The present invention relates to temperature control technologies, more particularly, to a quick temperature compensation method for an electric soldering iron and a quick temperature compensable electric soldering iron.
While lead-free solder satisfies the requirement of environment protection, a better thermal stability of the soldering iron is also required. The common soldering iron always uses a linear transformer as the power supply circuit. In this case, the output voltage is constant, and the output power is deficient at high temperature. As a single absolute temperature control manner is used as the temperature control manner, in the process of jointing, the rate of re-rising the temperature is slow, and a cold joint or rosin joint is inclined to take place. Some electric soldering irons use absolute temperature control manner to control the temperature-power of the electronic heating element, that is, only sample and control the absolute temperature of the heating element, but cannot determine the operation status of the heating element and the thermal requirement of the heated object and its effect to the temperature. When the temperature is falling, the transient response of the heating element is poor, thus the re-rising of the temperature is slow, and this cannot be used in the case that the heat transfer of the heating element changes rapidly. For example, temperature of the electric soldering iron is very high when it does not touch the metal to be welded, once it touches a big-size metal object or keeps contacting with the metal object for a long period of time, temperature of the electric soldering iron may fall rapidly due to the fast heat transfer. Moreover, the cold joint and rosin joint is especially easy to be induced in the case that the metal to be welded has a large surface or the environmental temperature is low. In order to detect the change status for the load to the soldering iron head, the nice difference of the temperature should be obtained in the shortest time. The earlier the detection occurs and the earlier the control performs, the quicker the induced response of the temperature is. However, the earlier the detection occurs, the weaker the detected signal is. And the detection should be ensured away from the affect of the interfering noise outside. Since the heating element and the temperature sensor element are all installed in the soldering iron head, the electronic signal from the temperature sensor element is delayed with respect to the actual time of the temperature change happened to the soldering iron head, and the time of the power change happened to the heating element is also delayed with respect to the actual time of the temperature change happened to the soldering iron head. It is crucial that how the factor of delay, the interference, and the requirement of response time should be considered in designing an electric soldering iron.
One aspect of the present invention is to provide a method for quick temperature compensation for an electric soldering iron, which take a heat conduction delay between a temperature detection point of the soldering iron head and a actual temperature for the solder joint of the soldering iron head and the heat transfer into account, and a temperature change for the solder joint of the soldering iron head is detected in good time in turn, the electronic power of the electronic soldering iron is compensated in a shortest time. Meanwhile, the signal change induced by the non-solder joint, such as circumstance noise, also should be taken into account, and the false action for power compensation will not be induced by such reasons.
One aspect of the present invention is to provide a quick temperature compensable electric soldering iron, which can rapidly detect any nice change of temperature of the electric soldering iron, and rapidly and accurately adjust the power of the electric soldering iron based on the detection signal, and insure that the electric soldering iron is away from the influence of the outside noise.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for quick temperature compensation for an electric soldering iron is provided, wherein a temperature sensor element and a heating core are installed in the electric soldering iron, the method comprising:
generating a temperature detection signal corresponding to a relative temperature value of the temperature sensor element inside the soldering iron head;
generating a temperature setting signal according to a setting temperature of the electronic soldering iron;
generating a temperature additional signal according to a temperature regulation and control signal;
implementing a difference operation to generate the temperature regulation and control signal, wherein input signals of the difference operation comprise the temperature detection signal, the temperature setting signal, and the temperature additional signal;
integrally and comparatively amplifying the temperature regulation and control signal;
damping the amplified temperature regulation and control signal, and photoelectrically coupling it to a controlled switching power source;
outputting a corresponding electronic power to the heating core within the soldering iron head by the controlled switching power source according to the coupled input regulation and control signal.
Advantageously, said step of generating a temperature additional signal according to a temperature regulation and control signal further comprises implementing a differential operation to the temperature regulation and control signal.
Advantageously, said step of generating a temperature additional signal according to a temperature regulation and control signal further comprises:
differentially amplifying the temperature regulation and control signal;
identifying feature of a heat transfer function of the soldering iron head for the temperature regulation and control signal according to the Kalman digital filtering principle; wherein when the heat transfer function of the soldering iron head is conformed, a solder joint occurs and an additional temperature compensation amount is calculated and output; when the heat transfer function of the soldering iron head is not conformed, the additional temperature compensation amount is set as zero, wherein, the heat transfer function of the soldering iron head is ΔA(t)=(A0−A1)(1−e−t/τ), wherein, ΔA(t) is a temperature change detected by the sensor at time t, A0 is a temperature detected by the sensor in a static balance state, A1 is a lowest dropping temperature at the instant, when the jointing part of the soldering iron head contacts the solder joint, and τ is a time constant of the heat conduction of the soldering iron head.
Advantageously, the temperature setting signal in the input signals of the differential operation is generated in such a way that when the solder joint is not detected in a certain period, a suspending temperature signal applied to keep the electric soldering iron head at a suspended temperature is generated.
Advantageously, the input signals of the differential operation further comprises a power-off control signal generated in such a way that when the electric soldering iron head is detected at the suspended temperature beyond a specific period, the power-off control signal is generated.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a quick temperature compensable electric soldering iron is provided, comprising: a power source unit, a soldering iron head, an electric heating core 8 for heating the soldering iron head, a temperature setting unit 6 for setting a temperature of the soldering iron head, a temperature sensor 9 within the soldering iron head for sensing the temperature of the soldering iron head, a controlled switching power source 7 connected between the power source unit and the electric heating core 8, and a control unit for controlling the controlled switching power source 7 based on the sensed temperature from the sensor 9 and the setting temperature from the temperature setting unit 6, wherein the control unit further comprises: an additional temperature setting unit 22, an integral compared amplifier 12, a damp photoelectric coupling unit 10 with its input terminal connected with an output terminal of the integral compared amplifier 12 and an output terminal of the controlled switching power source 7 respectively, and its output terminal connected with a control terminal of the controlled switching power source 7, an precise resistance amplifier 13 with its input terminal connected with a thermal sensitive element 9, and a multiplexing difference unit with its input terminal connected with the temperature setting unit 6, the additional temperature setting unit 22 and the precise resistance amplifier 13 with a constant current source respectively, and its output terminal connected with an input terminal of the integral compared amplifier 12.
Advantageously, the additional temperature setting unit 22 is connected between the output terminal of the multiplexing difference unit and the differential unit.
Advantageously, the additional temperature setting unit generates an additional temperature via a loop circuit for solder joint detection and temperature re-rising control according to the following process: identifying feature of a heat transfer function of the soldering iron head for the temperature regulation and control signal according to the Kalman digital filtering principle; wherein when the heat transfer function of the soldering iron head is conformed, a solder joint occurs and an additional temperature compensation amount is calculated and output; when the heat transfer function of the soldering iron head is not conformed, the additional temperature compensation amount is set as zero, wherein, the heat transfer function of the soldering iron head is ΔA(t)=(A0−A1)(1−e−t/τ), wherein, ΔA(t) is a temperature change detected by the sensor at time t. A0 is a temperature detected by the sensor in a static balance state, A1 is a lowest dropping temperature at the instant when the jointing part of the soldering iron head contacts the solder joint, and τ is a time constant of the heat conduction of the soldering iron head.
Advantageously, the loop circuit for solder joint detection and temperature re-rising control comprises: a CPU unit 19, a suspending temperature setting unit 21, a differential amplifier unit 15, a pulse width modulation unit 17, and a sawtooth wave generating unit 18. Multiple input terminals of the multiplexing difference unit 24 are connected with the temperature setting unit 6, the additional temperature setting unit 2, and the precise resistance amplifier 13 respectively, meanwhile, the output terminal of the multiplexing difference unit 24 is connected with the input terminal of the integral compared amplifier 12. The CPU unit 19 provides control signal from its output terminal to the additional temperature setting unit 20, the suspending temperature setting unit 21 and the sawtooth wave generating unit 18. An input terminal of the pulse width modulation unit 17 is connected with the differential amplifier unit 15 and the sawtooth wave generating unit 18, and an output terminal of the pulse width modulation unit 17 is connected with the CPU unit 19. The input terminal of the differential amplifier unit 15 is connected with the output terminal of the multiplexing difference unit 24.
Advantageously, the control unit further comprises an operation status indicating unit 16 based on a driving signal provided from the output terminal of the CPU unit 19, and a power-off control unit 23 connected between the CPU unit 19 and the multiplexing difference unit 24, wherein said operation status indicating unit 16 comprises two LEDs with different color.
The method for quick temperature compensation for an electric soldering iron and the quick temperature compensable electric soldering iron in accordance with the present invention may be applied to quickly detect and respond a change of the thermal load of the soldering iron head without the affect of the interfering noise outside, and to ensure that the soldering iron head is operated at a setting temperature by quick and effective control on the heating element. When in suspension, the soldering iron head keeps at a setting suspending temperature. And the soldering iron head may get into sleep status based on a detection of being at the suspending status for a long period of time. Accordingly, the cold joint or rosin joint induced by a temperature change of the solder in the process of jointing are substantially avoided, and the rate and quality of the jointing are efficiently improved. Moreover, electronic power is saved and operation life of the soldering iron head is extended.
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The quick temperature compensable electric soldering iron in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention showed in
Since there are several signals detected by the precise resistance amplifier 13, and how to choose a signal representing the change of the solder joint from these signals is crucial for identifying the solder joint timely and rapidly. The appearance of the solder joint is considered as a disturbance to the static system, and destroys a balance of the system. Apparently, if the disturbance can be detected and another disturbance with a same size is forced at the opposite direction immediately, the detected disturbance signal may be a base provided by the additional temperature setting unit 22 to the multiplexing difference unit 24 for calculating a adjusting signal, thus the system will resume the balance status.
Without doubt that, the earlier the detection time is, the smaller the destruction to the system balance is, and the shorter the compensation time for the additional temperature applied on the opposite direction is, as well as the time taken by the system to resume its balance.
The quick temperature compensable electric soldering iron in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention showed in
Compared with the first embodiment, a power-off control unit 23 and a suspending temperature setting unit 21 are added in the multiplexing difference unit 24 in the present embodiment, wherein a suspending temperature is used to set a temperature of the soldering iron in a standard operation, which is generally lower than the setting temperature; the power-off control is used to calculate a consecutive period of time of being at the suspending temperature. If the consecutive period of time excesses a prescribed time period, the power-off control unit 23 will power-off the electronic soldering iron. A power source is also shown in
The quick temperature compensable electric soldering iron provided in the present invention includes a static temperature control loop circuit and a dynamic temperature control loop circuit, wherein the amount of the static temperature adjustment mainly depends on the temperature setting signal, the real-time temperature detecting signal and the temperature additional signal, while the dynamic temperature control is based on the Kalman digital filtering principle. During the dynamic temperature control, characteristic identification of the heat transfer function of the soldering iron head is implemented on the differential amplified temperature adjusting signal, and the temperature additional compensation amount is calculated and exported only when the heat transfer function of the soldering iron head is conformed. Various embodiments described in the present invent are presented by way of example only, and not limitation; Person skilled in the relevant art may implement the present invention in different forms without departing from the protection scope of the present invention recorded in the claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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200510035582.8 | Jun 2005 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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PCT/CN06/01385 | 6/19/2006 | WO | 00 | 12/20/2007 |