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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1986
Karl-Diether Nutz, Oedheim, DE;
Willy Frank, Heilbronn, DE;
Telefunken electronic GmbH, Heilbronn, DE;
Abstract
A circuit for detecting current flow in a triac, wherein the circuit operates with only one operating voltage with one pole of this operating voltage being connected to a current terminal of the triac and simultaneously being the voltage reference point for the triac. The triac gate voltage fluctuating around the voltage reference point is used to detect the triac current flow, the gate voltage of the triac is transformed, if necessary, into the voltage range of the operating voltage of the detector circuit, and digital information is generated as a function of the gate voltage to indicate whether a load current is flowing in the triac or not.