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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Mohammad Nosrati, Redwood City, CA (US);
Roger Brummell, Hannibal, MO (US);
Timothy Tompkins, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 (2006.01); H05B 3/00 (2006.01); H05B 3/48 (2006.01); H05B 3/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/0014 (2013.01); H05B 1/0291 (2013.01); H05B 3/40 (2013.01); H05B 3/48 (2013.01); H05B 2203/012 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control system for controlling an operation of a resistive heater includes a dielectric parameter determination module for determining a dielectric parameter of the resistive heater when the resistive heater is in an active mode, and a diagnostic module for diagnosing performance of the resistive heater based on the dielectric parameter.