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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1980
John T Wilson, Beaver, PA (US);
John A Wafer, Beaver, PA (US);
Joseph C Engel, Monroeville, PA (US);
Robert T Elms, Monroeville, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A circuit breaker includes a microprocessor-based trip unit having an optically coupled data input/output system. A pulse transformer receives input pulses generated by the execution of instructions in said microcomputer and supplies these pulses to a plurality of optical isolators, thereby reducing the power requirements of the optically isolated interface system to a value sufficient to allow complete operating power to be supplied to the trip unit and the data input/output system from the sensing current transformers within the circuit breaker housing.