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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1979
Stanley E Zocholl, Holland, PA (US);
Gould Inc., Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Abstract
A timing circuit for use in an overcurrent relay is disclosed. A plurality of non-interacting R-C circuits whose outputs are summed is provided. The signal representing the summed outputs of the R-C circuits represents one term of the inverse time-current relation it is desired to emulate. Each time the summed signal reaches a predetermined level, a pulse is generated. The frequency of the pulses determines the length of a time delay before the protected circuit is interrupted. When it is necessary to take the second term of the time-current relation into account, this can be done by providing a multivibrator that emits pulses of an adjustable duration responsive to the summed signal and that itself triggers the generation of the pulse train constituting the timing circuit output.