Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Current sensor, current measuring module, and smart meter
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Application No.: US14580984Application Date: 2014-12-23
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Publication No.: US10254315B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Yoshihiro Higashi , Yoshihiko Fuji , Hideaki Fukuzawa , Tetsuro Wamura , Motomichi Shibano
- Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2013-268067 20131225
- Main IPC: G01R19/00
- IPC: G01R19/00 ; G01R33/09 ; G01R15/09 ; G01R15/20

Abstract:
A current sensor comprises: a plurality of magnetoresistance elements whose resistance value changes by application of an current-induced magnetic field from a current-to-be-measured; and a selection circuit that selects one magnetoresistance element from these plurality of magnetoresistance elements and outputs a signal of a selected magnetoresistance element. In the plurality of magnetoresistance elements, relationships between a magnitude of the applied current-induced magnetic field and the resistance value are different from each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150177285A1 CURRENT SENSOR, CURRENT MEASURING MODULE, AND SMART METER Public/Granted day:2015-06-25
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