IP Library Granted Patent US 12,355,430
Granted Patent B2
US 12,355,430 · App. 18/129,931 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

High-power product switch protection system and high power product switch protection method

Inventor: Li-Min Wang (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: STAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
H03K17/08
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Patent No.
US 12,355,430
App. No.
18/129,931
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A switch protection system and a switch protection method are provided. The switch protection system includes a switch, a sensor assembly, and a microcontroller. The switch is configured to control a conductive state or a non-conductive state of a circuit. The sensor assembly is arranged between a power source and the switch, so as to sense a circuit signal value between the power source and the switch. The microcontroller is correspondingly connected to the switch and the sensor assembly so as to receive the circuit signal value, and compare the circuit signal value with a threshold value to determine whether or not to execute a control instruction. The control instruction is configured to switch the conductive state and the non-conductive state of the switch. When the circuit signal value is less than or equal to the threshold value, the microcontroller is configured to execute the control instruction.

Claims (26)

1. A switch protection system, comprising:

a switch configured to control a conductive state or a non-conductive state of a circuit;

a sensor assembly, wherein the sensor assembly is arranged between a power source and the switch, so as to sense a circuit signal value between the power source and the switch; and

a microcontroller, wherein the microcontroller is correspondingly connected to the switch and the sensor assembly so as to receive the circuit signal value;

a central processing unit configured to give a control instruction to the microcontroller, wherein the control instruction is configured to switch the conductive state and the non-conductive state of the switch,

wherein, when the microcontroller receives the control instruction from the central processing unit, the microcontroller compares the circuit signal value with a threshold value to determine whether or not to execute the control instruction,

wherein, when the circuit signal value is less than or equal to the threshold value, the microcontroller is configured to execute the control instruction,

wherein, when the circuit signal value is greater than the threshold value, the microcontroller is configured not to execute the control instruction,

wherein the microcontroller gives feedbacks of a result of the control instruction to the central processing unit after the microcontroller determines whether or not to execute the control instruction,

wherein, when the conduction instruction is not executed, the microcontroller is configured to wait for a next one of the control instruction to re-sense the circuit signal value directly, and the conduction instruction is executed until all sensing conditions are satisfied,

wherein the threshold value is a safety value that the switch withstands.

2. The switch protection system according to claim 1 , wherein the switch protection system is applied to products with power greater than or equal to 3000 W.

3. The switch protection system according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor assembly includes a first sensor and a second sensor.

4. The switch protection system according to claim 3 , wherein each of the first sensor and the second sensor is a voltage sensor, a current sensor, a magnetic field sensor, an electromotive force sensor or a power sensor.

5. A switch protection method, comprising:

receiving a control instruction from a central processing unit by a microcontroller, the control instruction is configured to control a conductive state or a non-conductive state of a switch;

sensing a circuit signal value between a power source and the switch by a sensor assembly; and

comparing the circuit signal value with a threshold value so as to determine whether or not to execute the control instruction by the microcontroller;

wherein, when the circuit signal value is less than or equal to the threshold value, the control instruction is executed by the microcontroller,

wherein, when the circuit signal value is greater than the threshold value, the control instruction is not executed by the microcontroller,

wherein the microcontroller gives feedbacks of a result of the control instruction to the central processing unit after the microcontroller determines whether or not to execute the control instruction,

wherein, when the conduction instruction is not executed, the microcontroller is configured to wait for a next one of the control instruction to re-sense the circuit signal value directly, and the conduction instruction is executed until all sensing conditions are satisfied,

wherein the threshold value is a safety value that the switch withstands.

6. The switch protection method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

determining an initial state of the switch that the switch is in the conductive state or in the non-conductive state;

wherein, when the initial state is the same as the control instruction, the control instruction is not executed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2023
From: WANG, LI-MIN
To: STAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 111144090 · Nov 18, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240171172A1 · May 23, 2024
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