SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICE
20230318288 · 2023-10-05
Assignee
Inventors
- Dezhi DAI (Chengdu, CN)
- Chengyong LEI (Chengdu, CN)
- Guohua YANG (Chengdu, CN)
- Xueying Wang (Chengdu, CN)
Cpc classification
International classification
Abstract
A surge protective device includes a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal; n gap units, connected in series between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal sequentially, where a common terminal is formed between adjacent gap units; k first trigger circuits, the k first trigger circuits each include a first terminal connected to one of the common terminals, and a second terminal connected to the second electrode terminal; and m second trigger circuits, the m second trigger circuits each include a first terminal connected to one of the common terminals, and a second terminal connected to the first electrode terminal, where any one of the common terminals is connected only to either the first terminal of one of the first trigger circuits or the first terminal of one of the second trigger circuits.
Claims
1. A surge protective device, comprising: a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal; n gap units, wherein the n gap units are connected in series between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal sequentially, wherein a common terminal is formed between adjacent gap units of the n gap units; k first trigger circuits, wherein the k first trigger circuits each comprise a first terminal connected to one of the common terminals, and a second terminal connected to the second electrode terminal; and only one second trigger circuit, wherein the second trigger circuit comprises a first terminal connected to one of the common terminals, and a second terminal connected to the first electrode terminal, wherein any one of the common terminals is connected only to either a first terminal of one of the k first trigger circuits or the first terminal of the second trigger circuit; wherein n≥3, and 1≤k<n−1, wherein n, and k, are integers, wherein each of the k first trigger circuits and the second trigger circuit comprises a capacitor, and a capacitance in the capacitor of the second trigger circuit is greater than a capacitance of each capacitor in each of the k first trigger circuits.
2. The device according to claim 1, wherein a first terminal of the one second trigger circuit is connected to a t-th common terminal of the common terminals counted from the first electrode terminal to the second electrode terminal, and 2≤t≤n−1, wherein t is an integer.
3. The device according to claim 2, wherein if a number n of the n gap units is 16 to 22, n−7≤t≤n−4; if the number n of the n gap units is 13 to 15, n−6≤t≤n−2; if the number n of the n gap units is 8 to 12, n−5≤t≤n−2; if the number n of the n gap units is 4 to 7, n−2≤t≤n−1; and if the number n of the n gap units is 3, t=2.
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5. The device according to claim 1, wherein an i-th first trigger circuit of the k first trigger circuits connected to an i-th common terminal of the common terminals is defined as CXi, 1≤i≤t−1, wherein i is an integer, and a capacity of a capacitor in CXi is greater than or equal to a capacity of a capacitor in each of other first trigger circuits of the k first trigger circuits.
6. The device according to claim 5, wherein if a number n of the n gap units is 16 to 22, 5≤t−i≤10; if the number n of then gap units is 13 to 15, 4≤t−i≤9; if the number n of the n gap units is 8 to 12, 3≤t−i≤6; if the number n of then gap units is 4 to 7, 2≤t−i≤3; and if the number n of the n gap units is 3, t−i=1.
7. The device according to claim 5, wherein a spark gap spacing of each of 2nd to i-th gap units of the n gap units counted from the first electrode terminal to the second electrode terminal is less than or equal to a spark gap spacing of each of other gap units of then gap units.
8. The device according to claim 1, wherein a spark gap spacing of a first gap unit of the n gap units adjacent to the first electrode terminal is greater than or equal to a spark gap spacing of each of other gap units of the n gap units.
9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first terminals of the k first trigger circuits and the first terminal of the second trigger circuit are connected to n−1 common terminals of the common terminals sequentially and alternately from the first electrode terminal to the second electrode terminal.
10. The device according to claim 1, wherein a voltage limiting circuit is connected between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, and the voltage limiting circuit comprises a voltage limiting element or a combination of the voltage limiting element and a switching element.
11. The device according to claim 1, wherein each of the k first trigger circuits and the second trigger circuit each comprise only a capacitor or comprise a capacitor in combination with one or more of a capacitor, resistor, varistor, inductor, thermistor, transient suppression diode, air gap, and/or gas discharge tube (GDT).
12. The device according to claim 1, wherein the n gap units each comprise one of or a combination of at least two of GDTs, gaps formed by graphite electrodes, and gaps formed by metal electrodes; or the n gap units each comprise a combination of the GDTs, the gaps formed by the graphite electrodes, the gaps formed by the metal electrodes with at least one of capacitors, resistors, varistors, inductors, and thermistors.
13. A surge protective device, comprising: a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal; n gap units, wherein the n gap units are connected in series between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal sequentially, wherein a common terminal is formed between adjacent gap units of the n gap units; k first trigger circuits, wherein the k first trigger circuits each comprise a first terminal connected to one of the common terminals, and a second terminal connected to the second electrode terminal; and only one second trigger circuit, wherein the second trigger circuit comprises a first terminal connected to one of the common terminals, and a second terminal connected to the first electrode terminal, wherein n≥2, and 1≤k≤n−1, wherein n, and k integers. wherein each of the k first trigger circuits and the second trigger circuit comprise a capacitor, and a capacity in the capacitor of the second trigger circuit is greater than a capacity of each capacitor in each of the k first trigger circuits.
14. A surge protective device, comprising: a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal; n gap units, wherein the n gap units are connected in series between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal sequentially, wherein a common terminal is formed between adjacent gap units of the n gap units; k first trigger circuits, wherein the k first trigger circuits each comprise a first terminal connected to one of the common terminals, and a second terminal connected to the second electrode terminal; and m second trigger circuits, wherein the m second trigger circuits each comprise a first terminal connected to one of the common terminals, and a second terminal connected to one of the common terminals or connected to a same common terminal of the common terminals, wherein n≥2, 1k≤<n−1, and 1≤m≤n−1, wherein n, k, and m are integers, wherein each of the k first trigger circuits and the m second trigger circuits comprise a capacitor, and a capacity in each capacitor of the m second trigger circuits is greater than a capacity of each capacitor in each of the k first trigger circuits.
15. The device according to claim 1, wherein the capacity of the capacitor in the second trigger circuit is a times the capacity of each capacitor in each first trigger circuit and where 2≤a≤100.
16. The device according to claim 2, wherein the capacity of each capacitor m each second trigger circuit is a times the capacity of each capacitor in each first trigger circuit and where a=n−t.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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[0061] In the figures: a first electrode terminal is denoted by A; a second electrode terminal is denoted by B; gap units are denoted by F1, F2, . . . , and Fn; first trigger circuits are denoted by CX1, CX2, . . . , and CXk; and second trigger circuits are denoted by CY1, CY2, . . . , and CYm.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
[0062] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described below clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely some rather than all of the embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
[0063] The surge protective device provided by the embodiment of the present invention effectively improves the trigger circuit, shortens the number of layers for layer-by-layer triggering, effectively reduces the starting voltage, reduces the front-of-wave sparkover voltage, improves the response speed, and increases the application scope of the surge protective device.
Embodiment I
[0064] A surge protective device includes: a first electrode terminal A and a second electrode terminal B; n gap units; and k first trigger circuits.
[0065] The first electrode terminal A and the second electrode terminal B are provided.
[0066] The n gap units are connected in series between the first electrode terminal A and the second electrode terminal B sequentially. A common terminal is provided between adjacent gap units.
[0067] First terminals of the k first trigger circuits are respectively connected to one common terminal, and second terminals of the k first trigger circuits are all connected to the second electrode terminal B.
[0068] The surge protective device further includes m second trigger circuits, first terminals of the m second trigger circuits are respectively connected to one common terminal, and second terminals of the m second trigger circuits are all connected to the first electrode terminal A.
[0069] A single common terminal is connected only to either the first terminal of one of the first trigger circuits or the first terminal of one of the second trigger circuits.
[0070] n≥3, 1≤k≤n−1, and 1≤m<n−1, where n, k, and m are integers. When a single common terminal is connected only to either the first trigger circuit or the second trigger circuit, k+m=n−1.
[0071] Specifically, as shown in
[0072] Counted from the first electrode terminal A to the second electrode terminal B, the gap units are F1, F2, . . . , and Fn sequentially, the first trigger circuits are CX1, CX2, . . . , and CXk sequentially, the second trigger circuit is CY1, and CY1 is connected to the t-th common terminal.
[0073] When a surge voltage is applied to the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, CX1 triggers F1. After F1 discharges and is conducted to establish electrical continuity, CX2 triggers F2, that is, through the first trigger circuits, the gap units are triggered from F1 towards Fn sequentially. Due to the existence of the second trigger circuits, CY1, Ft, and CXt−1 constitute the shortest series circuit between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, and at the same time, CY1, Ft+1, and CXt+1 also constitute the shortest series circuit between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, such that while CX1 triggers F1, CY1 triggers Ft and Ft+1 at both ends of the t-th common terminal, Ft and Ft+1 discharge and are conducted to establish electrical continuity, and then triggering will be performed layer by layer towards the first working electrode and the second working electrode. The next group to be triggered is Ft−1 and Ft+2, which is equivalent to shortening the number of layers for layer-by-layer triggering, thereby reducing the cardinality of the starting of the next gap affected by the impedance after the triggering of the last gap, reducing the front-of-wave sparkover voltage, reducing the starting voltage, shortening the response time, and improving the performance of the surge protective device.
[0074] The position of the common terminal connected to the second trigger circuits has an impact on reducing the starting voltage and improving the response speed. It is necessary to ensure that the gap unit between the common terminal connected to the second trigger circuits and the second electrode terminal can be quickly triggered, thereby reducing the front-of-wave sparkover voltage. Therefore, the t-th common terminal connected to the second trigger circuits usually needs to be more adjacent to the second electrode terminal. Preferably, if a number n of the gap units is 16 to 22, n−7≤t≤n−4. If the number n of the gap units is 13 to 15, n−6≤t≤n−2. If the number n of the gap units is 8 to 12, n−5≤t≤n−2. If the number n of the gap units is 4 to 7, n−2≤t≤n−1. If the number n of the gap units is 3, t=2.
[0075] Each of the first trigger circuits and the second trigger circuits is composed of one of or a combination of at least two of capacitors, resistors, varistors, inductors, thermistors, transient suppression diodes, air gaps, and GDTs. Specifically, as shown in
[0076] When each of the first trigger circuits and the second trigger circuits includes a capacitor, a capacity of the capacitor in each of the second trigger circuits is greater than or equal to a capacity of the capacitor in each of the first trigger circuits. Preferably, the capacity of the capacitor in the second trigger circuit is α times the capacity of the capacitor in the first trigger circuit, where 2≤α≤100, or α=n−t. When the second trigger circuit is used to trigger Ft and Ft+1 on both sides of the t-th common terminal, the capacitor of the second trigger circuit will be charged. If the charging voltage of the second trigger circuit is too high, the voltage of the t-th common terminal after the discharge of Ft and Ft+1 is low, which affects the triggering of Ft−1 and Ft+2. The capacity of the capacitor is related to the charging voltage. The charging voltage is reduced by increasing the capacity of the capacitor, thereby ensuring better triggering of the subsequent gap units.
[0077] In addition, a spark gap spacing of F1 can also be set to be greater than or equal to a spark gap spacing of each of the other gap units, which can improve the resistance of the surge protective device, reduce the leakage current, and improve the forward conduction performance.
Embodiment II
[0078] As shown in
[0079] A relationship between the position of the common terminal connected to CXi and the position of the t-th common terminal connected to the second trigger circuit has an impact on the trigger performance. Preferably, if a number n of the gap units is 16 to 22, 5≤t−i≤10. If the number n of the gap units is 13 to 15, 4≤t−i≤9. If the number n of the gap units is 8 to 12, 3≤t−i≤6. If the number n of the gap units is 4 to 7, 2≤t−i≤3. If the number n of the gap units is 3, t−i=1. It is ensured that the gap units between the first electrode terminal and the t-th common terminal can be quickly triggered and conducted, which improves the response speed, and reduces the total front-of-wave sparkover voltage.
[0080] Further, a spark gap spacing of each of 2nd to i-th gap units counted from the first electrode terminal A to the second electrode terminal B is less than or equal to a spark gap spacing of each of the other gap units. Preferably, the spark gap spacing of each of the 2nd to i-th gap units is 0.02-0.2 mm less than the spark gap spacing of each of the other gap units. In addition, the spark gap spacing of each of the gap units between the i-th common terminal and the t-th common terminal is greater than the spark gap spacing of each of the gap units between the t-th common terminal and the second electrode terminal B. The layer-by-layer triggering generated by the second trigger circuit includes two branch directions. In one branch direction, the layer-by-layer triggering is performed from the t-th common terminal to the first electrode terminal, and in the other branch direction, the layer-by-layer triggering is performed from the t-th common terminal to the second electric terminal. The above solution is used to ensure that the trigger conduction can be preferentially performed from the t-th common terminal to the second electrode terminal, which can make the circuit trigger more stable, suppress the peak waveform during the breakdown of the spark gaps, and make the trigger waveform more stable.
Embodiment III
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Embodiment IV
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Embodiment V
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Embodiment VI
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[0085] The first electrode terminal A and the second electrode terminal B are provided.
[0086] The n gap units are connected in series between the first electrode terminal A and the second electrode terminal B sequentially. A common terminal is provided between adjacent gap units.
[0087] First terminals of the k first trigger circuits are respectively connected to one common terminal, and second terminals of the k first trigger circuits are all connected to the second electrode terminal B.
[0088] The surge protective device further includes m second trigger circuits, first terminals of the m second trigger circuits are respectively connected to one common terminal, and second terminals of the m second trigger circuits are all connected to the first electrode terminal A. The common terminal can be connected to the first trigger circuit and the second trigger circuit at the same time.
[0089] n≥2, 1≤k≤n−1, and 1≤m≤n−1, where n, k, and m are integers.
[0090] Specifically, counting from the first electrode terminal A to the second electrode terminal B, the gap units are F1, F2, . . . , and Fn sequentially, the common terminals of adjacent gap units are A1, A2, . . . , and An−1 sequentially, k=n−1 first trigger circuit are arranged, which are CX1, CX2, . . . , and CXn−1 sequentially, one second trigger circuit is arranged, which is CY1, and CY1 is connected to the t-th common terminal, that is, the t-th common terminal is connected to the first trigger circuit and the second trigger circuit at the same time.
[0091] The working process of the above surge protective device is similar to that of Embodiment I. When a surge voltage is applied to the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, CX1 triggers F1. After F1 discharges and is conducted to establish electrical continuity, CX2 triggers F2. Due to the existence of the second trigger circuits, CY1, Ft, and CXt−1 constitute the shortest series circuit between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, and at the same time, CY1, Ft+1, and CXt+1 also constitute the shortest series circuit between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, such that while CX1 triggers F1, CY1 triggers Ft and Ft+1 at both ends of the t-th common terminal, Ft and Ft+1 discharge and are conducted to establish electrical continuity, and then triggering will be performed layer by layer towards the first working electrode and the second working electrode. The next group to be triggered is Ft−1 and Ft+2, which is equivalent to shortening the number of layers for layer-by-layer triggering, thereby reducing the cardinality of the starting of the next gap affected by the impedance after the triggering of the last gap, reducing the front-of-wave sparkover voltage, reducing the starting voltage, and shortening the response time. Compared with Embodiment I, the effect of this solution is relatively weak.
Embodiment VII
[0092] A surge protective device includes: a first electrode terminal A and a second electrode terminal B; n gap units; and k first trigger circuits.
[0093] The first electrode terminal A and the second electrode terminal B are provided.
[0094] The n gap units are connected in series between the first electrode terminal A and the second electrode terminal B sequentially. A common terminal is provided between adjacent gap units.
[0095] First terminals of the k first trigger circuits are respectively connected to one common terminal, and second terminals of the k first trigger circuits are all connected to the second electrode terminal B.
[0096] The surge protective device further includes m second trigger circuits, first terminals of the m second trigger circuits are respectively connected to one common terminal, and second terminals of the m second trigger circuits are respectively connected to one common terminal or connected to a same common terminal.
[0097] n≥2, 1≤k≤n−1, and 1≤m≤n−1, where n, k, and m are integers.
[0098] Specifically, as shown in
[0099] The working process of the above surge protective device is similar to that of Embodiment I. When a surge voltage is applied to the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, CX1 triggers F1. After F1 discharges and is conducted to establish electrical continuity, CX2 triggers F2, and through the first trigger circuits, the gap units are triggered from F1 towards Fn sequentially. Due to the existence of the second trigger circuits, after F1 discharges and is conducted to establish electrical continuity, the “conducted F1”, CY1, Ft, and CXt−1 constitute the shortest series circuit between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, and at the same time, the “conducted F1”, CY1, Ft+1, and CXt+1 also constitute the shortest series circuit between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, such that while CX2 triggers F2, CY1 triggers Ft and Ft+1 at both ends of the t-th common terminal, Ft and Ft+1 discharge and are conducted to establish electrical continuity, and then triggering will be performed layer by layer towards the first working electrode and the second working electrode. The next group to be triggered is Ft−1 and Ft+2, which is equivalent to shortening the number of layers for layer-by-layer triggering, thereby reducing the cardinality of the starting of the next gap affected by the impedance after the triggering of the last gap, reducing the front-of-wave sparkover voltage, reducing the starting voltage, and shortening the response time. Compared with Embodiment I, the response speed of this solution is slightly low.
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TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 (unit: kV) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2.12 2.26 1.96 2.12 2.22 1.96 2.36 2.06 2.00 2.22
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TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 (unit: kV) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1.14 1.32 1.20 1.16 1.04 1.22 1.12 1.10 1.20 1.26
[0103] The above described are merely preferred implementations of the present invention. It should be pointed out that the preferred implementations should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the claims of the present invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art may make several improvements and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, but the improvements and modifications should fall within the protection scope of the present invention.