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Layered current sensor

US6677850B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 2000
Grant dateJan 13, 2004
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R21/06
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrical current sensor and utility electricity meter, the current sensor comprising a &pgr; resistor shunt configuration, wherein the resistors comprise layered conductors at substantially equal temperatures to provide a zero temperature coefficient sensor. A fiscal electricity meter is described together with a four-layered current sensor fabricated using PCB techniques.

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