High-voltage protection circuit, high-voltage protection method and power supply

• US 9,343,951 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2013
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xi'An Zhongxing New Software Co., Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Du, Fengfu, Dai, Binchuan, Wang, Jiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Dole, Timothy J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ahmad, Shahzeb K
• Application Number:
  US14/412,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20150146459A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,023 Days
• Field of Search: 363/50, 363/52, 363/53, 361/436, 361 911- 918, 361/92, 361/18, 323/908, 307 43- 87
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 3/20 responsive to excess voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 7/10 for converters; for rectifiers forming part of the control circuit of the converter, see the relevant group in H02M
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 9/04 responsive to excess voltage lightning arrestors H01C7/12, H01C8/04, H01G9/18, H01T
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/32 Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection

Abstract

Disclosed are a high-voltage protection circuit, a high-voltage protection method and a power supply. The high voltage protection circuit comprises a main relay, an auxiliary relay, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first capacitor and a second capacitor, wherein one end of the main relay is connected to the input port of a live line, and the other end thereof is connected to the output port of the live line; one end of the auxiliary relay is connected to the input port of the live line, and the other end thereof is connected between the first resistor and the second resistor; one end of the first capacitor is connected to the output port of the live line, and the other end thereof is connected to a neutral line parallel to the live line; the second capacitor is connected to both ends of the main relay in parallel; and the second resistor and the first resistor are connected between the input port and the output port of the live line in series in sequence. The present invention can effectively solve the problem that quick recovery cannot be achieved in an energy-saving mode, so that the system achieves high efficiency and energy saving, and can ensure high-voltage protection in an energy-saving mode through the bridge connection of the second capacitor to both ends of the main relay, and the adjustment of the capacitance values of the first capacitor and the second capacitor.

Claims

1. A power supply, comprising a high-voltage protection circuit, a rectifier circuit, an electrolytic capacitor, a Direct Current (DC-DC) conversion circuit, a secondary power supply, an electrolytic capacitor voltage detecting circuit, a secondary relay controlling circuit, a primary relay controlling circuit, and an Alternating Current (AC) input voltage detecting circuit, wherein

the high-voltage protection circuit is configured for performing high-voltage protection on the power supply;

the high-voltage protection circuit comprises a primary relay, a secondary relay, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor, wherein

one end of the primary relay is connected to an input port of a live line, the other end of the primary relay is connected to an output port of the live line;

one end of the secondary relay is connected to the input port of the live line, the other end of the secondary relay is connected between the first resistor and the second resistor;

one end of the first capacitor is connected to the output port of the live line, the other end of the first capacitor is connected to a neutral line connected in parallel with the live line;

the second capacitor is connected in parallel with the primary relay; and

the second resistor and the first resistor are connected in series between the input port of the live line and the output port of the live line,

the primary relay controlling circuit is configured for opening and closing the primary relay in the high-voltage protection circuit;

the secondary relay controlling circuit is configured for opening and closing the secondary relay in the high-voltage protection circuit;

the output end of the high-voltage protection circuit is connected to an input end of the rectifier circuit, the electrolytic capacitor is connected between an output end of the rectifier circuit and an input end of the DC-DC conversion circuit;

an output end of the secondary power supply is connected to a relay in the high-voltage protection circuit, the AC input voltage detecting circuit, the primary relay controlling circuit, the secondary relay controlling circuit, and the electrolytic capacitor voltage detecting circuit.

2. The power supply according to claim 1, wherein the first resistor has a fixed resistance, and the second resistor is a thermistor.

3. The power supply according to claim 1, wherein the high-voltage protection circuit further comprises a rectifier bridge and an electrolytic capacitor, wherein an input end of the rectifier bridge is connected to both ends of the first capacitor, and the electrolytic capacitor is connected to an output end of the rectifier bridge.

4. The power supply according to claim 1, further comprising a Micro Control Unit (MCU) controller, an optocoupler, and a secondary power supply controlling circuit, the MCU controller being connected to the DC-DC conversion circuit, the optocoupler being connected to the MCU controller, the secondary power supply controlling circuit being connected between the secondary power supply and the optocoupler.

5. The power supply according to claim 4, further comprising a cell, outputs of the DC-DC conversion circuit being connected in parallel to the cell, the cell serving as a load of the power supply and being configured for powering the MCU controller.

6. The power supply according to claim 4, wherein the MCU controller is configured for, when a rectifier in the rectifier circuit is in an energy saving mode, stopping the secondary power supply according to a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) control signal for blocking the secondary power supply controlling circuit issued by the optocoupler.

7. A high-voltage protection method in using a power supply, the power supply comprising a high-voltage protection circuit, a rectifier circuit, an electrolytic capacitor, a Direct Current (DC-DC) conversion circuit, a secondary power supply, an electrolytic capacitor voltage detecting circuit, a secondary relay controlling circuit, a primary relay controlling circuit, and an Alternating Current (AC) input voltage detecting circuit;

the high-voltage protection circuit comprising a primary relay, a secondary relay, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor;

the method comprising;

closing and opening the primary relay and the secondary relay in the high-voltage protection circuit according to an AC input voltage detecting signal output by the AC input voltage detecting circuit and an electrolytic capacitor voltage detecting signal output by the electrolytic capacitor voltage detecting circuit; and

performing high-voltage protection on the power supply and performing energy saving control on one or more rectifiers in the power supply by opening and/or closing the primary relay and the secondary relay, wherein

one end of the primary relay is connected to an input port of a live line, the other end of the primary relay is connected to an output port of the live line;

one end of the secondary relay is connected to the input port of the live line, the other end of the secondary relay is connected between the first resistor and the second resistor;

one end of the first capacitor is connected to the output port of the live line, the other end of the first capacitor is connected to a neutral line connected in parallel with the live line;

the second capacitor is connected in parallel with the primary relay; and

the second resistor and the first resistor are connected in series between the input port of the live line and the output port of the live line,

the high-voltage protection circuit is configured for performing high-voltage protection on the power supply;

the output end of the high-voltage protection circuit is connected to an input end of the rectifier circuit, the electrolytic capacitor is connected between an output end of the rectifier circuit and an input end of the DC-DC conversion circuit;

an output end of the secondary power supply is connected to a relay in the high-voltage protection circuit, the AC input voltage detecting circuit, the primary relay controlling circuit, the secondary relay controlling circuit, and the electrolytic capacitor voltage detecting circuit.

8. The high-voltage protection method according to claim 7, wherein the closing and opening the primary relay and the secondary relay in the high-voltage protection circuit according to an AC input voltage detecting signal output by the AC input voltage detecting circuit and an electrolytic capacitor voltage detecting signal output by the electrolytic capacitor voltage detecting circuit comprises:

when the rectifier is in a non-energy-saving mode,

receiving and processing, by the AC input voltage detecting circuit, an AC input signal, and outputting the AC input voltage detecting signal to the primary relay controlling circuit;

receiving and processing, by the electrolytic capacitor voltage detecting circuit, a voltage output signal of the electrolytic capacitor, and outputting the electrolytic capacitor voltage detecting signal to the primary relay controlling circuit and the secondary relay controlling circuit; and

processing, by the primary relay controlling circuit and the secondary relay controlling circuit, the AC input voltage detecting signal and the electrolytic capacitor voltage detecting signal received, and generating a control signal for controlling the high-voltage protection circuit.

9. The high-voltage protection method according to claim 8, wherein the processing, by the primary relay controlling circuit and the secondary relay controlling circuit, the AC input voltage detecting signal and the electrolytic capacitor voltage detecting signal received, and generating a control signal for controlling the high-voltage protection circuit comprises:

when normal voltages are detected according to both the AC input voltage detecting signal and the electrolytic capacitor voltage detecting signal, controlling, by the primary relay controlling circuit, the primary relay to stay closed, controlling, by the secondary relay controlling circuit, the secondary relay to stay closed, and implementing normal power output via the primary relay;

when an AC current overvoltage is detected, controlling, by the primary relay controlling circuit, the primary relay to stay open, and controlling, by the secondary relay controlling circuit, the secondary relay to stay open.

10. The high-voltage protection method according to claim 7, wherein the performing high-voltage protection on the power supply and performing energy saving control on one or more rectifiers in the power supply by opening and/or closing the primary relay and the secondary relay comprises:

performing high-voltage protection on the power supply by opening and/or closing the primary relay and the secondary relay, and performing energy saving control on one or more rectifiers in the power supply using the MCU controller.