IMPEDANCE MEASURING CIRCUIT
First Claim
1. A single wound single current transformer impedance measurement circuit for determining a circuit element parameter, comprising:
- a transconductance amplifier having first and second input terminals and first and second output terminals;
a first detector having first and second input terminals and an output terminal, the first input terminal coupled to the first output terminal of the transconductance amplifier and the second input terminal coupled for receiving a first electrical signal; and
a second detector having first and second input terminals and an output terminal, the first input terminal coupled to the second output terminal of the transconductance amplifier.
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Abstract
A method and circuit for determining a circuit element parameter in a ground fault circuit interrupter circuit. An electrical signal provided to a first node is used to generate another electrical signal at a second node. The electrical signal at the second node is multiplexed with a modulation signal to generate a modulated signal that is then filtered and converted into a digital representation of a portion of the circuit element parameter. The electrical signal at the second node is multiplexed with the modulation signal after it has been phase shifted to produce a modulated signal that is filter and converted into a digital representation of another portion of the circuit element parameter. In another aspect, a slope based solenoid self-test method is used for self-testing in a GFCI circuit. Alternatively, a method for determining a wiring fault is provided using a digital filter.
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23 Claims
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1. A single wound single current transformer impedance measurement circuit for determining a circuit element parameter, comprising:
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a transconductance amplifier having first and second input terminals and first and second output terminals; a first detector having first and second input terminals and an output terminal, the first input terminal coupled to the first output terminal of the transconductance amplifier and the second input terminal coupled for receiving a first electrical signal; and a second detector having first and second input terminals and an output terminal, the first input terminal coupled to the second output terminal of the transconductance amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A circuit parameter measurement circuit, comprising:
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a transconductance amplifier having first and second inputs and first and second outputs; and a first detector having a first input and an output, the first input of the first detector coupled to the first output of the of the transconductance amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A circuit element parameter network, comprising:
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a transconductance amplifier having first, second, and third inputs and first and second outputs, the first output coupled to a first node; a first switch having a control terminal and first and second terminals, the first terminal of the first switch coupled to the second output of the transconductance amplifier; a second switch having a control terminal and first and second terminals, the first terminal of the second switch coupled to the third output of the transconductance amplifier, the second terminal of the second switch coupled to the second terminal of the first switch, and the control terminal of the second switch coupled for receiving a first signal; an inverter having an input and an output, the input coupled to the control terminal of the second switch and the output coupled to the control terminal of the first switch; and a first operational amplifier having first and second inputs and an output, the output coupled to a second node and to the second input of the first operational amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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