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US 10,955,443 B2Granted
Current sensor and current sensor module
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorYasuhiro Shimizu
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Abstract
A current sensor includes a conductor through which current to be measured flows and which has dimensions in a length direction, a width direction, and a height direction, and first and second magnetic sensors that detect the strength of a magnetic field generated by the current. Each of the first and second magnetic sensors is positioned in an area between first and second conductor portions in the width direction and an area extending from one end to the other end in the height direction of the first and second conductor portions.
Claims20
A current sensor comprising:
- a conductor through which current to be measured flows and which has dimensions in a length direction, a width direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the length direction, and a height direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the length direction and the width direction;
- and
- a first magnetic sensor and a second magnetic sensor that detect a strength of a magnetic field generated by the current;
- wherein
- the conductor includes:
- a first conductor portion that extends in the length direction and that includes a first end portion and a second end portion in the length direction;
- a second conductor portion that extends in the length direction and is spaced apart from the first conductor portion in the width direction and that includes a third end portion and a fourth end portion in the length direction;
- and
- a third conductor portion that is positioned between the first conductor portion and the second conductor portion, viewed from the height direction, that is positioned at one side of the height direction with respect to the first conductor portion and the second conductor portion, viewed from the length direction, and that includes a fifth end portion and a sixth end portion in the length direction;
- the sixth end portion is connected to the second end portion;
- the fifth end portion is connected to the third end portion;
- and
- each of the first magnetic sensor and the second magnetic sensor is positioned in an area between the first conductor portion and the second conductor portion in the width direction and an area including one end to another end in the height direction of both of the first conductor portion and the second conductor portion.
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