公开(公告)号：US11349297B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US17154625

申请日：2021-01-21

Applicant: Amber Solutions, Inc.

Inventor： Mark Telefus ,  Thar Casey ,  Chris Casey

IPC: H02H3/16 ,  H02H1/00

Abstract: A circuit interrupter device includes line hot, line neutral, load hot, and load neutral terminals, a solid-state switch, internal short-circuit switch circuitry, and control circuitry. The solid-state switch is connected in an electrical path between the line hot and load hot terminals. The internal short-circuit switch circuitry comprises an internal short-circuit switch and a shunt resistor serially connected between the line hot and line neutral terminals. The control circuitry is configured to detect for an occurrence of a fault condition and in response to detecting the occurrence of a fault condition, the control circuitry is configured to drive the solid-state switch into a switched-off state, and activate the internal short-circuit switch to generate an internal short-circuit path between the line hot and line neutral terminals and allow short-circuit current to flow through the shunt resistor between the line hot terminal and the line neutral terminal of the circuit interrupter device.

公开(公告)号：US20210226441A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US17154625

申请日：2021-01-21

Applicant: Amber Solutions, Inc.

Inventor： Mark Telefus ,  Thar Casey ,  Chris Casey

IPC: H02H3/16 ,  H02H1/00

Abstract: A circuit interrupter device includes line hot, line neutral, load hot, and load neutral terminals, a solid-state switch, internal short-circuit switch circuitry, and control circuitry. The solid-state switch is connected in an electrical path between the line hot and load hot terminals. The internal short-circuit switch circuitry comprises an internal short-circuit switch and a shunt resistor serially connected between the line hot and line neutral terminals. The control circuitry is configured to detect for an occurrence of a fault condition and in response to detecting the occurrence of a fault condition, the control circuitry is configured to drive the solid-state switch into a switched-off state, and activate the internal short-circuit switch to generate an internal short-circuit path between the line hot and line neutral terminals and allow short-circuit current to flow through the shunt resistor between the line hot terminal and the line neutral terminal of the circuit interrupter device.