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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2022
B.g. Negev Technologies and Applications Ltd., AT Ben-gurion University, Beer Sheva, IL;
Sami Shamoon College of Engineering (R.a.), Beer Sheva, IL;
Dmitry Baimel, Beer Sheva, IL;
Alon Kuperman, Beer Sheva, IL;
B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS LTD., AT BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY, Beer Sheva, IL;
SAMI SHAMOON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (R.A.), Beer Sheva, IL;
Abstract
The present invention provides topologies of phase-controlled IGBT bridge type and GTO bridge type Fault Current Limiter (FCL), which allow the precise limitation of fault currents to the desired values and can keep these values constant despite variations (dynamic behavior) of the fault currents. According to an embodiment of the invention, the topologies enable to use a phase control approach for optimal firing angles calculation. This control approach can be used in the proposed FCL topologies and other controlled bridge topologies such as SCRs bridge, GTO bridge, and IGBT/IGCT/Mosfet bridge topologies.