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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2013
Applicant:
GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc., Charlottesville, VA (US);
Inventors:
Parag Vishwanath Acharya, Hyderabad, IN;
Ravindra Mahavir Desai, Hyderabad, IN;
Assignee:
GE INTELLIGENT PLATFORMS, INC., Charlottesville, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/327 (2006.01); H01H 47/00 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3277 (2013.01); H01H 47/002 (2013.01); H02J 13/0013 (2013.01); G01R 31/3275 (2013.01);
Abstract
A voltage is sensed at a switching device and the voltage is associated with a status of a switching device. The sensed voltage is converted to a useable voltage regardless of the value and type of the sensed voltage. At a single self-contained integrated circuit that is powered by the sensed voltage, the usable voltage is converted into a digital representation. The digital representation is configured to be usable by a processing device to determine the value of the voltage at the switching device.