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Device for the contactless determination of an electrical potential of an object, current probe, and method

US9664720B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Jens Makuth · Feucht, DE
Dirk Scheibner · Nuremberg, DE
Jürgen Schimmer · Koblenzer Straße, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 14, 2011
Grant date	May 30, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R29/12
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for the contactless determination of an electrical potential of an object, has an electrode and a potential controller which is electrically connected to the electrode. The potential controller changes a reference potential applied to the electrode to a final value in such a way that an electric field between the object and the electrode disappears at the final value if the electrode is located at a distance from the object. The electrical potential is determined from the final value.

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