Device for compensating for voltage or current
View Patent ↗This application relates to an active compensating device. In one aspect, the active compensating device includes two or more high current paths through which a second current supplied by a second device is transmitted to a first device, and a sensing unit sensing the first current on the high current paths and generating an output signal corresponding to the first current. The device may also include an amplifying unit amplifying the output signal of the sensing unit to generate an amplified current and a compensating unit generating a compensation current based on the amplified current and allowing the compensation current to flow to each of the two or more high current paths. The device may further include a first anti-disturbance unit connected in parallel to output terminals of the sensing unit, and a second anti-disturbance unit connected in parallel to input terminals of the compensating unit.
1. An active compensating device configured to actively compensate for a first current that is input as a common-mode current to each of at least two or more high current paths connected to a first device, the active compensating device comprising:
at least two or more high current paths through which a second current supplied by a second device is transmitted to a first device;
a sensing unit configured to sense the first current on the high current paths and generate an output signal corresponding to the first current;
an amplifying unit configured to amplify the output signal of the sensing unit to generate an amplified current; and
a compensating unit configured to generate a compensation current on the basis of the amplified current and allow the compensation current to flow to each of the at least two or more high current paths; and
a first anti-disturbance unit connected in parallel to output terminals of the sensing unit from which the output signal is generated, and a second anti-disturbance unit connected in parallel to input terminals of the compensating unit,
wherein each of the first anti-disturbance unit and the second anti-disturbance unit include a transient voltage suppression (TVS) diode element, and
a junction capacitance of the TVS diode element is several hundred pF or less.
2. The active compensating device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first anti-disturbance unit and the second anti-disturbance unit has a first impedance when a voltage less than a predetermined threshold voltage is applied to the output terminals of the sensing unit and the input terminals of the compensating unit, and a second impedance lower than the first impedance when a voltage greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold voltage is applied to the output terminals of the sensing unit and the input terminals of the compensating unit.
3. The active compensating device of claim 1 , wherein the sensing unit includes a sensing transformer including a primary side disposed on the high current paths, and a secondary side configured to output the output signal to the amplifying unit.
4. The active compensating device of claim 3 , wherein the first anti-disturbance unit limits a voltage, which is greater than or equal to a threshold voltage and induced toward the secondary side by the primary side on the basis of a voltage applied to the at least two or more high current paths, to a voltage less than or equal to the threshold voltage, and transmits the limited voltage to the amplifying unit.
5. The active compensating device of claim 1 , wherein:
the compensating unit includes a primary side disposed on a path connecting the output terminals of the amplifying unit and a reference potential of the amplifying unit, and a secondary side disposed on a path connecting a compensating capacitor unit, which is included in the compensating unit and connected to the high current paths, and a reference potential of the active compensating device, and
the second anti-disturbance unit limits a voltage, which is greater than or equal to a threshold voltage and induced toward the primary side by the secondary side on the basis of a voltage applied to the at least two or more high current paths, to a voltage less than or equal to the threshold voltage, and transmits the limited voltage to the amplifying unit.