Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power supply control apparatus having a wire protection unit
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Application No.: US16063820Application Date: 2017-01-13
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Publication No.: US10998712B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Shunichi Sawano , Yuuki Sugisawa , Kota Oda , Keisuke Mase
- Applicant: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd. , Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. , SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Mie; JP Mie; JP Osaka
- Assignee: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.,Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.,SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.,Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.,SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Mie; JP Mie; JP Osaka
- Agency: Honigman LLP
- Priority: JPJP2016-006371 20160115
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/001022 WO 20170113
- International Announcement: WO2017/122781 WO 20170720
- Main IPC: H02H7/12
- IPC: H02H7/12 ; H02M1/08 ; H02M3/156 ; H03K17/082 ; H02M1/32 ; H02H5/04 ; H02H6/00 ; H02H3/087 ; H02M1/00 ; H02H7/08 ; H03K17/08

Abstract:
A power supply control apparatus includes: a semiconductor switching element switched with PWM control; a PWM signal output unit outputting a PWM signal; a current circuit outputting a current related to a current flowing through the semiconductor switching element; a filter circuit converting the current that is output from the current circuit to a voltage; an overcurrent protection circuit turning off the semiconductor switching element based on a voltage value of the voltage filtered by the filter circuit; a voltage detection unit detecting the voltage value of the voltage at a timing near an end of a pulse of a PWM signal; a temperature estimation unit estimating, a temperature of an electric wire through which a current flows that also flows through the semiconductor switching element; and an electric wire protection unit turning off the semiconductor switching element based on the temperature estimated by the temperature estimation unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190260200A1 POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-08-22
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