Power meter
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1. A power meter comprising:
- (a) a first sampler responsive to assertion of a first sampling signal to capture an instantaneous value of a signal representing a load voltage;
(b) a current transducer having an output signal representative of a load current;
(c) a second sampler responsive to assertion of a second sampling signal to capture an instantaneous value of said output signal of said current transducer; and
(d) a sampling timer varying an interval between assertion of one of said first sampling signal and said second sampling signal and assertion of the other of said first sampling signal and said second sampling signal, a phase shift between said output signal and said load current determinative of said interval.
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Abstract
The computational resources of a digital power meter can be reduced by utilizing an interrupt requested in anticipation of interrupt latency to perform real-time tasks, an approximation of a root mean square load current at an earlier time to compensate for a phase shift between the load current and the current transducer output, and an amplitude that is neither zero nor maximum to distinguish the cycles of a harmonically distorted waveform.
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35 Claims
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1. A power meter comprising:
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(a) a first sampler responsive to assertion of a first sampling signal to capture an instantaneous value of a signal representing a load voltage;
(b) a current transducer having an output signal representative of a load current;
(c) a second sampler responsive to assertion of a second sampling signal to capture an instantaneous value of said output signal of said current transducer; and
(d) a sampling timer varying an interval between assertion of one of said first sampling signal and said second sampling signal and assertion of the other of said first sampling signal and said second sampling signal, a phase shift between said output signal and said load current determinative of said interval.
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2. A power meter comprising:
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(a) a first sampler responsive to a first sampling signal to capture an instantaneous value of a signal representing a load voltage;
(b) a current transducer having an output signal representative of a load current;
(c) a second sampler responsive to a second sampling signal to capture an instantaneous value of said output signal of said current transducer; and
(d) a sampling timer varying an interval between assertion of one of said first sampling signal and said second sampling signal and assertion of the other of said first sampling signal and said second sampling signal, said interval determined by a root mean square of an approximation of said load current. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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4. A power meter comprising:
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(a) a current transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding; and
(b) a data processing system (i) periodically sampling a current signal representative of a secondary current induced in said secondary winding by a flow of a load current in said primary winding;
(ii) calculating a root mean square assumed load current from a plurality of earlier samples of said current signal;
(iii) determining a phase error correction corresponding to said root mean square assumed load current; and
(iv) calculating a phase adjusted load current corresponding to a later sample of said current signal from a value of said later sample of said current signal and said phase error correction. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A power meter comprising:
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(a) a current transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding; and
(b) a data processing system (i) periodically sampling a current signal representative of a secondary current induced in said secondary winding by a flow of a load current in said primary winding;
(ii) calculating a root mean square assumed load current from a temporally earlier plurality of samples of said current signal;
(iii) determining from said root mean square assumed load current a sampling differential interval; and
(iv) calculating power from a subsequent sample of said current signal and a corresponding sample of a voltage signal, acquisition of said subsequent sample of said current signal being temporally offset by said sampling differential interval from acquisition of said corresponding sample of said voltage signal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A power meter comprising:
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(a) a sampler responsive to assertion of a sampling signal to capture an instantaneous amplitude of an analog signal;
(b) a data processing system reading said instantaneous amplitude of said analog signal in response to execution of a program instruction included in an interrupt service routine, said interrupt service routine being executed in response to an interrupt request and said program instruction being executed subsequent to a period of interrupt latency; and
(c) a sampling timer asserting said interrupt request and said sampling signal, said interrupt request being asserted prior to assertion of said sampling signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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- 13. A power meter comprising a trigger amplitude detector initiating a temporal measurement of a waveform when an amplitude of said waveform corresponds to a trigger amplitude, said trigger amplitude being greater than ten percent of a maximum amplitude of one of said waveform and a fundamental frequency component of said waveform and less than ninety percent of said maximum amplitude of said one of said waveform and said fundamental frequency component.
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21. A power meter comprising:
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(a) a trigger amplitude detector sensing a voltage, said trigger amplitude detector outputting a signal to initiate timing of a first interval when an amplitude of said voltage exceeds a trigger amplitude; and
(b) a data processing system arranged to periodically sample a current and (i) initiate timing of a second interval upon an earlier occurrence of initiation of timing of said first interval and detection of a temporally preceding current sample having an amplitude exceeding an amplitude of a present current sample;
(ii) terminate timing of said second interval upon a temporally later occurrence of detecting a temporally preceding current sample having an amplitude exceeding an amplitude of a present current sample and terminating timing of said first interval, timing of said first interval being terminated by detection of an amplitude of said voltage less than said trigger amplitude;
(iii) calculate a relative phase of a load voltage and a load current from said first and said second intervals.
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23. The power meter of claim 22 wherein said trigger amplitude comprises an amplitude greater than ten percent of a maximum amplitude of one of said load voltage and a fundamental frequency component of said load voltage and less than ninety percent of said maximum amplitude of said one of said load voltage and said fundamental frequency component of said load voltage.
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23-1. The power meter of claim 22 wherein said trigger amplitude comprises an amplitude greater than twenty percent of a maximum amplitude of one of said load voltage and a fundamental frequency component of said load voltage and less than eighty percent of said maximum amplitude of said one of said load voltage and said fundamental frequency component of said load voltage.
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24. The power meter of claim 22 wherein said trigger amplitude comprises an amplitude greater than thirty percent of a maximum amplitude of one of said load voltage and a fundamental frequency component of said load voltage and less than sixty percent of said maximum amplitude of said one of said load voltage and said fundamental frequency component of said load voltage.
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25. The power meter of claim 22 wherein said trigger amplitude detector comprises a voltage comparator arranged to compare an amplitude of a load voltage to a reference voltage having an amplitude substantially equal to said trigger amplitude.
- 26. The power meter of claim 22 wherein said trigger amplitude detector comprises an operational amplifier having a first input connected to a source of a voltage signal representative of a said load voltage and a second input connected to source of a reference voltage having an amplitude substantially equal to said trigger amplitude.
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30. A power meter comprising:
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(a) a first sampler responsive to assertion of a first sampling signal to capture an instantaneous value of a voltage signal representing a load voltage;
(b) a current transducer outputting a current signal representative of a load current;
(c) a second sampler responsive to assertion of a second sampling signal to capture an instantaneous value of said current signal;
(d) a sampling timer periodically asserting said first sampling signal and periodically asserting a second sampling signal, assertion of said first sampling signal being temporally offset from assertion of said second sampling signal by a sampling differential interval;
(e) a trigger amplitude detector sensing a voltage, said trigger amplitude detector outputting a signal to initiate timing of a first interval when said voltage exceeds a trigger voltage and terminate timing of said first interval when said voltage does not exceed said trigger voltage;
(f) a data processing system (i) calculating a root mean square assumed load current from a temporally earlier plurality of samples of said current signal;
(ii) determining from said root mean square assumed load current a sampling differential interval for a temporally later assertion of said first sampling signal and said second sampling signal;
(iii) initiating timing of a second interval upon a temporally earlier occurrence of initiation of said timing of said first interval and detection of a temporally preceding current sample having an amplitude exceeding an amplitude of a present current sample;
(iv) terminating timing of said second interval upon a temporally later occurrence of detection of a temporally preceding current sample having an amplitude exceeding an amplitude of a present current sample and termination of said timing of said first interval;
(v) calculating a relative phase of a load voltage and a load current from said first and said second intervals; and
(vi) calculating power from a sample of said current signal and a sample of said voltage signal.
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31. The power meter of claim 31 wherein said data processing system includes a program instruction to be executed at a real execution time, said program instruction included in an interrupt service routine and executable after a period of interrupt latency, said interrupt service routine being executed in response to an interrupt request asserted prior to said real execution time by an interval at least equal to said period of interrupt latency.
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32. A data processing system including a program instruction to be executed at a real execution time, said program instruction included in an interrupt service routine and executable after a period of interrupt latency, said interrupt service routine being executed in response to an interrupt request asserted prior to said real execution time by an interval at least equal to said period of interrupt latency.
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33. A method of operating a data processing system comprising the steps of:
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(a) executing an interrupt service routine in response to an interrupt request, said interrupt service routine including a program instruction executable after a period of interrupt latency, said program instruction to be executed at a real execution time; and
(b) asserting said interrupt request at a time preceding said real execution time of said program instruction by an interval at least equal to said period of interrupt latency.
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34. A method of measuring power comprising the steps of:
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(a) sampling a voltage transducer signal representing a load voltage in response to assertion of a first sampling signal;
(b) sampling a current transducer signal representing a load current in response to assertion of a second sampling signal; and
(c) temporally offsetting assertion of said first sampling signal and assertion of said second sampling signal by a sampling differential interval determined by a magnitude of an assumed root mean square load current. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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