Electricity: measuring and testing – Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components – For fault location
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-13
2005-12-13
Nguyen, Vincent Q. (Department: 2858)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components
For fault location
C361S078000, C361S079000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06975122
ABSTRACT:
A circuit for detecting an overcurrent in an element in which an A.C. supply current flows, including a first comparator, assigned to the halfwaves of a first sign of the A.C. power supply, receiving on a reference input a first reference voltage setting a first one of the thresholds, a second comparator, assigned to the halfwaves of a second sign of the A.C. power supply, receiving on a reference input a second reference voltage setting a second one of the thresholds, and an input stage providing, to respective interconnected read inputs of the comparators, a voltage proportional to the voltage across the element, the stage including at least one first resistive element introducing a voltage drop between a first one of the terminals of the element and the read inputs.
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French Search Report from French Patent Application No. 02/12428, filed Oct. 7, 2002.
Gonthier Laurent
Peron Benoît
Jorgenson Lisa K.
Morris James H.
Nguyen Vincent Q.
STMicroelectronics S.A.
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks P.C.
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