A programmable solid-state active current limiting circuit breaker for space applications

Author

Henze, C.B. ; Mohan, N. ; Henze, C.P. ; Button, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Minnesota Univ., USA

Volume

4

fYear

2002

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

2849

Abstract

A programmable solid-state current breaker is built using a power FET controlled locally by a closed loop analog current regulating circuit which in turn is controlled by a microcontroller. The circuit breaker is intended to be used in a three wire DC power distribution system. A variety of different conditions are monitored and compared to programmable values to determine the state of the switch.

Keywords

circuit breakers; current limiters; field effect transistor switches; power distribution protection; space vehicle power plants; 100 A; 120 V; 200 V; DC power distribution; closed loop analog current regulating circuit; current limiting circuit breaker; integrator capacitor selection; microcontroller; power FET; programmable solid-state current breaker; space applications; spacecraft; switch state determination; three wire DC power distribution system; Circuit breakers; Circuit faults; Current limiters; FETs; Microcontrollers; Optical switches; Power distribution; Solid state circuits; Voltage; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IECON 02 [Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE 2002 28th Annual Conference of the]

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7474-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2002.1182847

Filename

1182847