EP0837479A2 - Circuit d'attaque pour électroaimant - Google Patents

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EP0837479A2
EP0837479A2 EP97117371A EP97117371A EP0837479A2 EP 0837479 A2 EP0837479 A2 EP 0837479A2 EP 97117371 A EP97117371 A EP 97117371A EP 97117371 A EP97117371 A EP 97117371A EP 0837479 A2 EP0837479 A2 EP 0837479A2
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Trent Lynn Goodnight
Vijay Manilal Dharia
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F7/00—Magnets
    • H01F7/06—Electromagnets; Actuators including electromagnets
    • H01F7/08—Electromagnets; Actuators including electromagnets with armatures
    • H01F7/18—Circuit arrangements for obtaining desired operating characteristics, e.g. for slow operation, for sequential energisation of windings, for high-speed energisation of windings
    • H01F7/1844—Monitoring or fail-safe circuits
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F7/00—Magnets
    • H01F7/06—Electromagnets; Actuators including electromagnets
    • H01F7/08—Electromagnets; Actuators including electromagnets with armatures
    • H01F7/18—Circuit arrangements for obtaining desired operating characteristics, e.g. for slow operation, for sequential energisation of windings, for high-speed energisation of windings
    • H01F7/1844—Monitoring or fail-safe circuits
    • H01F2007/1855—Monitoring or fail-safe circuits using a stored table to deduce one variable from another

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  • the invention relates to an electrical circuit for applying of an oscillating electric current to a coil of a Electromagnets through which the electromagnet is dependent on Input or guide signals can be controlled.
  • Electromagnets are preferably the electromagnet a hydraulic control valve.
  • the control of the current is in such an application difficult because of the primary electrical properties of the Control valves, resistors and inductors not known and are not predictable.
  • the resistance of the coil of the Electromagnets can move within the temperature range the coil is exposed to change over 100%.
  • the inductance of the coil due to changes in the Temperature, the voltage pulse frequency and the supply voltage change by well over 100%.
  • the Amplitude of the voltage pulses in a range between 9 and 16 Volts.
  • the object underlying the invention is seen in to design a generic electromagnetic driver circuit in such a way that the problems mentioned at the beginning are overcome.
  • an average current is to be generated which is in linear relationship with the input or command signal stands.
  • an electrical circuit provides one oscillating electrical current to the coil of a Electromagnets to cause the electromagnet to move in Dependency of a given variable command signal to move.
  • the solenoid driver circuit powers the coil with a stream which variable upper and lower Has limit current values.
  • the lower limit current value increases essentially a constant relationship to the upper one Limit current value.
  • the limit current values can also with Peak current value or peak current value.
  • the solution according to the invention enables precise current control of the solenoid driver with an immediate Respond, i.e. a minimal time delay between the current setpoint and the actual current in the coil.
  • the Solenoid driver can be used with just a few components produce low cost.
  • the requirements for the microprocessor are very small because the microprocessor is only marginal intervenes in the current control (software effectiveness).
  • the frequency of the electromagnetic driver can be easily Way at a nominal operating point (nominal current, resistance, Optimize inductance and power supply) by suitable resistors for the circuit can be selected.
  • the circuit according to the invention enables Maximum fault detection of the electromagnetic driver circuit. It is also advantageous that when switching on and / or during a Reset mode of the microprocessor from the solenoid driver circuit current output to the solenoid is zero.
  • the Circuit a signal divider through which of the command signal an upper limit current signal value and a lower limit current signal value, which is a constant relationship to the upper one Limit current signal value takes, are generated.
  • a current measuring resistor generates a current measurement voltage that passes through the current the coil corresponds.
  • a first comparator compares them Current measurement voltage with the upper current signal value.
  • a second Comparator compares the current measurement voltage with the lower one Current signal value.
  • a current driver supplies a driver current the electromagnetic coil as a function of the output signals, which generated by the first comparator and the second comparator be so that the coil current has a lower limit current value which is essentially in a constant ratio to the upper limit current value.
  • the average current follows linear to the limit current because the lower peak is always in one constant percentage ratio to the given upper Limit current stands. Because the relationship between the borders or Peaks is constant, the linearity is maintained between Average current and specified limit current even if the inductance and / or the resistance of the coil or when the supply voltage changes. Because the amplitude value between the limits or peaks with the average current increases, is the frequency range of the electromagnetic driver minimized.
  • the electromagnetic driver circuit 10 controls that to the coil L1 an electromagnetically operated transmission control valve, not shown applied current depending on an analog Voltage control signal V-CMD, which from the PWM output (Pulse pause modulation) of a microprocessor MP is generated.
  • the command signal preferably has a voltage range of 0 to 5 volts, which with a desired coil current from 0 to Corresponds to 1000 mA. Therefore, convert one to a regulated one Power supply from 5 volt connected pull-up resistor R15 and an inverter 12 the command signal from PWM, which has a duty cycle of 0% to 100% has an analog voltage of 5 to 0 volts.
  • a 2 millisecond filter circuit consisting of the Resistor R14 and capacitor C5 are used.
  • the filtered command signal is then sent to a voltage divider created, which is formed from the resistors R11 and R10 and a lead voltage at the connection between R11 and R10 V-PU (upper voltage limit) delivers.
  • a capacitor C4 connected in parallel to resistor R10 additionally a slight filtering contribution.
  • the voltage V-PU becomes the + input of a reset command comparator 14 and one between V-PU and earth through the resistors R8 and R9 Formed voltage divider supplied.
  • V-PL lower voltage limit
  • the output of the reset command comparator 14 is via a Resistor R6 connected to + 5 volts and connected to an input of a Set-reset flip-flops 18 (with Schmidt trigger input), that of two cross-linked NAND grids 20, 22 and a capacitor C2 is formed.
  • the output of the set command comparator 16 is via a resistor R7 connected to + 5 volts and to another input of the Set-reset flip-flops 18 created.
  • V-PU is also connected to the + input of a comparator 24 with a grounded capacitor C3 part of a shutdown circuit 26 is created.
  • a threshold which corresponds to a coil current of approximately 150 mA.
  • Capacitor C6 Between Earth and the connection point between R12 and R13 is located Capacitor C6.
  • the output of the comparator 24 (and the Switch-off circuit 26) has the input IN of a driver 28 connected.
  • the output OUT of driver 28 is at one end the solenoid L1 and via a freewheeling diode D1 with earth connected.
  • the other end of the coil L1 is above the current measuring resistor R2 connected to earth.
  • the voltage across resistor R2 is proportional to the current flowing through coil L1. High frequency noise of this voltage is caused by the resistance R3, the capacitor C1 and the resistor R5 filtered out, to generate a voltage VSENSE. Through the diode D2 voltage compensation is suppressed (voltage transients).
  • the voltage VSENSE is connected to the + input of the Comparator 16 and applied to the input of the comparator 14.
  • a comparator 30 has a + input at which VSENSE is present, and an input at which the voltage VSHUTOFF is present.
  • the output of the comparator 30 is via a pull-up resistor R1 connected to + 5 volts and is directly connected to the status input ST of the driver 28 connected. He pulls the ST Entrance down if VSENSE is below VSHUTOFF.
  • the exit of the comparator 30 generates a status signal which is sent to a digital input of the microprocessor MP is applied.
  • the microprocessor can detect errors in the circuit, if the command voltage V-PU is greater than a value that corresponds to a coil current of 150 mA. The status signal will ignored if the command signal is not greater than 150 mA is.
  • the driver is preferably a Profet from Siemens or a Equivalent to this, which is capable of a line break or detect a short in coil L1. If the driver 28 detects an error, it pulls his status line ST down.
  • Comparator 16 pulls its output to ground when VSENSE closes becomes small (smaller than V-PL).
  • the comparator 14 pulls its Output to earth if VSENSE becomes too large (larger than V-PU).
  • the resistors R8 and R9 are like this selected that V-PL is 78.5% of V-PU. If VSENSE under V-PL lies, the driver 28 is switched on (set) and remains switched on until VSENSE rises above V-PU. If VSENSE reaches the value V-PU, the driver is switched off (reset) until VSENSE falls below V-PL again.
  • V-PU To ensure that driver 28 is off when the lead tension is too low (for example, static friction of the electromagnet), V-PU and a small constant voltage VSHUTOFF in the comparator 24 fed. If the lead voltage of the microprocessor MP is less than a value with a coil current of 150 mA corresponds, the comparator 24 pulls the input of the driver 28 low, turns off the driver 28 and prevents the flip-flop 18 turns on the driver 28.
  • the average current follows through the Coil L1 linear to the limit current because the lower limit current always is in a constant relationship to the upper limit current.
  • the peak-to-peak amplitude also increases the ratio between the lower limit and however, the upper limit remains constant. The linearity remains even if the inductance and / or the Change the resistance of the coil L1 and / or if the Supply voltage fluctuates.
  • This circuit operates at a variable frequency.
  • the Frequency varies as a function of the command voltage, the Resistance and the inductance of the coil as well as the Supply voltage. However, since the peak-to-peak amplitude increases in the same way as the average current Frequency variation much less than when the peak-to-peak amplitude would be constant.
  • R8, R9 can be the frequency of the nominal Operating point (nominal current, resistance and inductance the coil and supply voltage) can be optimized.
  • a forward driver and a backward driver on a common drive and Use current measuring circuit.
  • the Input of the forward driver via an AND gate with a Forward switch and the reverse driver with an AND gate a reverse switch.
  • the microprocessor then drives the same command signal circuit regardless which valve (forward or reverse valve) is actually controlled.
  • the circuit is simple and consists of inexpensive Components.
  • the load on the microprocessor is extreme low, since it only has to generate the PWM command signal. Its A / D inputs are not used unnecessarily because of the Average current is not measured by the microprocessor. No equations or tables are required to To convert switching break ratios into current values since the Relationship is linear.
  • the PWM signal should be one have a fairly high frequency, so the time constant of the R14-C5 filter can be minimized or D / A converter can be used.
  • resistance R2 is like this be chosen as large as possible and preferably a tolerance of ⁇ 1%.
  • Resistors R8, R9, R10, R11 and R14 preferably have a tolerance of ⁇ 1%. Of the Ground path between the current measuring resistor R2 and the Comparators 14, 16, 24 and 30 should have a very low impedance exhibit. The accuracy of the 5 volt control supply voltage for inverter 12 is also important.
  • inverted Power switching device instead of inverted Power switching device with an inverted device an inverting driver intermediate stage can be used.

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