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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2005
Applicant:
Sam Y Guo, Canton, MI (US);
Inventor:
Sam Y Guo, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Yazaki North America, Inc., Canton, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A protection circuit detects short circuit and/or current overload conditions based on one of a current level and a current change rate di/dt of a current through a load. A detection device uses an inductor to detect current change rate and a resistor to detect current level, and generates a first voltage signal based on the voltages of the inductor and the resistor. A comparator generates a second voltage signal based on the voltage signal and a reference voltage signal. A switching circuit allows or interrupts current through the load based in part on the second voltage.