Patent ID: 6255806
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: H02J,H02M,H03K,Y02E

Abstract:
A supply device (FD1, FD2) for power supply to an electronic unit (EU1, EU2) for a controllable semiconductor element (T1, T2) in a semiconductor valve in a shunt-connected thyristor-switched capacitor (CA), the capacitor being intended to carry an alternating current with a known period (T), the semiconductor valve comprising a snubber circuit (SC) with a first and a second terminal (CS1 and CS2, respectively) only, the semiconductor element with an anode terminal (TA1, TA2) and a cathode terminal (TC1, TC2), the supply device with an energy storage (C1, C2) for storing electrical energy, with a valve terminal (J13, J23), a snubber terminal (J12, J22), a supply terminal (J11, J21) connected to the energy storage, and with a first current path from the snubber terminal to the supply terminal, the valve terminal for connection to the cathode terminal, the snubber terminal for connection to one of the terminals of the snubber circuit, and the supply terminal for connection to the electronic unit, the snubber circuit for connection such that a second current path, for carrying a charge current to the energy storage in a direction from the snubber terminal to the cathode terminal, is formed from the anode terminal through the snubber circuit to the snubber terminal, and therefrom via the energy storage and the valve terminal to the cathode terminal, characterized in that the energy storage is designed to store an amount of energy which is larger than the energy requirement of the electronic unit during one cycle of the alternating current but smaller than its energy requirement during two cycles.