Switch relay device
The present invention relates to a switch relay device, and more particularly, to a switch relay device which is used as an electronic relay that drives electronic components mounted on an automobile. The switch relay device includes: a switching control unit for determining a duty value depending on the kind of a control input signal inputted thereto and generating a first switching control signal and a second switching control signal whose phases are opposite to each other; a switching drive signal generation unit for generating a switching drive signal through R-C charge and discharge in response to the first switching control signal and the second switching control signal applied thereto from the switching control unit; a load output signal generation unit for receiving the switching drive signal from the switching drive signal generation unit and outputting a load output signal; and a constant voltage unit connected to a battery disposed in a vehicle to supply power to the switching drive signal generation unit and the load output signal generation unit and configured to provide a constant voltage to the switching control unit.
1. A switch relay device comprising:
a switching control unit for determining a duty value depending on the kind of a control input signal inputted thereto and generating a first switching control signal and a second switching control signal whose phases are opposite to each other;
a switching drive signal generation unit for generating a switching drive signal through R-C charge and discharge in response to the first switching control signal and the second switching control signal applied thereto from the switching control unit;
a load output signal generation unit for receiving the switching drive signal from the switching drive signal generation unit and outputting a load output signal; and
a constant voltage unit connected to a battery disposed in a vehicle to supply power to the switching drive signal generation unit and the load output signal generation unit and configured to provide a constant voltage to the switching control unit.
2. The switch relay device according to claim 1 , wherein the load output signal generation unit is implemented as a first FET as a FET device, the first FET comprising a drain for receiving a power voltage from the battery, a gate for receiving a switching drive signal from the switching drive signal generation unit, and a source for outputting the load output signal to a load.
3. The switch relay device according to claim 2 , wherein the control input signal inputted to the switching control unit is any one of a DC signal, a PWM signal, a high signal, and no signal, and the switching control unit generates the first switching control signal and the second switching control signal whose phases are opposite to each other depending on the input control signal inputted thereto.
4. The switch relay device according to claim 3 , wherein the switching control unit separately generates a third switching control signal in the form of a PWM signal, the third switching control signal having a duty value fixed irrespective of the control input signal.
5. The switch relay device according to claim 3 , wherein if the switching control unit receives a DC control input signal, it generates a second switching control signal in the form of PWM of a positive phase having a duty value in proportional to a level value of the DC signal, and a first switching control signal in the form of PWM of a negative phase having a duty value in proportional to a level value of the DC signal.
6. The switch relay device according to claim 3 , wherein if the switching control unit receives a PWM control input signal, it generates a second switching control signal in the form of PWM of a positive phase having the same duty value as that of the PWM signal, and a first switching control signal in the form of PWM of a negative phase with respect to the PWM signal.
7. The switch relay device according to claim 3 , wherein if the switching control unit receives a high control input signal, it generates a second switching control signal having a high value of “1” and a first switching control signal having a low value of “0”.
8. The switch relay device according to claim 3 , wherein in case of a ‘no signal’ state where no control input signal is inputted to the switching control unit for a given time period, the switching control unit performs a switching operation in which between the constant voltage unit 400 and the switching control unit 100 is opened to cause the operation of the constant voltage unit to be stopped.
9. The switch relay device according to claim 4 , wherein the switching drive signal generation unit comprises:
a first charge and discharge module for receiving the power voltage from the battery, the first charge and discharge module being an integration circuit consisting of a first resistor R 1 and a first capacitor C 1 ;
a first diode D disposed between the first charge and discharge module and the battery;
a first switch for switching on/off whether to discharge the switching drive signal inputted to the gate of the first FET in response to the first switching control signal inputted thereto from the switching control unit;
a second switch for receiving a second switching control signal having a phase opposite to that of the first switching control signal from the switching control unit and performing a switching on/off operation in the opposite manner to that of the first switch in response to the second switching control signal; and
a load output drive signal on/off module for adjusting a time constant of the first charge and discharge module to control the output of the first FET of the load output signal generation unit.
10. The switch relay device according to claim 9 , wherein the load output drive signal on/off module comprises:
a second FET comprising a source that is connected to the source of the first FET, a gate that receives the third switching control signal from the switching control unit, and a drain that is connected to the other end of the first charge and discharge module; and
a third FET comprising a drain that is connected to a node between the other end of the first charge and discharge module and the drain of the second FET, a gate that receives the third switching control signal from the switching control unit, and a source that is connected to a ground.
11. The switch relay device according to claim 9 , wherein the switching drive signal generation unit further comprises:
a second charge and discharge module implemented as an integration circuit that is connected at one end thereof to a node between the first diode D 1 and the first charge and discharge module and is connected at the other end thereof to the gate of the first FET, and consists of a second resistor R 2 and a second capacitor C 2 that are connected in parallel with each other; and
a fifth diode that is disposed between the node between the first charge and discharge module and the first diode D 1 and the gate of the first FET Q 1 , the fifth diode having an anode connected to the node between the first diode and the first charge and discharge module and a cathode connected to the second charge and discharge module,
wherein the load output drive signal on/off module adjusts a time constant of the second charge and discharge module along with the adjustment of the time constant of the first charge and discharge module to control the output of the first FET of the load output signal generation unit.
12. The switch relay device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
an overcurrent monitoring module for monitoring a voltage to be applied to the switching control unit, and detecting whether or not an overcurrent exceeding a predetermined range flows into the switching control unit;
a surrounding state monitoring module for monitoring the supply voltage of the battery, the surrounding temperature, and the control input signal; and
an input and output monitoring module for monitoring whether a difference between the control input signal and the load output signal is within a normal range.
13. The switch relay device according to claim 12 , wherein the overcurrent monitoring module comprises:
a shunt resistor disposed between the drain as an input terminal of the first FET and the battery;
a current detector for detecting a current flowing in the shunt resistor; and
a low pass filter for filtering the current detected by the current detector and providing the filtered current to the switching control unit.
14. The switch relay device according to claim 13 , wherein the current detector compensates a value of the current detected by the shunt resistor using the measured surrounding temperature.
15. The switch relay device according to claim 13 , wherein the low pass filter comprises:
a first low pass filter having a predetermined maximum current value as a first filtering reference value; and
a second low pass filter having a predetermined overcurrent value as a second filtering reference value.
16. The switch relay device according to claim 15 , wherein if a value of the current detected by the current detector is a current value exceeding the first filtering reference value and the second filtering reference value, the switching control unit generates the first switching control signal and the second switching control signal as error pulse signals to output them.