Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ground fault circuit interrupter and method
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Application No.: US15132775Application Date: 2016-04-19
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Publication No.: US09680421B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Riley D. Beck , Kent D. Layton
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agent Rennie William Dover
- Main IPC: G01R31/14
- IPC: G01R31/14 ; H03F1/30 ; H02H3/16 ; G01R27/18 ; H02H3/33 ; G01R31/02 ; H03F3/45 ; H02H1/00 ; H02H1/04

Abstract:
A method and circuit for dynamically correcting offsets associated with an AC power system. In an embodiment, a first offset current generated in response to a ground to neutral fault stimulus is decreased and a second offset current generated in response to a differential fault stimulus is decreased. In another embodiment, the circuit includes an offset correction circuit that has one of a chopper circuit or an auto-zeroing circuit. An amplifier is connected to the offset correction circuit and an output connected to the offset correction circuit. A signal generator is switchably coupled to a first input of the offset correction circuit and a bias generator is switchably coupled to the first input of the offset correction circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160233837A1 GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2016-08-11
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