K C Corp.

Eaton Corporation

Behruz Rezvani

Bruce B Lusignan

George D Vendelin

A digital solid state electric power usage meter for determining power usage by a load attached to an electric power network. The meter has a current sensor coupled to each phase of the electric power network for sensing current in each phase, a voltage divider coupled to each phase of the power network for detecting the voltage level on each phase, an analog to digital (A/D) converter coupled to the current sensors and voltage dividers receiving signals from the current sensors related to the current in each phase and signals from the voltage dividers related to the voltage on each phase. The A/D converter samples the current and voltage related signals at predetermined times at a rate which insures that samples of the current and voltage related signals do not repeat for a large number of cycles of the network frequency or never repeat and which rate is at least twice as fast as the rate of change of the current and voltage related signals and converts the samples to digital signals representing the voltage levels and current at the predetermined times. A processor calculates instantaneous values of power at the predetermined times from the digital signals and a memory accumulates the instantaneous values so as to form a value representative of electric power usage by the load attached to the network.

Solid state electric power usage meter and method for determining power

The present invention includes an apparatus and a method for connecting at least a pair of stages in DC series between a pair of power-supply potentials so as to provide economical utilization of the power supply. The stages are connected so as to maintain their AC independence.

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Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Behruz Rezvani