K17/16

    摘要: A switching element 1 has a gate terminal connected to an output end 123 of a driving circuit 12 via a capacitor 11 and a resistor 13 connected in parallel. The switching element 1 has a source terminal connected to the driving circuit 12 via a capacitor 14. A diode 15 connected in series with a resistor 16 has a cathode terminal connected to a section between the capacitor 11 and the resistor 13, and the gate terminal and an anode terminal connected, via the resistor 16, to a section between the source terminal and the capacitor 14.

    Overcurrent protection circuit for switching element turned on and off based on control voltage

    公开(公告)号:US11545972B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-03

    申请号:US17273101

    申请日:2020-01-30

    申请人: OMRON Corporation

    IPC分类号: H03K17/082

    摘要: An overcurrent protection circuit is provided for a switching element turned on/off based on a control voltage. The overcurrent protection circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is a PNP bipolar transistor and has an emitter connected to the control voltage. The second transistor is an NPN bipolar transistor and has a base connected to a collector of the first transistor, a collector connected to a base of the first transistor and pulled up to a predetermined pull-up voltage, and a grounded emitter. When the control voltage exceeds a predetermined first threshold voltage, the first and second transistors are turned on, the control voltage is dropped by drop of the pull-up voltage, and thus the overcurrent protection circuit starts a protection operation of turning off the switching element.

    Power converter for converting DC power to AC power with adaptive control on characteristics of load

    公开(公告)号:US10516346B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-24

    申请号:US16181341

    申请日:2018-11-06

    申请人: OMRON Corporation

    摘要: A power converter is provided with an inverter unit for converting DC power from a DC power supply into AC power, and a control unit that generates a control signal for controlling the inverter unit. The control unit includes an impedance estimation unit that injects a disturbance signal into a load and derives an estimated value of an impedance of the load based on a voltage signal from the load into which the disturbance signal is injected, the impedance compensator unit whose control parameters are set based on the estimated value of the impedance, and that corrects an output current signal in accordance with the control parameters, a command value unit that outputs a command value indicating a control target value, and a control compensator unit that generates a control signal, based on the command value from the command value unit and the current signal from the impedance compensator unit.