Source quality monitoring system
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1. Monitoring apparatus for detecting phase and magnitude disruptions in an alternating voltage input signal comprising:
- a) an input circuit for receiving an alternating voltage input signal and providing a first alternating output signal that follows a phase of the alternating voltage input signal and for providing a second alternating output signal phase shifted in relation to the first alternating output signal by a specified amount;
b) a demodulation circuit for combining the first output signal from the input circuit with the alternating voltage input signal to produce a first demodulated signal and for combining the second alternating output signal from the input circuit with the alternating voltage input signal to produce a second demodulated signal, said demodulation circuit including circuitry for removing a ripple signal resulting from the combining of signals applied to the demodulation circuit; and
c) an output circuit coupled to the demodulation circuit for assessing the quality of the alternating voltage input signal by comparing the first and second demodulated signals with predetermined quality thresholds to produce an output indication of the quality of the alternating voltage input signal.
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Abstract
A digital signal processor implemented monitoring circuit for detecting phase and magnitude disruptions in multi-phase alternating current input signals. A phase lock loop receives multi-phase alternating current input signals and provides one set of alternating current output signals in phase with a time average of the multi-phase alternating current input signals and provides a second set of alternating current output signals phase shifted in relation to the first set of output signals. In a three phase system the phase lock loop provides six alternating current signals. A demodulation circuit multiplies the first set of output signals from the phase lock loop circuit with the multi-phase input signals to produce demodulated sets of signals. An output circuit coupled to the demodulation circuit sums the first set of demodulated signals to provide a first source quality signal. The second set of demodulated signals is also summed to provide a second source quality signal. By comparing the first and second source quality signals with predetermined quality thresholds the output circuit produces a source quality indication.
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1. Monitoring apparatus for detecting phase and magnitude disruptions in an alternating voltage input signal comprising:
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a) an input circuit for receiving an alternating voltage input signal and providing a first alternating output signal that follows a phase of the alternating voltage input signal and for providing a second alternating output signal phase shifted in relation to the first alternating output signal by a specified amount; b) a demodulation circuit for combining the first output signal from the input circuit with the alternating voltage input signal to produce a first demodulated signal and for combining the second alternating output signal from the input circuit with the alternating voltage input signal to produce a second demodulated signal, said demodulation circuit including circuitry for removing a ripple signal resulting from the combining of signals applied to the demodulation circuit; and c) an output circuit coupled to the demodulation circuit for assessing the quality of the alternating voltage input signal by comparing the first and second demodulated signals with predetermined quality thresholds to produce an output indication of the quality of the alternating voltage input signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. Monitoring apparatus for detecting phase and magnitude disruptions in multi-phase alternating voltage input signals comprising:
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a) a waveform circuit for receiving a number of multi-phase alternating voltage input signals and for providing a first set of alternating output signals that follow a phase of the multi-phase alternating voltage input signals and for providing a second set of alternating output signals phase shifted in relation to the first set of alternating current output signals by a specified amount; b) a demodulation circuit for combining the first set of output signals from the waveform circuit with the alternating voltage input signals to produce a first set of demodulated signals having suppressed spurious mixer products and for combining the second set of alternating output signals from the waveform circuit with the alternating voltage input signals to produce a second set of demodulated signals having suppressed spurious mixer products; and c) an output circuit coupled to the demodulation circuit for assessing the quality of the alternating voltage input signals by combining the first set of demodulated signals to provide a first source quality signal, by combining the second set of demodulated signals to provide a second source quality signal, and for comparing the first and second source quality signals with predetermined quality thresholds to produce a source quality indication signal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Apparatus for assessing the quality of at least two alternating current sources to determine which of said at least two sources to couple to a load comprising:
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a) switch sets having oppositely connected gate controlled switches for coupling signals from the alternating current sources to a junction coupled to a load; c) monitoring circuits for monitoring a current state through the first and second switch sets; d) gate control circuits for gating into conduction the switches of the switch sets; and e) a controller coupled to the gate control circuits for activating switches in the switch sets by actuating the gate control circuits as said controller determines a quality of the alternating current signals from the alternating current sources coupled to the switch sets; f) said controller comprising a phase lock loop circuit for each of said at least two alternating current sources that provides a slowly varying signal in synchronization with at least one alternating current signal of each source and a demodulation circuit for combining the slowly varying signal from the phase lock loop circuit with said at least one alternating current signal to provide a demodulation signal, comparing a demodulation signal with a threshold to provide a source quality signal for each source, and instructing the gate control circuits to activate a switch set based on the comparison between the demodulation signal and the threshold value.
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15. Monitoring apparatus far detecting phase and magnitude disruptions in three phase alternating voltage source signals comprising:
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a) a phase lock loop circuit for receiving an alternating voltage input signal and providing a first set of alternating current output signals that follow a phase of three phase alternating voltage source signals wherein one of said three phase alternating voltage source signals corresponds to the alternating voltage input signal and providing a second set of alternating current output signals phase shifted in relation to the first set of alternating output signals; b) a detector circuit for combining the first set of output signals from the phase lock loop circuit with corresponding ones of the three phase alternating voltage source signals to produce a first set of demodulated signals and for combining the second set of alternating output signals from the phase lock loop circuit with corresponding ones of the three phase alternating voltage source signals to produce a second set of demodulated signals; and c) an output circuit coupled to the detector circuit for assessing the quality of the input alternating voltage source signals by combining the first set of demodulated signals to provide a first source quality signal, combining the second set of demodulated signals to provide a second source quality signal, and for comparing the first and second source quality signals with predetermined quality thresholds to produce a source quality indication signal.
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16. A method for detecting phase and magnitude disruptions in an alternating voltage source signal comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving an alternating voltage source signal and providing a first alternating output signal that follows a phase of the alternating current source signal and providing a second alternating output signal phase shifted in relation to the first alternating output signal; b) combining the first alternating output signal with the alternating voltage source signal to produce a first demodulated signal and combining the second alternating output signal with the alternating voltage source signal to produce a second demodulated signal; and c) assessing the quality of the alternating voltage source signal by removing a mixer frequency component from the first and second demodulated signals to provide first and second source quality signals, and comparing the first and second source quality signals with predetermined quality thresholds to produce a resultant source quality indication signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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