Constant Current Circuit With Bypass Path For Voltage Stability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Voltage fluctuations in voltage sources with high internal resistance can lead to undesirable effects such as brightness fluctuations in lighting devices and other consumers connected to them, especially when consumers require pulsed currents, causing instability in the energy source.

Innovation Solution

A circuit arrangement with a constant current circuit and a bypass circuit controlled by a control unit, which detects the charge storage voltage to provide a predefinable constant current and adjust the bypass current as needed, maintaining a stable energy source and ensuring reliable power supply to consumers, including those requiring pulsed currents.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a voltage source with high internal resistance is used to supply both lighting means and additional consumers, then the lighting function is achieved, but voltage fluctuations occur causing brightness instability and unreliable operation

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveAbility to supply additional consumersVSAvoidVoltage stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the power supply system into two independent paths: a constant current circuit path for lighting means and a bypass circuit path for additional consumers. This segmentation allows each path to operate independently without interfering with the other, resolving the voltage stability issue while maintaining versatility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a bypass circuit as an intermediary element that mediates between the voltage source and additional consumers. This bypass circuit provides a dedicated current path that isolates consumers from voltage fluctuations, enabling reliable consumer operation while maintaining lighting performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Illumination intensity

If a constant current circuit is used to supply lighting means, then brightness stability is improved, but additional consumers experience voltage fluctuations and unreliable operation

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveBrightness stabilityVSAvoidConsumer operation reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The power supply is segmented into separate constant current path for lighting and bypass path for consumers. This segmentation allows the constant current circuit to maintain stable lighting while the bypass circuit independently supplies consumers, eliminating the trade-off between lighting stability and consumer reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The bypass circuit acts as an intermediary that provides stable power to additional consumers without interfering with the constant current supply to lighting means. This mediator circuit enables both functions to operate reliably simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If consumers requiring pulsed currents are connected to a soft voltage source, then additional functionality is achieved, but voltage collapse occurs causing instability in the energy source

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveAdditional consumer functionalityVSAvoidEnergy source stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the current supply by providing a dedicated bypass circuit path for consumers requiring pulsed currents. This segmentation allows consumers to draw pulsed current while the constant current circuit maintains stable lighting supply, preventing voltage collapse and maintaining energy source stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The bypass circuit serves as an intermediary that handles the pulsed current demands of additional consumers, isolating these fluctuations from the main voltage source and constant current circuit. This mediator prevents voltage collapse while enabling consumer functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP3321761B1Supply of an electric consumer with electrical energy from a voltage source
Publication Date: 2020.09.23 OSRAM GMBH
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AI summary

The invention relates to a method for supplying an electrical load (12) with electrical energy from a voltage source (14), in which an electrical charge storage device (20, 22) for storing electrical charge is supplied with a predetermined electrical current by means of a constant current circuit (24) connected to a voltage source (14), wherein a regulated electrical potential for the load (12) is provided by means of a linear regulator circuit (26) connected to the charge storage device (20, 22), wherein the charge storage device (20, 22) is supplied with an electrical bypass current in parallel to the current of the constant current circuit (24) by means of a bypass circuit (28), wherein the bypass circuit (28) is controlled by means of a control signal from a control unit (30), wherein an electrical charge storage voltage is applied to the charge storage device (20, 22).22) is detected and the control signal is provided depending on the detected charge storage voltage.