#power relay

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Circuit Protection Devices, ESD Protection equipment, Solid state relays

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Power Relay, Single Channel Solid State Relay, Solid State Relay

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Common trouble shooting of relay

Sensing mechanism maintenance For electromagnetic (voltage, current, intermediate) relays, the sensing mechanism is an electromagnetic system. The faults of the electromagnetic system are mainly concentrated in the coil and the moving and static iron cores.

(1) Coil failure inspection and repair Coil failure usually has coil insulation damage; mechanical damage causes short circuit between turns or grounding; due to low power supply voltage, the moving and static iron cores are not closely contacted, so that the current through the coil is too large, and the coil heats up and burns. . When repairing it, rewind the coil. If the armature does not pull in after the coil is energized, it may be that the connection of the coil lead wire falls off, causing the coil to break. Weld it after checking out the dropout.

(2) Overhaul of iron core fault The main fault of iron core is that the armature cannot be sucked up after power on. This may be caused by broken coils, foreign objects between the moving and static iron cores, and low power supply voltage. It should be repaired differently. After power on, the armature is noisy. This may be caused by uneven contact surfaces between the moving and static iron cores, or oil contamination. When repairing, the coil should be removed, and its contact surface should be filed or ground; if there is grease, it should be cleaned. The high noise may be caused by short circuit or ring breakage. Just repair or replace the new short circuit ring. After the power is off, the armature cannot be released immediately. This may be caused by the moving iron core being stuck, the iron core air gap is too small, the spring is strained, and the iron core contact surface is oily. During maintenance, you should treat it differently according to the cause of the failure, or adjust the air gap to protect it at 0.02～0.05MM, or replace the spring, or clean the oil with gasoline. For thermal relays, the sensing mechanism is a thermal element. The common fault is that the thermal element burns out, or the thermal element malfunctions and does not operate.

(3) The thermal element burns out. This may be caused by a short circuit on the load side, or the operating frequency of the thermal element is too high. During maintenance, the thermal element should be replaced and the setting value should be readjusted.

(4) Malfunction of thermal element. This may be caused by the fact that the setting value is too small, the action is not overloaded, or there is strong impact and vibration in the use occasion, which causes the action mechanism to loosen and trip and cause malfunction.

(5) The thermal element does not operate. This may be due to the fact that the setting value is too small and the thermal element loses its overload protection function. During maintenance, the setting current should be adjusted according to the working current of the load. Overhaul of actuators Most relay actuators are contact systems. Through its "on" and "off", to complete certain control functions. The faults of the contact system generally include contact overheating, wear, and welding. The main cause of contact overheating is insufficient capacity, insufficient contact pressure, surface oxidation or dirty, etc.; the main cause of increased wear is that the contact capacity is too small, and the arc temperature is too high to oxidize the contact metal; cause the contact The main reason for fusion welding is that the arc temperature is too high, or the contact is severely bounced. The maintenance sequence of the contacts is as follows:

(1) Open the outer cover and check the surface condition of the contacts.

(2) If the surface of the contact is oxidized, the silver contact does not need to be repaired. The copper contact can be filed with a polished file or gently scraped off the oxide layer on the surface with a knife.

(3) If the contact surface is not clean, it can be cleaned with gasoline or carbon tetrachloride.

(4) If there are burn marks on the contact surface, the silver contact does not need to be repaired, and the copper contact can be repaired with a polished file or a knife. It is not allowed to use emery cloth or sandpaper to refurbish, so as not to leave sand particles and cause poor contact.

(5) If the contacts are welded, they should be replaced. If it is caused by the contact capacity is too small, you should replace the relay with a larger capacity.

(6) If the contact pressure is not enough, the spring should be adjusted or replaced to increase the pressure. If the pressure is still insufficient, the contacts should be replaced. Maintenance of the intermediate mechanism

(1) For the air-type time relay, the intermediate mechanism is mainly an airbag. The common fault is inaccurate delay. This may be because the airbag is not tightly sealed or leaks, which shortens the action delay, or even does not delay; it may also be that the air channel of the airbag is blocked, which makes the action delay longer. When repairing, the former should be reassembled or replaced with a new airbag, and the latter should be disassembled to remove the blockage.

(2) For the speed relay, the bakelite pendulum rod belongs to the intermediate mechanism. If the motor cannot be braked and stopped during reverse braking, the bakelite pendulum may be broken. It should be replaced during maintenance.

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All About Power Sequencing

In most multi-rail systems, sequencing and relative timing of power-up or power-down for each supply rail are done by a specialized sequencer function, which can be implemented as part of a PMIC (power management IC) or a dedicated sequencer IC.

Either way, the DC regulator that provides those rails and the sequencing functions are generally separate entities. Even if they are part of the same IC—which they often are in high-volume applications—they operate independently of each other.

The DC regulators use all-analogue or mixed-signal circuitry, whether they are LDOs or switchers. That's the way most regulators have been for decades, admittedly with many enhancements to (and variants of) both topologies.

If they have a "digital" aspect, the use of digital control sets analogue-loop parameters such as gain, response, output voltage, current limits and similar ones via a PMBus or I2C interface. Once these factors are set in place, the regulator closed-loop operation is an analogue function, and even when they are changed or updated via the control bus, the new operating mode is still mostly analogue.

Now we see tremendous interest and tangible growth in all-digital power regulation and many larger supplies (in the several hundred-watt ranges and above) are already using it for many reasons. Full digital-power control goes far beyond just setting analogue loop parameters via a digital bus.

Instead, the actual closed-loop regulation function is implemented via digital circuitry, including a processor and embedded algorithms. In these supplies, the output voltage rail is digitized at high speed and compared via firmware to the desired value, which then issues commands to a loop DAC to adjust that output (taking many other factors into account, of course).

Sequencing is part of the embedded firmware's many tasks.

The all-digital approach allows tailoring of the control and sequencing strategy to better match the operating conditions and allows the user to specify what tradeoffs are preferred at different points of operation: improved regulation, increased efficiency, lowest electrical noise and more.

Even better, these priorities can be dynamically changed as needed. It's the ultimate in flexibility with the ability to adjust as needs and priorities change—an engineer's dream situation, in many cases.

After all, why commit when you can be flexible? Even the sequencing is an inherent part of the digital- control algorithm for the various rails, and so can also be flexible and adjusted as well. Given all these benefits and the inherent flexibility, there should be no hesitation in adopting digital power and sequencing.

But sometimes, as most of us know or have learned the hard way, too much of a good thing can be a potential problem. When almost everything in design is software-driven and thus can be changed without too much pain, there are consequences when thinking about and executing the project:

First, there's a tendency to think "just ship it—we can fix it in software later";

Second, it's often hard to know what you actually have, because the documentation of the changes may be incomplete, and even a code listing won’t help; you really need to know the intent of the code blocks and the algorithms;

Third, and perhaps most worrisome, is that having flexible and changeable code in the power supply rails and sequencing means the design has yet another function that is "fluid." Experienced designers know that one of the key steps to keeping a project moving ahead is to "nail down" as many aspects as possible, especially those that have system-wide implications. When everything is malleable and subject to change, trying to make progress can be like trying to nail Jell-O to a wall.

The power-supply subsystem's design and performance are one of the best places to make a firm design decision and then leave it alone. A solid, clean, low-noise, consistent supply is literally and figuratively a foundation for all the other subsystems in the design.

In contrast, a supply that has marginal performance or unusual dynamic characteristics can create problems that manifest themselves in inexplicable ways; often a supply-rail problem looks like a software bug.

Great responsibility is the complement to the great power (pun intended) and flexibility that digital power and sequencing offers. Use it wisely and only make changes with caution, and especially do not keep changing things just because you can.

Otherwise, the power subsystem will be yet another chameleon-like "loose end" with which the design team is trying to catch up, figure out what it is doing, and grasp the implications of the latest changes.