Arc fault detection scheme for 42-V automotive dc networks using current shunt

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 633-639

  Naidu, Malakondaiah ^a   Schoepf, Thomas J ^b   Gopalakrishnan, Suresh ^a  

^a DELPHI CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Delphi Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

42 V PowerNet; Arc fault detection; Arc faults; Connectors; Dc; Fuses; Hot plugging; Relays; Switches

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FUSES; ELECTRIC LOADS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TESTING; POWER INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RELIABILITY;

ARC FAULT DETECTION; AUTOMOTIVE DIRECT CURRENT NETWORK; ELECTRICAL SAFETY; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION;

AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33646518977     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2006.872385     Document Type: Article

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