Overcurrent detection must be able to sense and open the circuit when its rating is exceeded for a specifiedamount of time (such as 125 percent for 30 seconds or 300 percent for 5 seconds).

A time-compensated overcurrent detection circuit shuts off a DC motor during large overcurrent conditions caused by actualconstraints on the motor.

Overcurrent detection is a method of establishing that the value of current in a circuit exceeds a particularvalue for a particular length of time.