Patents Assigned to SMART ENERGY INSTRUMENTS, INC.
  • Patent number: 9157940
    Abstract: A power measurement device for sampling current or voltage signals of a power system to produce a 1-bit delta-sigma bitstream. The power measurement device includes a frequency locked loop for determining the power system frequency directly from the 1-bit delta-sigma bitstream. The frequency locked loop includes a 1-bit rotate CORDIC that is configured to produce difference signals having a multi-bit word for each bit of the 1-bit delta-sigma bitstream, and a phase error calculator that determines the difference between the phase of the power system frequency and a phase ramp generated from a frequency measurement value in a frequency register. The phase error calculator feeds back a phase correction signal to the frequency register to lock the frequency measurement value to the power system frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Smart Energy Instruments, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Jeffrey Dionne
  • Publication number: 20120200284
    Abstract: A power measurement device for sampling current or voltage signals of a power system to produce a 1-bit delta-sigma bitstream. The power measurement device includes a frequency locked loop for determining the power system frequency directly from the 1-bit delta-sigma bitstream. The frequency locked loop includes a 1-bit rotate CORDIC that is configured to produce difference signals having a multi-bit word for each bit of the 1-bit delta-sigma bitstream, and a phase error calculator that determines the difference between the phase of the power system frequency and a phase ramp generated from a frequency measurement value in a frequency register. The phase error calculator feeds back a phase correction signal to the frequency register to lock the frequency measurement value to the power system frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: SMART ENERGY INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Donald Jeffrey Dionne