Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device for measuring a differential current in an electric line
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Application No.: US14947355Application Date: 2015-11-20
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Publication No.: US09651580B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Luca Ghezzi , Fabio Vallarino , Paolo Antonello
- Applicant: ABB S.p.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Milan
- Assignee: ABB S.P.A.
- Current Assignee: ABB S.P.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Milan
- Agency: Polsinelli PC
- Priority: EP14195071 20141127
- Main IPC: G01R15/18
- IPC: G01R15/18 ; H01H83/22

Abstract:
An electronic device (1) for measuring a differential current (ID) in an electric line (100) having a plurality of conductors, said electronic device comprising: a sensing circuit (2) comprising: a current transformer (21) having a magnetic core (211) through which the conductors of said electric line pass, a secondary winding (212) and an excitation winding (213) along which an excitation current (IE) circulates to polarize said magnetic core (211); an output circuit section (22) electrically connected to said secondary winding (212) and configured to provide a first signal (V1). The electronic device (1) further comprises: a first signal processing block (3) configured to process said first signal (V1) and provide a second signal (VD) indicative of said differential current (ID); a second signal processing block (4) configured to process said second signal (VD) and provide a first measurement signal (IDCM) indicative of the absolute value of a time-invariant component of said differential current (ID); a third signal processing block (5) configured to process said first signal (V1) and provide third and fourth signals (S1, S2) indicating whether said magnetic core (211) operates in a positive and/or in a negative saturation region of the hysteresis loop of said magnetic core; a fourth signal processing block (6) configured to process said third and fourth signals (S1, S2) and provide a second measurement signal (SDC) indicative of the direction of the time-invariant component of said differential current (ID).
Public/Granted literature
- US20160154028A1 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MEASURING A DIFFERENTIAL CURRENT IN AN ELECTRIC LINE Public/Granted day:2016-06-02
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