Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Timing adjustments for accurate zero-crossing determination
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Application No.: US17804005Application Date: 2022-05-25
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Publication No.: US11871493B2Publication Date: 2024-01-09
- Inventor: Brian Anthony Yokum , Ronald James Gumina
- Applicant: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY Melville
- Assignee: LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
- Current Assignee: LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Melville
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC
- Agent Matthew M. Hulihan
- Main IPC: H05B47/10
- IPC: H05B47/10

Abstract:
Timing adjustment for accurate zero-crossing determination includes obtaining time offset(s) representing amounts of time between (i) zero-crossings of an input signal waveform, representative of an input AC waveform, input to a zero-crossing detector circuit and (ii) corresponding transitions of an output signal from an output of the circuit to a microcontroller, and determining times of the zero-crossings of the input AC waveform, which includes determining times of the corresponding transitions as detected by the microcontroller and adjusting the determined times using the time offset(s) to produce the times of the zero-crossings of the input AC waveform. In another aspect, input AC frequency is determined by determining pulse width(s) of pulse(s) of the output signal, and adjusting a half-cycle time corresponding to the pulse width(s) using the time offset(s) to provide a duration of half-cycles of the input AC waveform and inform a frequency of the input AC waveform.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220394835A1 TIMING ADJUSTMENTS FOR ACCURATE ZERO-CROSSING DETERMINATION Public/Granted day:2022-12-08
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