# US 10,373,774 B2 · Hybrid circuit breaker having a bridge induction transfer structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,373,774 B2 - Document ID: US10373774B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/494,115 - Filed: 2017-04-21 - Published: 2018-05-17 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-11-11 - Assignees: Xi'an Jiaotong University - Applicants: Xi'an Jiaotong University - Inventors: Fei Yang; Yi Wu; Mingzhe Rong; Yifei Wu; Chunping Niu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10373774B2 ## CPC - H01H 9/542: {Contacts shunted by static switch means} - H01H 33/596: {for interrupting DC} - H02H 3/087: for DC applications - H01H 9/548: {Electromechanical and static switch connected in series} - H01H 33/14: Multiple main contacts for the purpose of dividing the current through, or potential drop along, the arc - H01H 2009/543: {third parallel branch comprising an energy absorber, e.g. MOV, PTC, Zener} - H01H 2009/544: {the static switching means being an insulated gate bipolar transistor, e.g. IGBT, Darlington configuration of FET and bipolar transistor} - H02H 3/08: responsive to excess current (responsive to abnormal temperature caused by excess current H02H5/04) - H01H: ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00) - H02H: EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS (indicating or signalling undesired working conditions G01R, e.g. G01R31/00, G08B; locating faults along lines G01R31/08; emergency protective devices H01H) ## Abstract The present disclosure provides a hybrid circuit breaker having a bridge induction transfer structure, characterized in that the circuit breaker comprises a main current circuit, an over-voltage limiting circuit, and a transfer current circuit; and the main current circuit, the over-voltage limiting circuit, and the transfer current circuit are connected in parallel. The induction transfer circuit in the transfer current circuit comprises an induction transfer inductor, an induction transfer capacitor, and an induction transfer branch power semiconductor device which are connected in series; the transfer current circuit further comprises a bridge circuit comprised of a main loop capacitor; the main loop inductor and the induction transfer inductor are coupled to form a transformer. The present invention can implement fast breaking of the current, and effectively reduce the volume and manufacturing cost of the circuit breaker. With the induction transfer circuit, fast current transfer is implemented. The main loop capacitor needs no pre-charging. Isolation between the secondary charging circuit and the main loop is implemented. The transfer speed is fast, and the breaking reliability is high. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hybrid circuit breaker having a bridge induction transfer structure, characterized in that the circuit breaker comprises a main current circuit, an over-voltage limiting circuit, and a transfer current circuit; and the main current circuit, the over-voltage limiting circuit, and the transfer current circuit are connected in parallel; the transfer current circuit comprises an induction transfer circuit (6), the induction transfer circuit (6) comprising an induction transfer inductor (L1), an induction transfer capacitor (C1), and an induction transfer branch power semiconductor device (A0) which are connected in series to form a closed loop; the transfer current circuit further comprises a bridge circuit comprised of a first power semiconductor device (A1), a second power semiconductor device (A2), a third power semiconductor device (A3), a fourth power semiconductor device (A4), a main loop inductor (L0), and a main loop capacitor (C0); the main loop inductor and the induction transfer inductor (L1) are coupled to form a transformer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hybrid circuit breaker according to claim 1, characterized in that the bridge circuit has the following connection relationships: the first power semiconductor device (A1) is connected in series with the third power semiconductor device (A3), the second power semiconductor device (A2) is connected in series with the fourth power semiconductor device (A4), and between the first power semiconductor device (A1) and the third power semiconductor device (A3) is provided a first endpoint; between the second power semiconductor device (A2) and the fourth power semiconductor device (A4) is provided a second endpoint; the main loop inductor (L0) and the main loop capacitor (C0) are serially connected between the first endpoint and the second endpoint. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hybrid circuit breaker according to claim 1, characterized in that the first power semiconductor device (A1), the second power semiconductor device (A2), the third power semiconductor device (A3), and the fourth power semiconductor device (A4) are unidirectional conduction power semiconductor devices; the transfer branch power semiconductor device (A0) is a bidirectional power semiconductor device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The hybrid circuit breaker according to claim 1, characterized in that the main current circuit comprises a high-speed mechanical switch; the high-speed mechanical switch is an electromagnetic repulsion-based high-speed mechanical switch, a high-speed motor-driven mechanical switch or an explosion-driven high-speed mechanical switch. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The hybrid circuit breaker according to claim 1, characterized in that the inductor (L0) of the main loop and the inductive transfer inductor (L1) of the transfer current circuit are coupled to form a mutually coupled mutually inductive coil, L0 and L1 are hollow inductors or magnetic core-contained inductors, and comprise one or more inductors connected in series or in parallel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The hybrid circuit breaker according to claim 1, characterized in that the first power semiconductor device (A1), the second power semiconductor device (A2), the third power semiconductor device (A3), and the fourth power semiconductor device (A4) are uncontrollable power semiconductor devices or semi-control enabled power semiconductor devices, or combinations thereof, including, but not limited to, any one of a power diode, a thyristor, an IGCT, an IGBT, and GTO, or any combination of more thereof. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The hybrid circuit breaker according to claim 1, characterized in that the over-voltage limiting circuit is one of an arrester consisting of a zinc oxide valve block or a varistor, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The hybrid circuit breaker according to claim 1, characterized in that design parameters of the over-voltage limiting circuit comprises: a voltage limiting circuit capacity, a conduction voltage threshold, current reaching a conduction voltage, a highest clamping voltage, and current at the highest clamping voltage.