发明名称 |
Circuit for operating voltage range extension for a relay |
摘要 |
A relay is designed to be used in a circuit where the voltage levels are high in comparison to the spacing between the contacts when open. Contact closure arcing is suppressed by actuating a MOSFET that shorts the contacts together while they open. The same MOSFET can momentarily short the contacts together just before they first begin to close, allowing a test current to be passed through the MOSFET and through the terminals connecting to both relay contacts, to insure that arc suppression will be successful; and if this test fails, then the relay can be disabled by a switch in series with the relay coil to prevent arcing and a possible fire hazard. Relay deactuation can be sensed to trigger arc suppression, and relay actuation can be sensed to initiate fail-safe testing by a circuit that responds no matter which way the relay coil is connected into the external circuit that drives it.
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申请公布号 |
US2002118495(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2002.08.29 |
申请号 |
US20010915802 |
申请日期 |
2001.07.26 |
申请人 |
OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS INC. |
发明人 |
BECKERT JAMES J.;WITT PAUL A.;ROLLER MICHAEL J. |
分类号 |
H01H1/60;H01H9/54;H01H47/00;H01H50/02;H01H50/04;H01R13/703;H03K17/284;(IPC1-7):H02H3/00 |
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H01H1/60 |
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