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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2011
Vishwas M. Deokar, Acton, MA (US);
Namwook Paik, Acton, MA (US);
James S. Spitaels, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Vishwas M. Deokar, Acton, MA (US);
Namwook Paik, Acton, MA (US);
James S. Spitaels, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Schneider Electric IT Corporation, West Kingston, RI (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a system for monitoring a plurality of circuit branches coupled to an input line, the system comprising a communication bus, a plurality of sensor circuits, each configured to be coupled to the communication bus and at least one of the plurality of circuit branches, wherein each sensor circuit is further configured to sample current in the at least one of the plurality of circuit branches, a controller configured to be coupled to the communication bus and the input line; wherein the controller is further configured to sample voltage on the input line, and wherein the controller is further configured to synchronize, via the communication bus, current sampling performed by the plurality of sensor circuits with the voltage sampling performed by the controller.