The invention relates to a current-limiting
solid-state
circuit breaker capable of actively suppressing
overvoltage and a control method thereof. The circuit structure of the device is shown in a dotted frame in figure and comprises a master switching circuit, a follow current circuit and a
control system, wherein the master switching circuit comprises a Q1 and a Q2, the follow current circuit comprises a Q3, a Q4 and a Q5, the master switching circuit is formed by reversely connecting two
field effect transistors (
MOSFET, MOS transistors) Q1 and Q2, an output end of the master switching circuit is connected with one end of the follow current circuit, the
control system detects the input
voltage of the
solid-state
circuit breaker and the current of the master switching circuit and controls the MOS transistors of the master switching circuit and the follow current circuit according to the input
voltage and the current, the
control system takes protective measure when the current of a main loop is detected to exceed a rated value or a
current limiting value, the Q3 or the Q4 of a follow current
branch is firstly conducted according to the directions of the current and the input
voltage, the switching circuit is then
cut off, higher voltage (Ldi / dt) caused by a stray
inductor L in a power supply circuit during switching off the Q1 and the Q2 is prevented from being applied to the two ends of the MOS transistors of the master switching circuit, and the voltage stress during switching off the Q1 and the Q2 can be greatly reduced. Except for actively preventing
overvoltage, compared with other
solid-state
circuit breaker, the current-limiting solid-state circuit breaker has the advantages that the
MOSFET switching tubes are adopted, the structure is simple, the current-limiting solid-state circuit breaker is convenient to drive and easy to expand capacity in parallel, and the
conduction loss is reduced.