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Microcomputer controlled resistance fault locator circuit

US4868507A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 23, 1988
Grant dateSep 19, 1989
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R17/02
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A resistance fault locator circuit having a digitally controlled current split circuit, an error amplifier and a programmed microcomputer plus a switching means for establishing several modes of operation of the circuit for determining the distance to a fault between two conductors of a cable.

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