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In this Application Note, Section 4.2 GFCI Fault Detection and Test, page 14, can someone tell me the working of the circuit.
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Unable to understand it.
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Unable to understand it.
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Thank you. In the second line of the paragraph, it is mentioned " A discharge path", can you tell me what is the discharge path? 2. Is the signal in GFCI+, an AC signal? 3. Why is there a diode in output of both the op-amps?You read the application note, so what part do you not understand ?
Regards, Dana.
Thank you. In the second line of the paragraph, it is mentioned " A discharge path", can you tell me what is the discharge path? 2. Is the signal in GFCI+, an AC signal? 3. Why is there a diode in output of both the op-amps?Hi,
Same circuit as in your last thread.
Working of this protective circuit
Below is a circuit which I found that is used for Protective Earth Neutral detection. The PEN_ON comes from MCU and PEN_dET does to an MCU. P20, is a current transformer. Can someone explain me the working of this circuit and why it is required? This is an application of an EV charger...www.edaboard.com
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Thank you. In the second line of the paragraph, it is mentioned " A discharge path", can you tell me what is the discharge path? 2. Is the signal in GFCI+, an AC signal? 3. Why is there a diode in output of both the op-amps?First opamp is peak detector with gain of -100. Second opamp is comparator with, for some unknown reason, a diode on the output.
Its a half-wave rectifier, not full-wave (still, maybe a peak detector, depending on how you look at it)
First OpAmp acting as a FW rectifier.
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The discahrge path is for C3 back thru R59, R10, R14,.
GFCI - https://home.howstuffworks.com/question117.htm
Regards, Dana.
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Something like this :
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Regards, Dana.
Not with those component values. It's got a gain of 100 in the negative direction. A gain of 1 in the positive direction.The ap note seems to indicate, rightfully, its FW :
Regards, Dana.