PROTECTION DEVICE FOR SOLID STATE CONTINUOUS CURRENT WITH ACTIVE CURRENT LIMITATION AND SELF-ADJUSTABLE TRIP-OFF TIME - Banco de Patentes

Protection device for limiting and interrupting current in Direct Current systems that includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a common terminal, a field-effect transistor, a fault current detection circuit, a current measurement circuit, a biasing circuit with an off-command, a field-effect transistor driving circuit, a timing circuit, a latching circuit, a reset command circuit and a shutdown command circuit.