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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Namwook Paik, Acton, MA (US);
Vishwas M. Deokar, Nashua, NH (US);
Namwook Paik, Acton, MA (US);
Vishwas M. Deokar, Nashua, NH (US);
Schneider Electric IT Corporation, West Kingston, RI (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the invention provides a method for overcurrent sensing including; generating an analog output signal representative of a sensed AC current, generating a digital representation of the analog output signal using a plurality of discrete samples, determining those of the plurality of discrete samples having a substantially identical magnitude and estimating an amount of overcurrent in the sensed AC current by evaluating those of the plurality of discrete samples that have the substantially identical magnitude. In some embodiments, the substantially identical magnitude is a maximum magnitude represented by the digital representation.