ELECTRICAL CURRENT SENSOR
First Claim
1. A closed-loop current sensor comprising a magnetic circuit, a magnetic field sensor, and a compensation circuit configured to generate a magnetic field opposing a magnetic field created by an electrical current to be measured flowing in one or more primary conductors (10) extending through a central opening (38) of the magnetic circuit, the magnetic circuit comprising a magnetic core (4) made of at least two core parts (28a, 28b) assembled together to form a substantially closed magnetic circuit, wherein a second branch (32) of the magnetic circuit comprises inner (40a, 40b) and outer (42a, 42b) wall portions joined by one or more lateral wall portions (46a, 46b, 46a′
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) at least partially surrounding a cavity portion (44) receiving the magnetic field sensor (8) therein, the lateral and outer wall portions extending from one or both lateral edges of the inner wall portion.
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Abstract
Closed-loop current sensor comprising a magnetic circuit, a magnetic field sensor, and a compensation circuit configured to generate a magnetic field opposing a magnetic field created by an electrical current to be measured flowing in one or more primary conductors (10) extending through a central opening (38) of the magnetic circuit. The magnetic circuit comprises a magnetic core (4) made of at least two core parts (28a, 28b) assembled together to form a substantially closed magnetic circuit, wherein a second branch (32) of the magnetic circuit comprises inner (40a, 40b) and outer (42a, 42b) wall portions joined by one or more lateral wall portions (46a, 46b, 46a′, 46b′) at least partially surrounding a cavity portion (44) receiving the magnetic field sensor (8) therein, the lateral and outer wall portions extending from one or both lateral edges of the inner wall portion.
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1. A closed-loop current sensor comprising a magnetic circuit, a magnetic field sensor, and a compensation circuit configured to generate a magnetic field opposing a magnetic field created by an electrical current to be measured flowing in one or more primary conductors (10) extending through a central opening (38) of the magnetic circuit, the magnetic circuit comprising a magnetic core (4) made of at least two core parts (28a, 28b) assembled together to form a substantially closed magnetic circuit, wherein a second branch (32) of the magnetic circuit comprises inner (40a, 40b) and outer (42a, 42b) wall portions joined by one or more lateral wall portions (46a, 46b, 46a′
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) at least partially surrounding a cavity portion (44) receiving the magnetic field sensor (8) therein, the lateral and outer wall portions extending from one or both lateral edges of the inner wall portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 23)
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- 17. A current sensor comprising a housing, a magnetic circuit with a central opening, a magnetic field sensor, and one or more essentially U-shaped primary conductor portions extending partially around a branch of the magnetic circuit, wherein the housing comprises a plurality of preformed primary conductor guide cavities extending between opposed lateral outer faces of the housing through the central opening of the magnetic circuit, the preformed primary conductor guide cavities configured for insertion, after assembly of the magnetic field sensor and magnetic circuit in the housing, of said one or more primary conductor portions therethrough, and wherein the sensor has less primary conductor portions than preformed primary conductor guide cavities.
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22. A closed-loop current sensor comprising a housing, a magnetic circuit, a magnetic field sensor, and a compensation circuit configured to generate a magnetic field opposing a magnetic field created by an electrical current to be measured flowing in one or more primary conductors extending through a central opening of the magnetic circuit, the magnetic circuit comprising a magnetic core made of at least two core parts assembled together to form a substantially closed magnetic circuit having a substantially parallelepipedic shape with opposed side branches joining opposed first and second branches, the compensation circuit comprising a signal processing circuit (12), a coil (16a) surrounding the first branch of the magnetic circuit, and a coil (16b) surrounding the second branch of the magnetic circuit, the coils being mounted on respective coil supports (14a, 14b), wherein the signal processing circuit comprises a circuit board positioned along a face of the sensor at an end of the coils, substantially orthogonal to a mounting face (5) of the sensor and wherein the second branch (32) of the magnetic circuit comprises inner (40a, 40b) and outer (42a, 42b) wall portions at least partially surrounding a cavity portion (44) with an open end adjacent the circuit board allowing the magnetic field sensor (8) to be insertably received therein in a direction orthogonal to the circuit board.
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