Calibration of current sensors by means of reference current during current measurement
First Claim
1. A method for calibrating a current sensor that is set up to determine, in an onboard power supply system of a vehicle, an electric operating current flowing through a measuring resistor based on a comparison of a voltage drop across the measuring resistor brought about by the operating current and a rule dependent on the measuring resistor, comprising:
- determination of an operating voltage drop brought about across the measuring resistor by the operating current;
impression of a known electric calibration current into the measuring resistor,detection of a total voltage drop brought about across the measuring resistor by the calibration current and the operating current,filtering of the operating voltage drop from the total voltage drop, so that a calibration voltage drop brought about by the calibration current remains, andcalibration of the rule dependent on the measuring resistor based on a comparison of the calibration current and the calibration voltage drop,wherein;
a) the calibration current is a current pulse having a pulse width,b) the operating voltage drop is detected by detecting at least two operating voltage measured values at at least two measurement times positioned on opposites sides of the current pulse, such that the current pulse lies between the operating voltage measured values, andc) at a middle time between the measurement times a mean value is formed between these at least two operating voltage measured values and used to determine the operating voltage drop for calibrating the current sensor, wherein the total voltage drop, the operating voltage drop and the calibration voltage drop are determined at the middle time.
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Abstract
A method for calibrating a current sensor which is configured to determine, in a vehicle'"'"'s onboard power system, an electric operating current which flows through a measuring resistor, based on comparison of a voltage drop at the measuring resistor caused by the operating current and based on a rule which is dependent on the measuring resistor, including: determining an operating voltage drop brought about at the measuring resistor by the operating current; impressing a known electric calibration current into the measuring resistor, detecting an overall voltage drop brought about at the measuring resistor by the calibration current and the operating current, filtering the operating voltage drop from the overall voltage drop, such that a calibration voltage drop which is brought about by the calibration current remains, and calibrating the rule, dependent on the measuring resistor, based on the comparison of the calibration current and the calibration voltage drop.
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1. A method for calibrating a current sensor that is set up to determine, in an onboard power supply system of a vehicle, an electric operating current flowing through a measuring resistor based on a comparison of a voltage drop across the measuring resistor brought about by the operating current and a rule dependent on the measuring resistor, comprising:
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determination of an operating voltage drop brought about across the measuring resistor by the operating current; impression of a known electric calibration current into the measuring resistor, detection of a total voltage drop brought about across the measuring resistor by the calibration current and the operating current, filtering of the operating voltage drop from the total voltage drop, so that a calibration voltage drop brought about by the calibration current remains, and calibration of the rule dependent on the measuring resistor based on a comparison of the calibration current and the calibration voltage drop, wherein; a) the calibration current is a current pulse having a pulse width, b) the operating voltage drop is detected by detecting at least two operating voltage measured values at at least two measurement times positioned on opposites sides of the current pulse, such that the current pulse lies between the operating voltage measured values, and c) at a middle time between the measurement times a mean value is formed between these at least two operating voltage measured values and used to determine the operating voltage drop for calibrating the current sensor, wherein the total voltage drop, the operating voltage drop and the calibration voltage drop are determined at the middle time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for calibrating a current sensor that is set up to determine, in an onboard power supply system of a vehicle, an electric operating current flowing through a measuring resistor based on a comparison of a voltage drop across the measuring resistor brought about by the operating current and a rule dependent on the measuring resistor, comprising:
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determination of an operating voltage drop brought about across the measuring resistor by the operating current; impression of a known electric calibration current into the measuring resistor, detection of a total voltage drop brought about across the measuring resistor by the calibration current and the operating current, filtering of the operating voltage drop from the total voltage drop, so that a calibration voltage drop brought about by the calibration current remains, and calibration of the rule dependent on the measuring resistor based on a comparison of the calibration current and the calibration voltage drop, wherein; a) the calibration current is a current pulse having a pulse width, b) the operating voltage drop is detected by detecting at least two operating voltage measured values that lie outside the current pulse and the current pulse lies between the operating voltage measured values, and c) a mean value is formed between these at least two operating voltage measured values, and wherein the total voltage drop and the operating voltage measured values are each converted into a digital value using a separate analog-to-digital converter each and are each stored in a separate memory, the analog-to-digital converters being interchanged with one another at intervals of time.
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8. A method for calibrating a current sensor that is set up to determine, in an onboard power supply system of a vehicle, an electric operating current flowing through a measuring resistor based on a comparison of a voltage drop across the measuring resistor brought about by the operating current and a rule dependent on the measuring resistor, comprising:
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determination of an operating voltage drop brought about across the measuring resistor by the operating current; impression of a known electric calibration current into the measuring resistor, detection of a total voltage drop brought about across the measuring resistor by the calibration current and the operating current, filtering of the operating voltage drop from the total voltage drop, so that a calibration voltage drop brought about by the calibration current remains, and calibration of the rule dependent on the measuring resistor based on a comparison of the calibration current and the calibration voltage drop, wherein; a) the calibration current is a current pulse having a pulse width, b) the operating voltage drop is detected by detecting at least two operating voltage measured values that lie outside the current pulse and the current pulse lies between the operating voltage measured values, and c) a mean value is formed between these at least two operating voltage measured values, wherein the total voltage drop brought about across the measuring resistor by the calibration current and the operating current is amplified by at least one amplifier stage, wherein the amplifier stage has at least one upstream chopper circuit that converts the signal from the total voltage drop into an AC signal, wherein the polarity of the signal from the total voltage drop is periodically interchanged, and wherein the operation and/or clocking of the chopper circuit is designed such that within an interval of time, bounded by the times at which the two operating voltage measured values that are detected outside the current pulse are determined, no polarity change and/or period change for the chopper circuit is performed. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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