Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Auto-calibration for coreless current sensors
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Application No.: US17804647Application Date: 2022-05-31
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Publication No.: US11885866B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Yannick Vuillermet , Loïc André Messier , Simon E. Rock , Maxwell McNally , Alexander Latham , Andreas P. Friedrich
- Applicant: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
- Applicant Address: US NH Manchester
- Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
- Current Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NH Manchester
- Agency: DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD & DURKEE, LLP
- Main IPC: G01R35/00
- IPC: G01R35/00 ; G01R15/20 ; G01R33/07

Abstract:
Auto-calibrating current sensor integrated circuits (ICs) are configured for mounting at a position relative to a conductor. The auto-calibrating current sensor ICs can include a plurality of magnetic field sensing elements disposed at different locations within the integrated circuit, respectively, and can be configured to measure a magnetic field produced by a current carried by the conductor. The auto-calibrating sensors can include an electromagnetic model of the IC and the conductor. The model can be operative to determine a magnetic field at points in space due to a given current in the conductor at a known location of the conductor from the IC, and also the inverse situation of determining an unknown current and/or location of the conductor based on measurements of a magnetic field at known locations in space due to an unknown current in the conductor. Related auto-calibration methods are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240004016A1 AUTO-CALIBRATION FOR CORELESS CURRENT SENSORS Public/Granted day:2024-01-04
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