The system proposed in this invention allows the conversion of energy from an AC/DC source, located on a platform (surface) and transmitted through an umbilical to a robot that operates on flexible lines, converting the electrical voltage to levels suitable for supplying the robotic system, and can also be used for supplying other pieces of equipment that operate with low voltage and require power high-density and protection against voltage transients.

The system of the invention consists of a surface source (2), fed by the platform's three-phase grid (1), an umbilical cable (3), which connects the source to the robot, an overvoltage protection circuit (4), and a two-stage conversion modular system (5 and 6).

A power supply system includes first and second power supply lines to respectively connect positive and negative electrode terminals of a load with a main power supply. First and second voltage detection lines are respectively connected to the first and second power supply lines via first and second resistances. First and second inspection power supplies respectively supply power and provide potential differences to the first and second voltage detection lines from the first and second power supply lines. Occurrence of a short circuit in one of the first and second voltage detection lines is recognized when corresponding one of the first and second inspection power supplies supplies power and a difference between a preset voltage and a voltage caused between the first and second voltage detection lines is a threshold value or more.

The present invention discloses a flying capacitor converter, a short circuit current suppression circuit for the same and an energy storage system. The flying capacitor converter comprises a controller, and has a high voltage side connected to a first power source and a low voltage side connected to a second power source. The short circuit current suppression circuit comprises: at least one current detection unit connected to the low voltage side and/or the high voltage side of the flying capacitor converter; and at least one switch set connected in series to the high voltage side and/or the low voltage side of the flying capacitor converter, wherein the controller controls the switch set to cut off a connection between the flying capacitor converter and the first power source and/or between the flying capacitor converter and the second power source, when the current detection unit detects a short circuit.

Circuits and methods for protecting the switches of charge pump-based power converters from damage if a V.sub.OUT short circuit event occurs and/or if V.sub.IN falls rapidly with respect to V.sub.X or V.sub.OUT. A general embodiment includes a V.sub.X Detection Block coupled to the core block of a power converter. The V.sub.X Detection Block is coupled to V.sub.X and to a control circuit that disables operations of an associated converter circuit upon detection of large, rapid falls in V.sub.X during the dead time between clock phase signals, thereby prevent damaging current spikes. Some embodiments include a V.sub.IN Detection Block configured to detect and prevent excessive in-rush current due to rapidly falling values of V.sub.IN to the power converter. The V.sub.IN Detection Block is coupled to V.sub.IN, and to V.sub.X or V.sub.OUT in some embodiments, and to a control circuit to that disables operation of an associated converter circuit.

A system topology may use intentional signal injection to monitor one or more power supply circuits that may supply electrical power to components of the system. The system topology may include voltage monitoring circuitry to monitor the output of the power supply. In some examples, a power supply rail fault may happen either inside or outside of the power supply circuit, but not be detectable by the voltage monitoring circuitry. Injecting a check signal in the presence of an actual fault, may cause oscillations at the output node of the power supply detectable by the voltage monitoring circuitry. Once the check signal, combined with the fault signal, at the output node reaches the monitoring threshold detectable by the voltage monitoring circuitry, the voltage monitoring circuitry may output an indication of the fault to processing circuitry of the system.

The battery assembly includes a control unit and a DCDC converter. The control unit is configured to, when a first load is short-circuited in a process in which the battery assembly supplies power to the first load, control the DCDC converter to output a first current. The first current is greater than a maximum nominal discharge current of the battery assembly, is used to break an electrical connection between the first load and a busbar, and is less than a short-circuit protection current of the battery assembly; and/or the control unit is configured to, after a power supply encounters a power failure, control a discharge capability of the battery assembly to be greater than a maximum nominal discharge capability of the battery assembly, and supply power to a first load and a second load by using a DCDC converter.

The present application provides method and circuit for monitoring a voltage of a power supply, which adopts a divided voltage circuit to obtain a divided voltage from an input voltage of an input power source generated from the power supply, for detecting the input voltage according to the divided voltage by adopting a first detection circuit and a second detection circuit. Also, judging whether the divided voltage is clamped according to a clamp threshold value to determine the first detection circuit or the second detection circuit detecting a detection current and determine another detection circuit detecting the divided voltage. Hereby, the input voltage transmitted from a rectification circuit to the power supply is monitored, and the dependence between the two detection circuits is avoided.

This disclosure describes a protection circuit configured to protect a power converter. The protection circuit may be configured to determine when the power converter is operating in a tristate mode, and upon determining that the power converter is operating in the tristate mode, to disable a supply to the power converter based on a comparison of a switch node voltage on a switch node of the power converter to a feedback node voltage on an output node of the power converter.

A method, an apparatus and a computer device for detecting an open circuit fault are provided. The sample data of the electrical signal at the primary side of the transformer in the CLLLC resonant bidirectional DC/DC converter is performed with spectrum analysis to obtain a first frequency, and whether an open circuit fault occurs in the CLLLC resonant bidirectional DC/DC converter can be determined according to the first frequency and an actual switching frequency.

The present closure provides a switching mode power supply including a primary circuit unit comprising an input circuit proving an input voltage and a semiconductor switch conducting or cutting off the input circuit, a transformer comprising a primary winding connected to the primary circuit unit and a plurality of secondary windings magnetically connected to the primary winding, a plurality of secondary circuit units respectively connected to the secondary windings and supplying a plurality of output voltages, a feedback circuit unit receiving one of the output voltages as feedback and calculating a compensation voltage for constantly controlling the output voltages, a control unit controlling on/off a duty ratio of the semiconductor switch according to the compensation voltage, and a protection circuit unit receiving one of the output voltages to determine whether the feedback circuit unit fails and to cut off, when the feedback circuit fails, power of the control unit.