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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2008
Sandip Maity, Karnataka, IN;
Ayan Banerjee, Karnataka, IN;
Sandip Maity, Karnataka, IN;
Ayan Banerjee, Karnataka, IN;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A detector system for precursively identifying an electrical arcing event is provided. The system may include a transmission channel for transmitting a radio frequency signal to a zone where an arcing event may occur. The system may further include a reception channel for receiving a radio frequency signal resulting from an interaction of the transmitted radio frequency signal and an electric field which forms at the zone as a precursor to an arcing event. A pre-arc identification circuit may be coupled to process the resulting radio frequency signal. The identification circuit may be configured to generate a signal indicative of a pre-arc condition based on at least one parameter of the resulting radio frequency signal.