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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2014
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., Gloucester, MA (US);
Kasegn D. Tekletsadik, Middleton, MA (US);
Charles L. Stanley, Amesbury, MA (US);
Semaan Fersan, Hamilton, MA (US);
Piotr Lubicki, Peabody, MA (US);
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., Gloucester, MA (US);
Abstract
A solid-state fault current limiter including a current splitting reactor, comprising a system current input, a passive current output and a control current output. A voltage control reactor includes a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the control current output and the second end coupled to the passive current output. A fault current trigger circuit coupled in parallel with the voltage control reactor and configured to open when a fault current, received by the system current input, exceeds a predefined trigger current. A transient voltage control circuit coupled in parallel with the voltage control reactor to receive the fault current.