Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low temperature coefficient current sensor
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Application No.: US17834541Application Date: 2022-06-07
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Publication No.: US11714108B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Michael D. Petersen , Kalin V. Lazarov , Gregory J. Manlove , Robert Chiacchia
- Applicant: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Applicant Address: IE Limerick
- Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Current Assignee Address: IE Limerick
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G01R15/14
- IPC: G01R15/14 ; G01R19/32

Abstract:
A system current sensor module can accurately sense or measure system current flowing through a sense current resistor by shunting current through a gain-setting resistor and using an amplifier to measure a resulting voltage, with an output transistor controlled by the amplifier controlling current through the gain setting resistor in a manner that tends to keep the amplifier inputs at the same voltage. The resistors can be thermally coupled to maintain similar temperatures when a system current is flowing. The thermal coupling can include conducting heat from a first resistor layer carrying the current sense resistor to a thermal cage layer located beyond a second resistor layer carrying the gain-setting resistor. This preserves accuracy, including during aging.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220365112A1 LOW TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT CURRENT SENSOR Public/Granted day:2022-11-17
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