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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1997
Andrew Gluszek, Liverpool, NY (US);
SSAC, Inc., Baldwinsville, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a current sensing method and apparatus wherein a current transformer producing a secondary current is disposed in communication with a conductor having a primary current desired to be sensed. A current analyzer in communication with the current transformer is adapted to estimate the primary current in the conductor based on the secondary current output waveform, even in the case where the secondary current is in saturation. In one embodiment, the current analyzer estimates the primary current in the conductor by capturing the secondary current waveform output from the current transformer, selecting a predetermined number of data points in an undistorted, region of the secondary current waveform, and estimating the primary current based on the selected data points.