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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2004
James Edward Haines, Oegstgeest, NL;
James Edward Haines, Oegstgeest, NL;
European Space Agency, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A device for protecting against arcing events solar array panels and control equipment supplying a main power bus is provided. The control equipment comprises a regulator for controlling a solar array voltage (V) and includes a power dump stage for shunting the solar array voltage as a function of a control signal. The device comprises a voltage drop detection circuit for generating a voltage drop detection signal (V) when a voltage drop is detected in the solar array voltage (V), and an arc-quenching circuit comprising a system for generating an output signal (V) which is applied as the control signal to the power dump stage so as to shunt the solar array voltage (V) when a voltage drop is detected by the voltage drop detection circuit.
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