IP Library Granted Patent US 12,021,464
Granted Patent B2
US 12,021,464 · App. 16/970,606 · Granted Jun 25, 2024

Adaptive logic board for variable speed drive

Inventors: Konstantin Alex Borisov (York, PA); JonPaul Warriner (York, PA); Chenyi Jiang (Wuxi, CN); Anuradha Girish Ogale (York, PA); Fei Lu (Wuxi, CN)
Assignees: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH; Johnson Controls Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
H02P23/14F24F11/49F24F11/89G01R15/146
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Patent No.
US 12,021,464
App. No.
16/970,606
Granted
Jun 25, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an adaptive logic board that includes a signal sensing circuit configured to receive an input signal as an electrical current. The signal sensing circuit includes a plurality of resistors and a plurality of switches configured to electrically couple or electrically decouple the plurality of resistors from the signal sensing circuit, in which each switch of the plurality of switches corresponds to a corresponding resistor of the plurality of resistors. The adaptive logic board also includes a sensing unit that is configured to measure a voltage drop of the input signal across an active resistor of the plurality of resistors.

Claims (14)

1. An adaptive logic board, comprising:

a signal sensing circuit configured to receive an input signal as an electrical current, wherein the signal sensing circuit is configured to receive the input signal from a variable speed drive (VSD), and the signal sensing circuit comprises:

a plurality of resistors; and

a plurality of switches configured to electrically couple or electrically decouple the plurality of resistors from the signal sensing circuit, wherein each switch of the plurality of switches corresponds to a corresponding resistor of the plurality of resistors; and

a sensing unit, wherein the sensing unit is configured to measure a voltage drop of the input signal across an active resistor of the plurality of resistors.

2. The adaptive logic board of claim 1 , wherein the input signal is generated by a current transducer disposed about a power line.

3. The adaptive logic board of claim 1 , wherein each resistor of the plurality of resistors has a different nominal resistance value.

4. The adaptive logic board of claim 1 , wherein a switch of the plurality of switches is configured to electrically couple a single resistor of the plurality of resistors to the signal sensing circuit, and wherein the single resistor is the active resistor.

5. The adaptive logic board of claim 4 , wherein the active resistor is determined based at least in part on a magnitude of the input signal.

6. The adaptive logic board of claim 4 , wherein the active resistor is determined based on a predetermined identification code, and wherein the predetermined identification code is transmitted to the adaptive logic board via a harness.

7. The adaptive logic board of claim 1 , wherein a current transducer is disposed about a power line of the VSD, and wherein the current transducer generates the input signal based on a flow of electrical current within the power line.

8. The adaptive logic board of claim 7 , wherein the active resistor is selected based on a first magnitude of the input signal, and wherein the adaptive logic board is configured to instruct the VSD to adjust a second magnitude of the flow of electrical current within the power line when the voltage drop across the active resistor deviates from a target value by a predetermined amount.

9. The adaptive logic board of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of signal sensing circuits that are each configured to receive a respective input signal from a current transducer of a plurality of current transducers, wherein each current transducer of the plurality of current transducers is disposed about a respective power line of the VSD.

10. The adaptive logic board of claim 1 , wherein at least one switch of the plurality of switches comprises a Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2024
From: JIANG, CHENYI; LU, FEI
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY; JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION (WUXI) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067394/0971 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2024
From: BORISOV, KONSTANTIN ALEX; WARRINER, JONPAUL; OGALE, ANURADHA GIRISH
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 067394/0976 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2024
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
To: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
Reel/Frame 067398/0367 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
Reel/Frame 058959/0764 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62632303 · Feb 19, 2018
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