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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Riley D. Beck, Eagle Mountain, UT (US);
Kent D. Layton, Lehi, UT (US);
Scott R. Grange, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3187 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01); H02H 3/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2827 (2013.01); H02H 3/33 (2013.01); H02H 3/335 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ground fault interrupter circuit and a method for operating a ground fault interrupter that includes configuring the ground fault interrupter to perform a plurality of self tests. The ground fault interrupter may be configured to perform a ground fault self test, a grounded-neutral self test, and a trip circuit self test.