741 results about "High voltage capacitors" patented technology

An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator system that includes at least one or more stimulation units, one or more detection units, one or more control units, two or more electrode poles and one or more high voltage capacitors. The at least one control unit is connected with the at least one stimulation unit, and the at least one control unit is connected with at the least one detection unit. The two or more electrode poles are in contact with body tissue, and the one or more high voltage capacitors are charged by at least one charging unit, wherein the at least one charging unit is connected to the at least one control unit.

A flyback power converter with multiple outputs has a transformer, a low-voltage output circuit, a high-voltage output circuit, and a secondary side post regulator circuit is provided. The transformer has a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding. The low-voltage output circuit has a low-voltage output capacitor and a rectifier unit, and is coupled to the first secondary winding to generate a low voltage output. The high-voltage output circuit has a high-voltage output switch and a high-voltage output capacitor, and is coupled to the second secondary winding to generate a high voltage output. The secondary side post regulator circuit adjusts on-time of the high-voltage output switch according to a feedback signal to have the energy stored in the high-voltage capacitor transmitted to the low-voltage capacitor to lower down the voltage level of the high output voltage.

The present invention generally relates to improved capacitors; in particular, the present invention provides advanced valve metal (AVM) anodes and methods for fabricating AVM anodes having complex surface and interior features for use in high energy density capacitors. Such anodes find use in high voltage capacitors incorporated into implantable medical devices (IMDs), among other uses. The AVM anodes may be pressed into virtually any arbitrary shape and may have a gradually changing (or substantially constant) density profile throughout the AVM anode. Such AVM anodes may also be perforated or shaped to receive one or more cathode members. The AVM anodes enhance packaging efficiency for compact high energy density capacitors.

A medical device for electrical termination of an arrhythmic condition of a patient's heart in embodiments of the invention may include one or more of the following features: (a) at least one battery; (b) means for detection of an arrhythmic condition of a patient's heart; (c) at least one high voltage capacitor; (d) converter means for providing charging current from said battery to said capacitor; (e) means for maintenance of a charge on said capacitor between arrhythmia therapies; (f) controller means responsive to detection of an arrhythmic condition of said patient's heart and for providing a discharge control signal; and (g) discharge circuit means for delivering voltage stored on said capacitor to said patient's heart in response to said discharge control signal.

The invention relates to a high-voltage capacitor imbalance protecting method for a high-voltage DC transmission system, comprising the following steps of: (1) analyzing imbalance current of a high-voltage capacitor in breakdown of a capacitor element during failure development in a high-voltage DC transmission system; (2) judging a symmetrical or dissymmetrical failure of the high-voltage capacitor in the high-voltage DC transmission system; and (3) proposing a corresponding setting principle and an action strategy aiming at the symmetrical or dissymmetrical failure. The high-voltage capacitor imbalance protecting method for a high-voltage DC transmission system has simple structure, convenience and practicability.

A semiconductor switch 12 connected in series with a smoothing capacitor 12 is constituted by connecting in parallel a diode 13D which permits to flow current regenerated from energy of electric charges stored in a high voltage capacitor 17 to a primary side of a high voltage transformer 15 for the smoothing capacitor 12 and switching means 13S which interrupts an output from the smoothing capacitor 12, and after turning off the switching means 13S, through alternative on and off control of switching means 161S˜164S the energy of electric charges stored in the high voltage capacitor 17 is regenerated to the smoothing capacitor 12 by making use of parasitic leakage inductance 15L. As a result, an X-ray high voltage device is provided which permits to drop a wave tail of a tube voltage in a high speed without complexing the structure of the high voltage part thereof.

A capacitor includes a ceramic capacitor body having opposite ends and comprised of a plurality of electrode layers and dielectric layers and first and second external terminals attached to the ceramic capacitor body. The internal active electrodes within the ceramic capacitor body are configured in an alternating manner. Internal electrode shields within the ceramic capacitor body are used to assist in providing resistance to arc-over. The shields can include a top internal electrode shield and an opposite bottom internal electrode shield wherein the top internal electrode shield and the opposite bottom internal electrode shield are on opposite sides of the plurality of internal active electrodes and each internal electrode shield extends inwardly to or beyond a corresponding external terminal to thereby provide shielding. Side shields are used. The capacitor provides improved resistance to arc-over, high voltage breakdown in air, and allows for small case size.

An electrical circuit for a photomultiplier tube (PMT) is disclosed that reduces power consumption to a point where the PMT may be powered for extended periods with a battery. More specifically, the invention concerns a PMT circuit comprising a low leakage switch and a high voltage capacitor positioned between a resistive divider and each of the PMT dynodes, and a low power control scheme for recharging the capacitors.

The invention relates to a system and a method for measuring high voltage cable space charges based on an electroacoustic pulse method. A high voltage pulse source and a high voltage capacitor are connected in series and are then connected with measuring electrodes at two ends of a tested piece, a high voltage power source is further connected with the measuring electrodes at two ends of the tested piece through a current limit resistor, a piezoelectric sensor closely clings to the lower measuring electrode, the piezoelectric sensor acquires a stress wave signal and sends the processed signal to a computer to form the measuring system, the high voltage power source can be a direct current high voltage power source and further can be an alternating current high voltage power source, the alternating current high voltage power source is connected with a phase detection unit, and a phase detection circuit outputs a synchronous control signal to a pulse generation unit of the high voltage pulse source. The high voltage power source forms space charges in an insulation layer of an electric power cable through electrodes, disturbance of the charges in the insulation layer of the electric power cable is realized through the high voltage pulse source to form dynamic stress waves, the measuring system acquires a signal of a pressure sensor, and a distribution state of the space charges of the electric power cable is analyzed. Through the system and the method, measurement on the distribution state of the space charges in the insulation layer of the electric power cable under the alternating current state is realized.

The invention provides a high-speed electromagnetic valve drive method with boosting and fault diagnosing functions. The method comprises the following steps that the inductance characteristic of an electromagnetic valve is utilized, the electromagnetic valve serves as a power inductor to charge a high-voltage capacitor, the electromagnetic valve is driven to work by controlling the on-off states of a switching tube, and the boosting function is finished in the period; if the voltage of the high-voltage capacitor does not reach the set value in the jet period, boosting can be continuously performed at the interval of two times of jet till the voltage reaches the set value; and the open-circuit fault of the electromagnetic valve and the short-circuit fault of the electromagnetic valve are judged according to the current rising speed of the electromagnetic valve. The method has the beneficial effects that no additional boosted circuit is needed, the inductance characteristic of the electromagnetic valve is utilized for charging the high-voltage energy storage capacitor, and the boosting function is finished in the jet period and at the jet interval; and the fault diagnosis of the electromagnetic valve can be finished, and when the fault happens, jetting can be stopped, and the fault is fed back to an engine control unit.

Methods and apparatus for accurately and painlessly measuring the impedance between defibrillation electrodes implanted in a patient utilize a high current test pulse delivered with a sufficiently high current to produce an accurate measurement of the defibrillation electrode impedance while limiting the duration of the test pulse such that the pain sensing cells in the patient do not perceive the test pulse. In one embodiment, the test pulse is generated from the high voltage transformer without storing energy in the high voltage capacitors and is delivered to the defibrillation electrodes in the patient utilizing the high voltage switching circuitry.

The present invention relates to a dry high-voltage capacitor core used in the high-voltage electric appliance of electric power system and the method thereof. The capacitor mandrel includes the carrying conductor, the insualting layer, the capacitor shroud, the gronding end shroud, the leading-out wire for measure and the outer insualting layer. Said inner insualting layer is formed by means of winding the insulating tows or band which is impregnated with binding solidified material. Said capacitor shroud is formed by means of uniformly winding the riband or two semiconducting material oral carbon fiber which is impregnated with binding solidified material and said capacitor shroud and said insulating layer are alternately winded together and are solidified into the concentric round in-series capacity voltage-sharing structure of multi-layer pure solid without interface.

A medical device for electrical termination of an arrhythmic condition of a patient's heart in embodiments of the invention may include one or more of the following features: (a) at least one battery; (b) means for detection of an arrhythmic condition of a patient's heart; (c) at least one high voltage capacitor; (d) converter means for providing charging current from said battery to said capacitor; (e) means for maintenance of a charge on said capacitor between arrhythmia therapies; (f) controller means responsive to detection of an arrhythmic condition of said patient's heart and for providing a discharge control signal; and (g) discharge circuit means for delivering voltage stored on said capacitor to said patient's heart in response to said discharge control signal.

The invention provides a bidirectional mechanical direct-current circuit breaker based on a commutation driving circuit and a control method of the bidirectional mechanical direct-current circuit breaker. The bidirectional mechanical direct-current circuit breaker comprises a current passage branch circuit, a commutation branch circuit and an energy-absorbing and voltage-limiting branch circuit, wherein the current passage branch circuit comprises one or a plurality of mechanical switches serially connected with one another; the commutation branch circuit consists of a high-voltage capacitor and a commutation driving circuit which are connected serially; the energy-absorbing and voltage-limiting branch circuit consists of a lightning arrester; and the current passage branch circuit, the commutation branch circuit and the energy-absorbing and voltage-limiting branch circuit are connected with one another in parallel. When bidirectional current requires to be switched on or switched off, current can be transferred to the commutation branch circuit at first from the current passage branch circuit, and then is transferred to the energy-absorbing and voltage-limiting branch circuit, and finally, switch-on and switch-off of the bidirectional current are realized. The bidirectional mechanical direct-current circuit breaker based on the commutation driving circuit has the advantages of low cost, simple structure and high reliability.

The high-voltage series compensation capacitor group unbalance protection device is related to the relay protection of high-voltage transmission lines, and solves the problems of few functions and low sensitivity of the existing protection devices. Including the A / D conversion module, which converts the current generated by the capacitor bank current transformer D and the unbalanced current transformer E into digital quantities, and the data judgment and calculation module, which converts the current Ic of the capacitor bank, the unbalanced current ΔI, and the current of the capacitor bank A Threshold current Imk, capacitive reactance change rate Kx of the original H-arm capacitive reactance, reliability factor Kk to calculate the number of faulty capacitor units, storage module, storage threshold current Imk, capacitive reactance change rate Kx, reliability factor Kk, faulty The number of times and calculation results are used to protect the output module, and the judgment result of the calculation module is judged according to the data to alarm or trip protection.

The invention discloses a capacitive voltage-division type self-calibration optical voltage transducer, which is used for solving the problem that the existing capacitive voltage-division type optical voltage transducer generates measurement accuracy temperature drift under the influence of temperature and is poor in interference rejection. The capacitive voltage-division type self-calibration optical voltage transducer comprises a capacitive voltage divider, a base and an optical voltage sensor, the capacitive voltage divider comprises a high-voltage capacitor, a low-voltage capacitor, a signal output terminal and a grounding terminal; the optical voltage sensor comprises an optical voltage sensing unit, and further comprises a signal processing unit; and the signal processing unit comprises a photoelectric conversion module, an anti-aliasing filter, a band-pass filter, an amplifier, an A / D (analogue / digital) conversion module, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor),a D / A conversion module, an amplifying module, an overvoltage protection module, an LED (Light-Emitting Diode) light source, a power conversion module, a combining unit and a direct current power module, and further comprises a photoelectric hybrid connector module. The capacitive voltage-division type self-calibration optical voltage transducer is used for voltage measurement in an electric power system.

Methods and apparatus for accurately and painlessly measuring the impedance between defibrillation electrodes implanted in a patient utilize a high current test pulse delivered with a sufficiently high current to produce an accurate measurement of the defibrillation electrode impedance while limiting the duration of the test pulse such that the pain sensing cells in the patient do not perceive the test pulse. In one embodiment, the test pulse is generated from the high voltage transformer without storing energy in the high voltage capacitors and is delivered to the defibrillation electrodes in the patient utilizing the high voltage switching circuitry.

In an inductive element which is intermittently excited by a boosting opening and closing element and charges a high-voltage capacitor to a high voltage, an inductive element current proportional to a voltage across both ends of a current detection resistor and a boosted detection voltage which is a divided voltage of the high-voltage capacitor are input to a boosting control circuit portion via a high-speed A / D converter provided in an arithmetic and control circuit unit. The boosting control circuit portion adjusts the inductive element current so as to be suitable for the time from the present rapid excitation to the next rapid excitation, and controls opening and closing of the boosting opening and closing element so as to obtain a targeted boosted high voltage which is variably set by a microprocessor of an arithmetic and control circuit unit.

The object of the invention is to suppress excess current of a vehicle-mounted battery and disperse heat generated in a boost circuit which powers a plurality of solenoids of an electromagnetic valve for driving fuel injection. In a vehicle-mounted engine controller provided in the invention, a high-voltage capacitor (163) for rapid power supply charges alternatively through first and second induction element (161a, 161b) via first and second charging diode (162a, 162b). The first and second induction element (161a, 161b) are driven alternatively and intermittently by first and second boost control circuit (160a, 160b). When one of the induction element is excited by a vehicle-mounted battery, electromagnetic energy stored in the other induction element is released to the high-voltage capacitor (163), so that field current does not powered on simultaneously. The minimum cycle of alternation action is limited by first and second timing circuit (90a, 90b) thereby preventing misoperation when an operation starts.

According to the present invention, a fail-safe circuit for controlling an actuator is provided with an input voltage which is rectified and converted to a DC voltage. The DC voltage is boosted to a high level, and high voltage storage capacitors are charged at this high voltage level resulting in smaller, less expensive capacitors. The high voltage from the storage capacitors is then converted back to a smaller DC voltage to drive the motor of the actuator. Reduced size and increased energy storage is based on the relationship between capacitance and voltage in the equation: E=½CV2.

The present invention relates to control of an alternator-starter for a hybrid electric vehicle having a disconnected high-voltage battery. A hybrid powertrain system includes an electric motor / generator unit having a multiphase asynchronous AC machine electrically connected to a multiphase bridge inverter. A high-voltage capacitor is electrically connected between positive and negative sides of a high-voltage DC power bus. High-voltage DC bus pre-charge circuits are electrically connected between gate drive bias power supplies and the multiphase bridge inverter. A low-voltage battery electrically charges the high-voltage DC link capacitor via the gate drive bias power supplies and the high-voltage DC bus pre-charge circuits when the high-voltage energy storage system is disconnected from the high-voltage DC power bus.

The invention discloses a double-bus power converter for inhibiting the torque pulsation of a switched reluctance motor and a control method thereof. The double-bus power converter comprises an auxiliary power supply and a basic power converter; the auxiliary power supply comprises a power changeover switch Sa, a diode Ds1, a power side capacitor C1 and a high-voltage capacitor C2; one phase of the basic power converter comprises a switching device Sx and a diode Dx, and when the switching device conducts, winding current increases and motor output torque increases; when the switching device is switched off, the winding current is released via the diode, and the motor output torque decreases. The invention has the following advantages: only a half of controllable power devices are used, so the cost and size of the power converter are reduced; the energy of the degaussing winding of the motor is sufficiently utilized by the auxiliary power supply, so the efficiency of the motor is increased; because the voltage of the auxiliary power supply is 3 to 4 times higher than the voltage of a main power supply, the phase change time of the motor is shortened remarkably, consequently, the control method does not need advance turn-on angle and turn-off angle, and thereby the control policy is simplified.

The invention discloses a high-voltage capacitor bank branch current monitoring device, comprising a self-excitation energy obtaining and power converting circuit, a current detection and acquisition circuit, a CPU data acquisition and controlling circuit and a wireless transceiving circuit, the self-excitation energy obtaining and power converting circuit obtains energy from the high-voltage line and converts and outputs direct voltage; and the current detection and acquisition circuit collects current instantaneous value, and outputs to the CPU data acquisition and controlling device, which is used for finishing branch unbalanced current AD alternating current sampling, current harmonic calculation and finishing bidirectional wireless digital transmission via the wireless transceiving circuit. The monitoring device solves the problem of monitoring protection of a capacitor bank under high potential, discloses the damage mechanism of the capacitor bank by taking the branch unbalanced current and harmonic distribution in the fault process of the capacitor bank as the analysis basis, thus reducing fault rate of the capacitor bank and having significant meanings in improving power grid safe operation level and economic efficiency.

Accurate harmonic measurements on electrical power systems where the main instrument transformers are of the capacitor coupled voltage type (CVT type) is made possible by the provision of one or more current sensors (PQCS1, PQCS2). CVTs typically have a high voltage capacitor bank (CH) and a low voltage capacitor bank (CL). One or more current sensors (PQCS1, PQCS2) is / are positioned so as to measure capacitor current and from that the input voltage (Vin) of the CVT can be determined for each frequency.

According to the present invention, a fail-safe circuit for controlling an actuator is provided with an input voltage which is rectified and converted to a DC voltage. The DC voltage is boosted to a high level, and high voltage storage capacitors are charged at this high voltage level resulting in smaller, less expensive capacitors. The high voltage from the storage capacitors is then converted back to a smaller DC voltage to drive the motor of the actuator. Reduced size and increased energy storage is based on the relationship between capacitance and voltage in the equation: E=½ CV2.

The invention discloses lead-free high-voltage capacitor dielectric ceramic sintered at medium temperature and a preparation method thereof; the lead-free high-voltage capacitor dielectric ceramic is prepared from, by weight, 100 parts of Sr0.78Ca0.20Ba0.02TiO3, 8-20 parts of Bi2O3.2TiO2, 0.05-0.35 part of MnCO3, 0.05-0.30 part of Co2O3, 0.01-0.08 part of MgTiO3, 0-0.20 part of Al2O3, 0-0.10 PART OF Nb2O5, 0-0.08 part of HfO2, and 1-2 parts of a sintering aid, via the steps of ball milling, drying, grinding and screening. The dielectric constant and insulating resistance of the capacitor dielectric ceramic are adjusted mainly by changing the content of Bi2O3.2TiO2, comprehensive performance of the dielectric ceramic is improved by selecting different doping modifying elements, and the finally prepared dielectric ceramic has high dielectric constant, low loss, high insulating resistance and high breakdown strength. The dielectric ceramic is sintered at medium temperature and free of lead, is suitable for the preparation of high-voltage multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), and has great practical value and market value.

The invention relates to a capacitance type major insulation structure used in a power system high-voltage electrical apparatus device and a manufacture method thereof. A dry type high-voltage capacitor core comprises a zero screen, an insulation layer, a capacitor screen, a grounding end screen, a measuring leading-out wire and an insulation outer protecting layer, wherein the inner insulation layer is wound to the required size by using glass fiber roving in a certain manner; the capacitor screen is uniformly wound into the required size by using an aluminum foil or metal wire net or semiconductor material or carbon fiber; and the capacitor screen and the insulation layer are alternatively wound to the required sizes, and then an epoxy resin curing system is poured under the vacuum state, and subjected to temperature rise and cured into a multi-layer pure solid and interface-free concentric round serial capacitor voltage-sharing structure. The capacitor core made by using the method has the advantages of high mechanical strength, good heat radiation, low local discharge capacity, high product qualified rate, low manufacture cost, short manufacture period and the like.

A bi-directional Boost-Buck voltage converter includes a controller, a high-voltage capacitor, a lower-voltage battery, a resistive load, an inductor, and three or four switches, and provides a mechanism to efficiently provide power to the resistive load from the battery. It uses two configurations of the switches to configure the battery, the inductor, and the capacitor in a boost converter configuration to charge the capacitor from the battery. It uses two different configurations of the switches to configure the capacitor, the inductor, and the resistive load in a buck converter configuration to discharge the capacitor through the inductor and the resistive load.

The invention discloses a monitoring equipment power supply system for high voltage capacitor step-down electricity taking of a tower pole line. The power supply system comprises an electricity taking module, a voltage-stabilizing module, a DC / DC conversion module and a voltage comparison control module. The electricity taking module comprises a high-voltage wire, a high-voltage capacitor, a voltage transformer and an insulator. The high-voltage capacitor is connected with the insulator in parallel. A thermal explosion type disconnector is arranged between the high-voltage capacitor and the high-voltage wire. The high-voltage capacitor is connected with the voltage transformer in series and outputs 220 v voltage on the secondary side of the voltage transformer, the voltage is converted into a small current after being transmitted to the DC / DC conversion module through the voltage-stabilizing module, and then the current is transmitted to monitoring equipment. The output end of the DC / DC conversion module is connected with a fault signal return module and the voltage comparison control module. Compared with a traditional wind-solar power storage scheme, the design cost of the power part of a tower monitoring system is greatly reduced; besides, the power supply system can monitor running for a long time, is economical and practical and thoroughly solves the problem that the electricity taking of the tower is difficult.