Current sensor apparatus

A current sensor comprising:

• a coil current sensor element including a wire coil wrapped around a core material;
• a circuit board including one or more components configured to process a voltage signal from the coil current sensor element;
• a pinboard coupled to the coil current sensor element, the pinboard comprising:
• a holder mounted on at least a portion of the wire coil, and
• a pair of metal pins configured about a wire coil of the coil current sensor element, the pair of metal pins configured to transfer the voltage signal from the coil current sensor element to the one or more components of the circuit board;
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• a housing encapsulating the coil current sensor element, the circuit board, and the pinboard.

A current sensor comprising:

• an open-loop current sensor element;
• a Hall-effect sensor coupled to the open-loop current sensor element, the Hall-effect sensor configured to generate a first output based on operation of the open-loop current sensor element;
• a coil current sensor element configured to generate a second output, the coil current sensor element including a pinboard comprising:
• a holder mounted on at least a portion of the coil current sensor element, and
• a pair of metal pins configured about a wire coil of the coil current sensor element;
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• a circuit board coupled to the Hall-effect sensor at a first location and coupled to the coil current sensor element via the pair of metal pins at a second location, the circuit board configured to generate a digital output based on at least one of the first output and the second output, wherein the first location is orthogonally non-overlapping with respect to the second location.