A power harvesting device is provided that may supply low voltage power to operate devices in remote locations. The power harvesting device may be connected to a medium to high voltage power line. First and second capacitors divide the voltage to a lower voltage sufficient to power a device, such as a monitoring device. The power harvesting device and monitoring device may be connected to an electric tower with the power harvesting device being connected to a power line supported by the tower.

Feed forward compensation of parasitic capacitance in a device frontend is provided. A feed forward element is positioned along at least a portion of a length of a first input resistance and a distance away from the first input resistance. In some implementations, the feed forward element has a width that is increasing along the at least a portion of the length of the first input resistance. The feed forward element is operative to introduce an element capacitance that offsets a parasitic capacitance in a volume surrounding the first input resistance.

An electrical device is provided with an AC voltage divider that includes a board, a plurality of dividing stages each associated with a dividing ratio, an input terminal arranged on the board for receiving an input voltage, and an output terminal arranged on the board for outputting a divided voltage. Moreover, each dividing stage comprises a plurality of capacitors, and for each dividing stage, the plurality of capacitors of the respective dividing stage is arranged in a same integrated component assembled on the board and electrically connected between the input terminal and the output terminal.

A sensored insulation plug for a separable connector in a MV/HV power distribution network of a national grid, operable to sense the MV/HV elevated voltage. The sensored insulation plug includes a plug body formed by a solidified insulating material, a contact piece, and a discrete coupling capacitor embedded in the insulating material and operable to harvest energy from the elevated voltage of the contact piece and optionally operable to superimpose a communication voltage signal over the elevated voltage. The sensored insulation plug further includes an integrated sensing capacitor, operable as a high-voltage capacitor in a sensing voltage divider for sensing the elevated voltage. The sensing capacitor comprises a high-voltage electrode comprising the coupling electrode and the contact piece, a tubular sensing electrode, and a dielectric comprising a portion of the insulating material.

Exemplary embodiments may include a method of applying a charging pulse to an output capacitor, detecting satisfaction of a charging threshold, ending the charging pulse in response to the detecting the satisfaction of the charging threshold, and discharging the sampling capacitor in response to the detecting the satisfaction of the charging threshold. In some embodiments, once a sampling capacitor voltage drops below a discharging threshold, a charging pulse is applied. Exemplary embodiments may also include an apparatus with a controller coupled to an input node, a timer coupled to the controller, an inductive charger coupled to the controller, to an input node, and to an output node, and a sensor coupled to the controller and the output node. Exemplary embodiments may further include an apparatus where a sensor with a sampling capacitor has a first terminal coupled to the output node and a second terminal coupled to the controller and the inductive charger.

Exemplary embodiments may include a method of applying a charging pulse to an output capacitor, detecting satisfaction of a charging threshold, ending the charging pulse in response to the detecting the satisfaction of the charging threshold, and discharging the sampling capacitor in response to the detecting the satisfaction of the charging threshold. In some embodiments, once a sampling capacitor voltage drops below a discharging threshold, a charging pulse is applied. Exemplary embodiments may also include an apparatus with a controller coupled to an input node, a timer coupled to the controller, an inductive charger coupled to the controller, to an input node, and to an output node, and a sensor coupled to the controller and the output node. Exemplary embodiments may further include an apparatus where a sensor with a sampling capacitor has a first terminal coupled to the output node and a second terminal coupled to the controller and the inductive charger.

A measuring apparatus for measuring an electrical voltage for a metal-encapsulated switchgear. The measuring apparatus has an electrical conductor, an electrically conductive measuring electrode, which surrounds a first conductor portion of the electrical conductor and is electrically insulated from the electrical conductor, and an electrically conductive field control electrode, which is electrically insulated from the electrical conductor and from the measuring electrode and which has a first field control electrode portion that surrounds the measuring electrode.

Feed forward compensation of parasitic capacitance in a device frontend is provided. A feed forward element is positioned along at least a portion of a length of a first input resistance and a distance away from the first input resistance. In some implementations, the feed forward element has a width that is increasing along the at least a portion of the length of the first input resistance. The feed forward element is operative to introduce an element capacitance that offsets a parasitic capacitance in a volume surrounding the first input resistance.

One or more examples relate to methods and apparatuses for measuring a voltage node. An example method may include providing, between an input of a measurement circuit and a voltage node associated with a higher voltage domain than the measurement circuit, a circuit including decoupled capacitors, the decoupled capacitors including at least a first capacitor and a second capacitor; generating, by the measurement circuit, a first digital value representing a voltage level related to a voltage level at the voltage node at least partially responsive to performing a measurement process utilizing the circuit; and generating, by a processor, a second digital value representing the voltage level at the voltage node at least partially responsive to the first digital value and a scaling factor, the scaling factor representing a pre-specified relationship between the voltage level represented by the first digital value and the voltage level at the voltage node.

The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for monitoring a capacitance-coupled voltage transformer (CCVT) in electrical communication with the electric power delivery system, the CCVT comprising a stack of capacitors and an electrical contact to a first ground connection. A first current transformer is disposed between the stack of capacitors and the first ground connection. The current transformer provides an electrical signal corresponding to a current associated with the CCVT. A second transformer is disposed to provide a second electrical signal related to the CCVT. The second signal may be a voltage signal or a current signal. An intelligent electronic device (IED) in electrical communication with the current measurement devices monitors a health factor comprising a ratio of magnitudes or a difference between phases from the transformers at a single frequency. The health factor is compared against an acceptable range and an alarm is generated when the range is exceeded.