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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2012
Applicant:
Bruce Armstrong, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Bruce Armstrong, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This document discusses, among other things, a self-test (ST) ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) monitor configured to generate a simulated ground fault starting in a first half-cycle of a first cycle of AC power and extending into a second half-cycle of the first cycle of AC power, wherein the first half-cycle of the first cycle of AC power precedes the second half-cycle of the first cycle of AC power. Further, the ST GFCI monitor can detect a response to the simulated ground fault.