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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2020
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
James William Thompson, Aliquippa, PA (US);
James Nicholas Skoczlas, Bridgeville, PA (US);
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a surge protection device, a current sensor configured to sense a current through the surge protection device, and a surge discriminator circuit coupled to the current sensor and configured to discriminate among a plurality of surge levels for the surge protective device responsive to the sensed current. The current sensor may include a current transformer configured to generate a secondary current responsive to the sensed current and the surge discriminator circuit may be configured to discriminate among a plurality of surge levels responsive to the generated secondary current.