AU2005268968B2 - Control of power breakers - Google Patents

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AU2005268968B2
AU2005268968B2 AU2005268968A AU2005268968A AU2005268968B2 AU 2005268968 B2 AU2005268968 B2 AU 2005268968B2 AU 2005268968 A AU2005268968 A AU 2005268968A AU 2005268968 A AU2005268968 A AU 2005268968A AU 2005268968 B2 AU2005268968 B2 AU 2005268968B2
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/16—Modifications for eliminating interference voltages or currents
    • H03K17/161—Modifications for eliminating interference voltages or currents in field-effect transistor switches
    • H03K17/165—Modifications for eliminating interference voltages or currents in field-effect transistor switches by feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit
    • H03K17/166—Soft switching
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
    • H02M3/00—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output
    • H02M3/02—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac
    • H02M3/04—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters
    • H02M3/10—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
    • H02M3/145—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal
    • H02M3/155—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
    • H02M3/156—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators
    • H02M3/157—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators with digital control
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
    • H05B41/14—Circuit arrangements
    • H05B41/26—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc
    • H05B41/28—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc using static converters
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
    • H05B41/14—Circuit arrangements
    • H05B41/26—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc
    • H05B41/28—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc using static converters
    • H05B41/282—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc using static converters with semiconductor devices
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B20/00—Energy efficient lighting technologies, e.g. halogen lamps or gas discharge lamps

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Abstract

Desired performance of the switch (1), e.g. an FET, is specified in terms of the current and/or voltage profile at least during part of the switching operation. Actual performance during switching is measured (4, 5) and fed back (3) in terms of these variables. Switching control (9) is adjusted such that actual performance corresponds with desired performance : An independent claim is included for a corresponding computer software product.

Description

1 CONTROL OF POWER SWITCHES The present invention relates generally to the field of the control of power switches, as can find use for example in a PFC (Power Factor Control) circuit. 5 Any discussion of the prior art throughout the specification should in no way be considered as an admission that such prior art is widely known or forms part of common general knowledge in the field. From the state of the art it is already known that a 10 certain temporal development of the switching behaviour of a power switch, in the region of the flanks particularly, is advantageous with regard to a reduction of electromagnetic disturbances (EMI, Electromagnetic Interference) generated by the switching process. 15 It is an object of the present invention to overcome or ameliorate at least one of the disadvantages of the prior art, or to provide a useful alternative. This object is achieved in accordance with the invention by means of the features of the independent claims. The 20 dependent claims further develop the central concept of the invention in particularly advantageous manner. In accordance with a first aspect of the invention there is provided a method for the regulated control of a power switch for electrical supply of devices. First there is 25 predetermined a desired behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch at least for a temporal section of a switching process. The real behaviour (actual behaviour) of this parameter is measured and fed back for the formation of a closed 30 regulation loop. The measured actual behaviour is then 2 compared with the desired behaviour and the control of the power switch so effected that the actual behaviour in substance follows the desired behaviour. According to this aspect, the present invention provides 5 an operating method for an operating device for illumination elements with regulated control of a power switch of a PFC circuit of the operating device, having the following steps: - specification of an adjustable desired behaviour of 10 the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch at least for a temporal section of a switching process, - measurement and feedback of the actual behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power 15 switch during a switching process, and - regulation of the control of the power switch such that the actual behaviour corresponds in substance to the desired behaviour. The desired behaviour can in particular predetermine the 20 flank development of the switching process, for example with reference to at least two base points. Values which represent the desired behaviour can for example be stored as discreet values in a memory. The desired behaviour can alternatively or in addition be 25 provided also by means of an analog circuit, for example by means of a square wave oscillator having limited flank steepness. In accordance with another aspect the present invention also relates to a method for the calibration of the 30 switching behaviour of a power switch. Thereby the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch is measured at least for a temporal section of a switching 3 process. The control of the power switch is then calibrated to the effect that, for the attainment of slight electromagnetic disturbance during the switching behaviour, the actual switching behaviour corresponds in 5 substance to a predetermined desired behaviour, the desired behaviour being optimized with regard to electromagnetic interference (EMI). According to this aspect, the present invention provides a method for the calibration of the switching behaviour of a 10 power switch, having the following steps: - measurement of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch at least for a temporal section of a switching process, and - compensation of the control of the power switch such 15 that the actual switching behaviour in substance corresponds to a predetermined desired behaviour. Such a calibration method can for example be used for a power switch in a PFC circuit. The invention also relates to a computer software program 20 product which implements such a method when it runs on a computing device, for example is programmed in an ASIC. The present invention finally relates also to a power switch regulation circuit. This regulation circuit has means for predetermining a desired behaviour of the 25 current and/or the voltage through or at a power switch at least for a temporal section of a switching process. Furthermore means are provided for the measuring of the actual behaviour as well as for the feedback of the measurement result. A regulation device which executes the 30 control of the power switch such that the actual behaviour corresponds in substance to the desired behaviour is finally provided.
3a According to this aspect, the present invention provides an operating device for illumination elements, having a power switch circuit with a power switch and a power switch regulation circuit, which has: 5 - a memory for the specification of an adjustable desired behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at a power switch at least for a temporal section of a switching process, - means for the measurement and feedback of the actual 10 behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch during a switching process, and - means for the regulation of the control of the power switch such that the actual behaviour corresponds in substance to the desired behaviour. 15 This regulation device can be an ASIC and/or a discreet circuit for example. According to another aspect, the present invention provides an operating device for illumination elements, having a power factor correction (PFC) circuit with an 20 inductance which is selectively charged and discharged via a power switch, whereby with switched-off power switch the energy stored in the inductance is discharged via a diode, further having a power switch regulation circuit for the power switch, wherein the regulation circuit has: 25 - a memory for the specification of an adjustable desired behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at a power switch at least for a temporal section of a switching process, - means for the measurement and feedback of the actual 30 behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch during a switching process, and - means for the regulation of the control of the power switch such that the actual behaviour corresponds in substance to the desired behaviour.
3b According to another aspect, the present invention provides a power factor correction (PFC) circuit with an inductance which is selectively charged and discharged via a power switch, whereby with switched-off power switch the 5 energy stored in the inductance is discharged via a diode, further having a power switch regulation circuit for the power switch, which has: - means for the specification of an adjustable desired behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at 10 a power switch at least for a temporal section of a switching process, - means for the measurement and feedback of the actual behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch during a switching process, and 15 - means for the regulation of the control of the power switch such that the actual behaviour corresponds in substance to the desired behaviour. The present invention finally relates also to a system for the calibration of the switching behaviour of a power 20 switch, to an operating device for illumination elements, to an electronic ballast (EVG) for gas discharge lamps, as well as to a PFC circuit, which in each case have such a regulation circuit. According to this aspect, the present invention provides a 25 system for the calibration of the switching behaviour of a power switch of an operating device for illumination elements, having: - means for the measurement of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch for at least a 30 temporal section of a switching process, and - means for the compensation of the control of the power switch such that the actual switching behaviour corresponds in substance to a predetermined adjustable desired behaviour.
3c Further characteristics, advantages and features of the present invention will now be explained in more detail with reference to the Figures of the accompanying drawings. 5 4 Fig. 1 shows a schematic overview of an analog regulation circuit according to the invention, Fig. 2 shows a schematic overview of a digital 5 regulation circuit according to the invention, Fig. 3 shows calibration of a control circuit according to the invention, .and 10 Fig. 4 shows the application of a regulation circuit according to the invention in the context of a PFC (Power Factor Correction) circuit. In Fig. 1 a power switch is provided as an FET 15 transistor 1. There is delivered to the control input (here: gate) 31 of this power switch 1 a control signal 9 from a regulation device, which may be an integrated circuit (ASIC) 7 in the present exemplary embodiment, for example however may also be formed as a discreet or 20 hybrid circuit. By means of a voltage divider having resistances 4, 5 a parameter of the switching behaviour of the power switch 1 is measured at least during a part of the time 25 period of switching processes, in particular during the flanks. This parameter may for example be the current I through the power switch 1 and/or the voltage U at the power switch 1. 30 As mentioned already the measuring/regulation can be restricted to certain temporal sections, such as for example the dynamic regions (flanks), but also can monitor the switching behaviour continuously on the 5 basis of at least one parameter, so that the static regions are also monitored and regulated. The reference sign 2 shows schematically an actual 5 behaviour of the switching behaviour measured in this way in the region of a rising flank, i.e. a switch-on process of the power switch 1. In the present example the voltage U at the switch 1 is measured and regulated. As is clear from Fig. 1 the actual 10 behaviour, which is optimized by the regulation circuit according to the invention, is regulated such that the flank has a predetermined development and in particular a predetermined finite flank steepness. 15 It has to be said that by means of the regulation circuit according to the invention, with appropriate predetermination, also other flank developments, and in particular non-linearly progressing flank developments, can be attained (see below in connection with the 20 explanation of reference sign 6). The measured parameter is delivered to an input 3 of the regulation device (ASIC) 7. The regulation device 7 has a comparator 8 which compares the measured signal, 25 delivered to the input 3, with a desired behaviour 6 provided externally or in the present example provided internally and issues a correction signal as a control signal 9 to the control input of the power switch 1 in dependence upon this comparison, for the implementation 30 of a regulation algorithm.
6 The desired behaviour 6 can be implemented in different ways, for example with the aid of a square wave oscillator with limited flank steepness. 5 The regulation circuit illustrated in Fig. 1 has an analog circuit for the implementation of the desired behaviour 6. A continuous desired behaviour can be imposed in the case of such an analog desired value predetermination. 10 A schematic overview of a digital configuration of the regulation circuit according to the invention is shown in Fig. 2. 15 As in the analog configuration of Fig. 1, a power switch 1 is fed from a control signal 9. In turn the actual behaviour of a parameter of the power switch 9 such as the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch 9 - is detected by a regulation device 20 7 with aid of a voltage divider 4, 5. The function of the regulation device 7 consists in a comparison of the measured actual behaviour with a predetermined desired behaviour 12 and in a 25 corresponding control 9 of the power switch 9. The comparison of the actual and desired behaviours and the temporal reaction thereto is carried out by a logic circuit 13 which inter alia contains the function of a 30 digital comparator. An analog-digital converter 11 for the digitalization of the detected input parameter 3 delivers the corresponding digital actual behaviour to the logic circuit 13. The discreet digital values 7 representing the desired behaviour are supplied to another input of the logic circuit 13 from a memory 12. Another input of the logic circuit 13 serves as a 5 control input 16. Via the control input 16 the dynamic regulation behaviour can for example be adjusted by means of adjusting of the temporal reaction of the logic circuit to regulation deviations. 10 A provision of the desired behaviour by means of digital values in a memory in accordance with the exemplary embodiment of Figure 2 has the advantage that substantially arbitrary, also non-linear developments, in particular in the region of the flanks, can be 15 predetermined for the switching behaviour. As a minimum, for one flank, two discreet base values are stored in the memory 12, through which a flank developing in a straight line can already be provided. 20 For more complex flank developments, or for making more precise such straight-line flanks, the number of base values which represent the desired behaviour can be increased arbitrarily of course. 25 After the logic circuit 13 of the regulation device 7 has compared desired actual and behaviours in the manner of an error amplifier, it controls programmable current sources 14, 15 such that the power switch 1 is operated with the desired control signal 9; that is, 30 the actual behaviour substantially follows the desired behaviour.
8 The just described analog and digital exemplary embodiments thus relate to a configuration in which a closed regulation loop, during the operation of the power switch 1, adjusts the control effected with 5 follow-up correction, to attain the desired behaviour. Meanwhile, the present invention also relates to the single calibration of a control circuit, in which an existing switching behaviour 2 of the power switch 1 is 10 detected once by means of a special measurement device 18 and then a single, for example factory, calibration of the control circuit 7 is carried out. This is represented schematically in Fig. 3. In this 15 configuration there is provided an external or, here, internal programmable calibration memory 19 (the memory 6 or 12 is not necessarily programmable in the case of the exemplary embodiments mentioned above). 20 Thus, for example, in the production the control circuit 7 is calibrated once so that then in the actual operation of the power switch 1 measurement and a closed regulation loop are not required for evaluation of the measurement result of the power switch 25 parameter. Meanwhile, the measurement and calibration can be carried out again at any time, for example at fixedly predetermined intervals or upon application of a new 30 functionality. The calibration can thereby be carried out as illustrated by means of internal storage 19 of 9 calibration data which influences the temporal development of the control. However, an external calibration is also conceivable via a trimming input etc. (not illustrated). 5 Thus, for calibration, the switching behaviour is detected by a measurement device 18. Via a programming input 30 of the integrated circuit 7 the values of the calibration memory 19 (programming access 17) and/or 10 the dynamic behaviour ("control Pattern") of the logic circuit 13 can then be set. Fig. 4 finally shows how technology according to the invention can be used in the case of a PFC (Power 15 Factor Correction) circuit. In the exemplary embodiment of Fig. 4 for example the voltage over the power switch 1 is monitored, in order to attain a reduction of high frequency disturbances by a specific control of the switch. 20 As known in principle from the state of the art, the input voltage 28 of a PFC circuit 20 is filtered by a smoothing capacitor 21 and delivered to an inductance 22, i.e. a coil. The inductance 22 is selectively 25 charged or discharged by means of the power switch 1. In addition, the PFC circuit 20 has a diode 23 connected in series with the inductance 22. If the power switch 1 is switched on, the inductance 22 30 is short-circuited to ground and the diode 23 blocked. The inductance 22 then charges so that energy is stored in the inductance 22.
10 If the power switch 1 is turned off, however, the diode 23 is conductive. The inductance 22 then discharges via the diode 23 into the output capacitance 24. The energy is thereby transferred to the output capacitance 24. 5 The voltage divider 4, 5 serves for determining 3 the actual behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch 1. By means of another voltage divider 25, 26, the output voltage 29 can be 10 measured 27. The driver circuit provided in the ASIC 7 for the control of the power switch 1 is not illustrated in the Figures. 15 By means of the closed regulation loop or the calibration, tolerances of the power switch 1 can be compensated so that the sought after desired behaviour can always be attained in substance. Thus, for example, 20 the same ASIC can be used for different power levels of gas discharge lamps which need differently dimensioned switches. Overall, there is thus provided a regulated switching behaviour. 25 By the calibration there can be provided, so to speak, a "universal driver circuit" which depending upon the previously effected measurement of the corresponding parameter of the power switch is made specific for the particular power switch employed. 30 List of the reference signs used in the Figures: 11 1 Power switch, for example FET transistor 2 Measured actual behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch 3 Input of the regulation device 4 Resistance of a voltage divider 5 Resistance of a voltage divider 6 Analog predetermined desired behaviour 7 Regulation device: integrated circuit (ASIC) or discreet circuit 8 Comparator 9 Control signal of the power switch 10 Illustration of the control signal 11 Analog-digital converter 12 Digital predetermined desired behaviour or digital memory 13 Digital logic circuit 14 Current source 15 Current source 16 Control input 17 External storage of calibration data 18 Measurement device 19 Calibration memory 20 PFC circuit 21 Smoothing capacitor 22 Inductance 23 Diode 24 Output capacitor 25 Resistance of a voltage divider 26 Resistance of a voltage divider 27 Measured output voltage 28 Input voltage 12 29 Output voltage

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1. Operating method for an operating device for illumination elements with regulated control of a power switch of a PFC circuit of the operating device, having 5 the following steps: - specification of an adjustable desired behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch at least for a temporal section of a switching process, 10 - measurement and feedback of the actual behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch during a switching process, and - regulation of the control of the power switch such that the actual behaviour corresponds in substance to the 15 desired behaviour.
2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the specification of the adjustable desired behaviour is effected by means of a programmable memory.
3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the desired 20 behaviour is predetermined with reference to at least two base points.
4. Method according to any preceding claim, wherein the desired behaviour determines the flank development of the switching process. 25
5. Method according to any preceding claim, wherein values which represent the desired behaviour are stored in a memory and/or are made available by means of an analog circuit.
6. Method according to any preceding claim, wherein the 30 dynamics of the regulation behaviour are adjustable. -14
7. Method for the calibration of the switching behaviour of a power switch, having the following steps: - measurement of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch at least for a temporal section of a 5 switching process, and - compensation of the control of the power switch such that the actual switching behaviour in substance corresponds to a predetermined desired behaviour.
8. Method according to claim 7, wherein the desired 10 behaviour is programmed.
9. Use of a method according to any preceding claim in a PFC circuit of the operating device for illumination means.
10. Operating device for illumination elements, having a power switch circuit with a power switch and a power switch 15 regulation circuit, which has: - a memory for the specification of an adjustable desired behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at a power switch at least for a temporal section of a switching process, 20 - means for the measurement and feedback "of the actual behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch during a switching process, and - means for the regulation of the control of the power switch such that the actual behaviour corresponds in 25 substance to the desired behaviour.
11. An operating device according to claim 10, wherein the memory is programmable.
12. An operating device according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the dynamics of the regulation behaviour of the 30 regulation means are adjustable. - 15
13. An operating device according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein the means for regulation have an ASIC.
14. An operating device according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein the means for regulation have a discreet 5 circuit.
15. An operating device according to any one of claims 10 to 14, wherein values which represent the desired behaviour are stored in a memory.
16. An operating device according to any one of claims 10 10 to 15, wherein the desired value specification is carried out by means of an analog circuit.
17. An operating device according to claim 16, wherein the analog circuit has a square wave oscillator with restricted flank steepness. 15
18. System for the calibration of the switching behaviour of a power switch of an operating device for illumination elements, having: - means for the measurement of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch for at least a 20 temporal section of a switching process, and - means for the compensation of the control of the power switch such that the actual switching behaviour corresponds in substance to a predetermined adjustable desired behaviour. 25
19. Electronic ballast for gas discharge lamps having an operating device according to any one of claim 10 to 17.
20. Operating device for illumination elements, having a power factor correction (PFC) circuit with an inductance which is selectively charged and discharged via a power -16 switch, whereby with switched-off power switch the energy stored in the inductance is discharged via a diode, further having a power switch regulation circuit for the power switch, wherein the regulation circuit has: 5 - a memory for the specification of an adjustable desired behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at a power switch at least for a temporal section of a switching process, - means for the measurement and feedback of the actual 10 behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch during a switching process, and - means for the regulation of the control of the power switch such that the actual behaviour corresponds in substance to the desired behaviour. 15
21. Power factor correction (PFC) circuit with an inductance which is selectively charged and discharged via a power switch, whereby with switched-off power switch the energy stored in the inductance is discharged via a diode, further having a power switch regulation circuit for the 20 power switch, which has: - means for the specification of an adjustable desired behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at a power switch at least for a temporal section of a switching process, 25 - means for the measurement and feedback of the actual behaviour of the current and/or the voltage through or at the power switch during a switching process, and - means for the regulation of the control of the power switch such that the actual behaviour corresponds in 30 substance to the desired behaviour.
22. An operating method for an operating device substantially as herein described with reference to any one -17 of the embodiments of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings and/or examples.
23. An operating device for illumination elements substantially as herein described with reference to any one 5 of the embodiments of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings and/or examples.
24. A power factor correction circuit substantially as herein described with reference to any one of the embodiments of the invention illustrated in the 10 accompanying drawings and/or examples.
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