FILAMENT POWER SUPPLY FOR ELECTRON ACCELERATOR AND ELECTRON ACCELERATOR

• US 20200137868A1
• Filed: 10/29/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nuctech Company Limited (Tsinghua Tongfang Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Nuctech Company Limited (Tsinghua Tongfang Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LIU, Jinsheng, LIU, Yaohong, JIA, Wei, YAN, Xinshui, LI, Wei
• Granted Patent: US 10,694,616 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 1/135 Circuit arrangements therefor, e.g. for temperature control
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 2237/0473 accelerating
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 37/248 Components associated with high voltage supply means for measuring the high voltage per se G01R15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 9/02 responsive to excess current current limitation for voltage regulators G05F1/573; disconnection after limiting H02H3/025
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/156 with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 7/08 Duration or width modulation ; Duty cycle modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H05H 2007/022 Pulsed systems
• CPC Class Codes: H05H 7/02 Circuits or systems for supplying or feeding radio-frequency energy radio-frequency generators H03B

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a filament power supply for an electron accelerator and an electron accelerator. The filament power supply includes: a rectifier circuit configured to convert a power frequency AC voltage signal into a DC voltage signal; an inverter circuit configured to convert the DC voltage signal into an AC voltage signal; a sampling circuit configured to sample the AC voltage signal to obtain a current sampling signal or a voltage sampling signal; a pulse width modulation control chip configured to adjust a pulse width modulation signal until a voltage of the current sampling signal is equal to that of a reference current signal, or a voltage of the voltage sampling signal is equal to that of a reference voltage signal; a modulation circuit configured to modulate the power frequency AC voltage signal to obtain a modulation signal and output the pulse width modulation signal and the modulation signal.

Claims

1. A filament power supply for an electron accelerator, comprising:

a rectifier circuit configured to convert a power frequency AC voltage signal into a DC voltage signal;

an inverter circuit configured to convert the DC voltage signal into an AC voltage signal and output the AC voltage signal;

a sampling circuit configured to sample at least one of a current or a voltage of the AC voltage signal to obtain at least one of a current sampling signal or a voltage sampling signal;

a pulse width modulation control chip configured to adjust a duty cycle of a pulse width modulation signal output by the pulse width modulation control chip until a voltage of the current sampling signal is equal to that of a reference current signal, or a voltage of the voltage sampling signal is equal to that of a reference voltage signal; and

a modulation circuit configured to modulate the power frequency AC voltage signal according to the pulse width modulation signal to obtain a modulation signal and output the power frequency AC voltage signal and the modulation signal to the inverter circuit to trigger the inverter circuit to convert the DC voltage signal into the AC voltage signal.

2. The filament power supply according to claim 1, wherein:

an absolute value of a difference between the voltage of the current sampling signal and the voltage of the reference current signal is a first value, and an absolute value of a difference between the voltage of the voltage sampling signal and the voltage of the reference voltage signal is a second value;

the pulse width modulation control chip is configured to adjust the duty cycle of the pulse width modulation signal until the voltage of the current sampling signal is equal to that of the reference current signal in a case where the first value is greater than the second value; and

adjust the duty cycle of the pulse width modulation signal until the voltage of the voltage sampling signal is equal to that of the reference current signal in a case where the first value is less than the second value.

3. The filament power supply according to claim 1, wherein a voltage of the power frequency AC voltage signal is a voltage between a first node and a second node;

the modulation circuit comprises;

a first sampling resistor, of which a first terminal is grounded, and a second terminal is connected to the first node via a first resistor;

a second sampling resistor, of which a first terminal is grounded, and a second terminal is connected to a first DC output terminal of the rectifier circuit via a second resistor;

a third sampling resistor, of which a first terminal of is grounded, and a second terminal is connected to the second node via a third resistor;

a first NAND gate, of which a first input terminal is connected to the second terminal of the first sampling resistor, a second input terminal is configured to receive a power supply voltage signal, a third input terminal is connected to the second terminal of the second sampling resistor, and an output terminal is configured to output the power frequency AC voltage signal;

a second NAND gate, of which a first input terminal is connected to the second terminal of the third sampling resistor, a second input terminal is configured to receive the power supply voltage signal, a third input terminal is connected to the second terminal of the second sampling resistor, and an output terminal is configured to output the power frequency AC voltage signal;

a third NAND gate, of which a first input terminal and a second input terminal are connected to the output terminal of the first NAND gate;

a fourth NAND gate, of which a first input terminal and a second input terminal are connected to the output terminal of the second NAND gate;

a fifth NAND gate, of which a first input terminal is connected to an output terminal of the third NAND gate, a second input terminal is configured to receive the pulse width modulation signal, and an output terminal is configured to output the modulation signal; and

a sixth NAND gate, of which a first input terminal is connected to an output terminal of the fourth NAND gate, a second input terminal is configured to receive the pulse width modulation signal, and an output terminal is configured to output the modulation signal.

4. The filament power supply according to claim 3, wherein the output terminal of the first NAND gate is connected to a fourth input terminal of the second NAND gate, and the output terminal of the second NAND gate is connected to a fourth input terminal of the first NAND gate.

5. The filament power supply according to claim 3, further comprising:

a soft start circuit configured to control the pulse width modulation control chip not to output the pulse width modulation signal in a case where neither the third NAND gate nor the fourth NAND gate outputs the modulation signal.

6. The filament power supply according to claim 5, wherein the soft start circuit comprises:

a first diode, of which a first terminal is connected to the output terminal of the third NAND gate;

a second diode, of which a first terminal of the second diode is connected to the output terminal of the fourth NAND gate;

a first transistor, of which a control electrode is connected to a second terminal of the first diode and a second terminal of the second diode via a fourth resistor, and a first electrode is grounded;

a third diode, of which a first terminal is connected to a second electrode of the first transistor and connected, via a fifth resistor, to a first voltage terminal, and a second terminal is connected to a first port of the pulse width modulation control chip; and

a second transistor, of which a control electrode is connected to the second electrode of the first transistor via a sixth resistor, a first electrode is grounded, and a second electrode is connected to a second port of the pulse width modulation control chip.

7. The filament power supply according to claim 3, wherein the inverter circuit comprises:

a first switch, of which a control electrode is connected to the output terminal of the fifth NAND gate, a first electrode is connected to the first DC output terminal of the rectifier circuit, and a second electrode is connected to a first AC output terminal of the inverter circuit;

a second switch, of which a control electrode is connected to the output terminal of the sixth NAND gate, a first electrode is connected to the first AC output terminal of the inverter circuit, and a second electrode is connected to a second DC output terminal of the rectifier circuit;

a third switch, of which a control electrode is connected to the output terminal of the second NAND gate, a first electrode is connected to the first DC output terminal of the rectifier circuit, and a second electrode is connected to a second AC output terminal of the inverter circuit; and

a fourth switch, of which a control electrode is connected to the output terminal of the first NAND gate, a first electrode is connected to the second AC output terminal of the inverter circuit, and a second electrode is connected to the second DC output terminal of the rectifier circuit.

8. The filament power supply according to claim 7, wherein each of the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, and the fourth switch comprises an insulated gate bipolar transistor.

9. The filament power supply according to claim 6, wherein each of the first transistor and the second transistor comprises a bipolar transistor.

10. The filament power supply according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reference signal modulation circuit configured to modulate the reference current signal according to a reference pulse width modulation signal from an external input terminal.

11. The filament power supply according to claim 10, wherein the reference signal modulation circuit comprises:

an optocoupler, of which a first input terminal is connected to the external input terminal via an eighth resistor, a second input terminal is connected to a second voltage terminal, a first output terminal is connected to the pulse width modulation control chip, and a second output terminal is connected to the pulse width modulation control chip via a ninth resistor, a potentiometer, and a seventh resistor.

12. The filament power supply according to claim 1, further comprising:

an overcurrent protection circuit connected between the inverter circuit and the pulse width modulation control chip.

13. The filament power supply according to claim 12, wherein the overcurrent protection circuit comprises:

a tenth resistance; and

a third transistor, of which a control electrode is connected to the inverter circuit via the tenth resistor, a first electrode is grounded, and a second electrode is connected to the pulse width modulation control chip.

14. The filament power supply according to claim 7, further comprising at least one of a first protection circuit, a second protection circuit, a third protection circuit, or a fourth protection circuit, each of which comprising a twelfth resistor, a thirteenth resistor, a diode, and a Zener diode, wherein:

in the first protection circuit, a first terminal of the twelfth resistor, a first terminal of the diode, a first terminal of the thirteenth resistor, and a first terminal of the Zener diode are connected to the control electrode of the first switch, a second terminal of the twelfth resistor and a second terminal of the diode are connected to the output terminal of the fifth NAND gate, and a second terminal of the thirteenth resistor and a second terminal of the Zener diode are connected to the second electrode of the first switch;

in the second protection circuit, the first terminal of the twelfth resistor, the first terminal of the diode, the first terminal of the thirteenth resistor, and the first terminal of the Zener diode are connected to the control electrode of the second switch, the second terminal of the twelfth resistor and the second terminal of the diode are connected to the output terminal of the sixth NAND gate, and the second terminal of the thirteenth resistor and the second terminal of the Zener diode are connected to the second electrode of the second switch;

in the third protection circuit, the first terminal of the twelfth resistor, the first terminal of the diode, the first terminal of the thirteenth resistor, and the first terminal of the Zener diode are connected to the control electrode of the third switch, the second terminal of the twelfth resistor and the second terminal of the diode are connected to the output terminal of the second NAND gate, and the second terminal of the thirteenth resistor and the second terminal of the Zener diode are connected to the second electrode of the third switch;

in the fourth protection circuit, the first terminal of the twelfth resistor, the first terminal of the diode, the first terminal of the thirteenth resistor, and the first terminal of the Zener diode are connected to the control electrode of the fourth switch, the second terminal of the twelfth resistor and the second terminal of the diode are connected to the output terminal of the first NAND gate, and the second terminal of the thirteenth resistor and the second terminal of the Zener diode are connected to the second electrode of the fourth switch.

15. An electron accelerator, comprising a filament power supply for the electron accelerator, wherein the filament power supply comprises:

a rectifier circuit configured to convert a power frequency AC voltage signal into a DC voltage signal;

an inverter circuit configured to convert the DC voltage signal into an AC voltage signal and output the AC voltage signal;

a sampling circuit configured to sample at least one of a current or a voltage of the AC voltage signal to obtain at least one of a current sampling signal or a voltage sampling signal;

a pulse width modulation control chip configured to adjust a duty cycle of a pulse width modulation signal output by the pulse width modulation control chip until a voltage of the current sampling signal is equal to that of a reference current signal, or a voltage of the voltage sampling signal is equal to that of a reference voltage signal; and

a modulation circuit configured to modulate the power frequency AC voltage signal according to the pulse width modulation signal to obtain a modulation signal and output the power frequency AC voltage signal and the modulation signal to the inverter circuit to trigger the inverter circuit to convert the DC voltage signal into the AC voltage signal.

16. The electron accelerator according to claim 15, wherein:

an absolute value of a difference between the voltage of the current sampling signal and the voltage of the reference current signal is a first value, and an absolute value of a difference between the voltage of the voltage sampling signal and the voltage of the reference voltage signal is a second value;

the pulse width modulation control chip is configured to adjust the duty cycle of the pulse width modulation signal until the voltage of the current sampling signal is equal to that of the reference current signal in a case where the first value is greater than the second value; and

adjust the duty cycle of the pulse width modulation signal until the voltage of the voltage sampling signal is equal to that of the reference current signal in a case where the first value is less than the second value.

17. The electron accelerator according to claim 15, wherein a voltage of the power frequency AC voltage signal is a voltage between a first node and a second node;

the modulation circuit comprises;

a first sampling resistor, of which a first terminal is grounded, and a second terminal is connected to the first node via a first resistor;

a second sampling resistor, of which a first terminal is grounded, and a second terminal is connected to a first DC output terminal of the rectifier circuit via a second resistor;

a third sampling resistor, of which a first terminal of is grounded, and a second terminal is connected to the second node via a third resistor;

a first NAND gate, of which a first input terminal is connected to the second terminal of the first sampling resistor, a second input terminal is configured to receive a power supply voltage signal, a third input terminal is connected to the second terminal of the second sampling resistor, and an output terminal is configured to output the power frequency AC voltage signal;

a second NAND gate, of which a first input terminal is connected to the second terminal of the third sampling resistor, a second input terminal is configured to receive the power supply voltage signal, a third input terminal is connected to the second terminal of the second sampling resistor, and an output terminal is configured to output the power frequency AC voltage signal;

a third NAND gate, of which a first input terminal and a second input terminal are connected to the output terminal of the first NAND gate;

a fourth NAND gate, of which a first input terminal and a second input terminal are connected to the output terminal of the second NAND gate;

a fifth NAND gate, of which a first input terminal is connected to an output terminal of the third NAND gate, a second input terminal is configured to receive the pulse width modulation signal, and an output terminal is configured to output the modulation signal; and

a sixth NAND gate, of which a first input terminal is connected to an output terminal of the fourth NAND gate, a second input terminal is configured to receive the pulse width modulation signal, and an output terminal is configured to output the modulation signal.

18. The electron accelerator according to claim 17, wherein the output terminal of the first NAND gate is connected to a fourth input terminal of the second NAND gate, and the output terminal of the second NAND gate is connected to a fourth input terminal of the first NAND gate.

19. The electron accelerator according to claim 17, wherein the inverter circuit comprises:

a first switch, of which a control electrode is connected to the output terminal of the fifth NAND gate, a first electrode is connected to the first DC output terminal of the rectifier circuit, and a second electrode is connected to a first AC output terminal of the inverter circuit;

a second switch, of which a control electrode is connected to the output terminal of the sixth NAND gate, a first electrode is connected to the first AC output terminal of the inverter circuit, and a second electrode is connected to a second DC output terminal of the rectifier circuit;

a third switch, of which a control electrode is connected to the output terminal of the second NAND gate, a first electrode is connected to the first DC output terminal of the rectifier circuit, and a second electrode is connected to a second AC output terminal of the inverter circuit; and

a fourth switch, of which a control electrode is connected to the output terminal of the first NAND gate, a first electrode is connected to the second AC output terminal of the inverter circuit, and a second electrode is connected to the second DC output terminal of the rectifier circuit.

20. The electron accelerator according to claim 19, wherein each of the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, and the fourth switch comprises an insulated gate bipolar transistor.