Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intelligent circuit breakers with solid-state bidirectional switches
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Application No.: US16720506Application Date: 2019-12-19
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Publication No.: US11551899B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Mark Telefus , Stephen C. Gerber , Damon M. Baker , Kenneth D. Alton
- Applicant: Amber Semiconductor, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Dublin
- Assignee: Amber Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amber Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Dublin
- Agency: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP
- Main IPC: H01H71/04
- IPC: H01H71/04 ; H01H71/12 ; H02H1/00 ; H02H3/08 ; H01H71/24 ; G01R15/20 ; H02H3/33 ; G01R19/175 ; H01H9/54 ; H01H9/56 ; H01H33/59 ; H02J13/00 ; H02M7/06

Abstract:
A circuit breaker comprises a solid-state bidirectional switch, a switch control circuit, current and voltage sensors, and a processor. The solid-state bidirectional switch is connected between a line input terminal and a load output terminal of the circuit breaker, and configured to be placed in a switched-on state and a switched-off state. The switch control circuit control operation of the bidirectional switch. The current sensor is configured to sense a magnitude of current flowing in an electrical path between the line input and load output terminals and generate a current sense signal. The voltage sensor is configured to sense a magnitude of voltage on the electrical path and generate a voltage sense signal. The processor is configured to process the current and voltage sense signals to determine operational status information of the circuit breaker, a fault event, and power usage information of a load connected to the load output terminal.
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