Digitizing power meter

• US 5,132,610 A
• Filed: 02/07/1990
• Issued: 07/21/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Prodigit Electronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Prodigit Electronics Company Limited
• Inventors: Ying-Chang, Liu
• Primary Examiner(s): Karlsen, Ernest F.
• Application Number:
  US07/476,260
• Time in Patent Office: 895 Days
• Field of Search: 324/142, 324/96, 324/107, 364/483
• US Class Current: 324/142
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 21/133 by using digital technique

Abstract

A digitizing power meter for measuring voltage and current'"'"'s root-mean-square, average power and power factor, which includes a voltage detector circuit and a current detector circuit to measure voltage and current analog signal; a phase-lock circuit, a voltage Sampling/Holding circuit, a current Sampling/Holding circuit, a trigger circuit, a voltage A/D converter and a current A/D converter to convert analog signal to measure to digital signal; and a digital processing circuit to accurately measure out voltage and current'"'"'s root-mean-square, average power and power factor by means of the operation of its microprocessor.

Claims

1. A digitizing power meter for measuring voltage root mean square, average power, and power factor of an analog signal, comprising:

a first circuit system for converting the voltage component of an input analog signal into a first digital signal, said first circuit system including a voltage amplifier (1), a voltage sampling/holding circuit (3), and a voltage A/D converter (4);

a second circuit system for converting the current component of the input analog signal into a second digital signal, said second circuit system including an ampere amplifier (8), a current sampling/holding circuit (10), and a current A/D converter 11;

a signal detector means (5) connected to said voltage amplifier and to said ampere amplifier for producing a square wave signal;

a phase lock circuit (6) connected to said signal detector means for changing the frequency of the square wave signal;

a trigger circuit (7) having its input connected to the output of the phase lock circuit for developing a timing signal;

said trigger circuit having separate outputs connected to said voltage sampling/holding circuit, said current sampling/holding circuit, said voltage A/D converter, and said current A/D converter for delivering timing signals thereto;

a digital signal processing circuit comprising a microprocessor (18) and a RAM (17), and

a photo isolator (19) having a first side thereof connected to said digital signal processing circuit, and a second side thereof connected to said trigger circuit and to said A/D converters.

2. The digitizing power meter of claim 1, wherein said voltage sampling/holding circuit (3) comprises an operational amplifier (407), a first photo-coupler (405) for delivering an input signal to one input terminal of said operational amplifier, and a second photo-coupler (414) connected to the output of said amplifier (407) for delivering a reference signal to a second input terminal of said operational amplifier.