ADE7762
NO-LOAD THRESHOLD
The ADE7762 includes an innovative no-load threshold detection
scheme that detects if a current input, when multiplied with any
of the three voltage inputs, cannot create power larger than a no-
load threshold. This threshold represents 0.0075% of the full-
scale output frequency.
For example, if the A, B, and C voltage phases are 50% of full-
scale input and 120° apart, and Current Phase A is 10% of full
scale with a PF = 0, this detection scheme detects that VA × IA
is below the no-load threshold but that VB × IA and VC × IA are
not. Therefore, the ADE7762 does not detect a no-load threshold
for VA × IA and lets this phase contribute to the total power.
However, in the same voltage conditions, if Current Phase A is
0.0075% of full scale with a PF = 1, this detection scheme detects
that VA × IA is below the no-load threshold. Because VB × IA
and VC × IA are as well, VA × IA is detected as below the no-load
threshold, and its contribution to the total power is stopped.
The no-load threshold is given as 0.0075% of the full-scale
output frequency for each of the f1 to 7 frequencies (see Table 10).
For example, for an energy meter with a 100 imp/kWh meter
constant using f1 to 7 (4.49 Hz), the minimum output frequency
at F1 or F2 is 1.38 × 10−4 Hz. This is 2.21 × 10−3 Hz at CF
(16 × F1 Hz). In this example, the no-load threshold is equiva-
lent to 4.8 W of load, or a start-up current of 20.7 mA at 240 V.
Table 10. CF, F1, and F2 Minimum Frequency at No-Load
Threshold
SCF S1 S0 F1, F2 Minimum (Hz) CF Minimum (Hz)
0 0 0 6.92E − 05
1.11E − 03
1 0 0 1.38E − 04
1.11E − 03
0 0 1 3.46E − 05
1.11E − 03
1 0 1 1.38E − 04
2.21E − 03
0 1 0 1.57E − 04
2.51E − 02
1 1 0 3.46E − 05
5.53E − 04
0 1 1 1.73E − 05
5.53E − 04
1 1 1 1.753 − 05
2.77E − 04
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