Title :
A soft starting AC voltage regulator
Author :
Herman, Kelly J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI, USA
Abstract :
A circuit has been designed and proven successful in protecting devices from sudden full power activity. This has been accomplished by using an active device as a varying resistance dependent on the supply voltage. The active device first appears as a large resistance and slowly decreases to a near-zero resistance, allowing all the voltage of the supply to be seen at the load. Other irregularities such as amplitude variation may be detected by a controlling circuit, which would also vary the gate-to-source voltage accordingly
Keywords :
field effect transistor circuits; overvoltage protection; power electronics; voltage regulators; active device; controlling circuit; device protection; gate-to-source voltage; soft starting AC voltage regulator; varying resistance; Capacitors; Diodes; MOSFET circuits; Power MOSFET; Power supplies; Power system protection; Power system restoration; Regulators; Resistors; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1991., Proceedings of the 34th Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0620-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1991.252155
