Sensor assembly, sensor controller and current-measuring circuit

• US 9,234,919 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2012
• Issued: 01/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung SDI Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Samsung SDI Company Limited
• Inventors: Mandic, Renato, Plank, Roland, Poscharnig, Guido
• Primary Examiner(s): Vazquez, Arleen M
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHAH, NEEL D
• Application Number:
  US13/447,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20120262151A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,366 Days
• Field of Search: 324/113, 324/177, 324/207.2, 324/263, 324/607, 324/426, 324/429, 324/772, 324/503, 324/522, 324/709, 324/251, 324/202, 324/207.13, 324/322
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/203 Resistors used for electric measuring, e.g. decade resistors standards, resistors for comparators, series resistors, shunts resistors in general H01C; microwave or radiowave terminations H01P1/26; coupling devices H01R
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 15/20 using galvano-magnetic devices, e.g. Hall-effect devices , i.e. measuring a magnetic field via the interaction between a current and a magnetic field, e.g. magneto resistive or Hall effect devices
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/0092 measuring current only all subgroups of G01R19/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/25 using digital measurement techniques

Abstract

A sensor assembly for measuring an intensity of a current includes a first sensor apparatus configured to record an intensity of the electrical current with contact, a second sensor apparatus configured to record an intensity of the electrical current, the second sensor apparatus having a common measurement range with the first sensor apparatus, and a first analog-digital converter configured to convert analog measured values into digitized measured values. The first sensor apparatus, the second sensor apparatus and the first analog-digital converter are arranged on a common circuit carrier.

Claims

1. A sensor assembly for a current-measuring circuit and operatively connected to a power supply disconnection apparatus of a motor vehicle on-board circuit, the sensor assembly comprising:

a first sensor apparatus arranged on a common circuit carrier to measure an intensity of an electrical current and output the measurements to a sensor controller via a first connection;

a second sensor apparatus arranged on the common circuit carrier to measure an intensity of the electrical current and output the measurements in analog form to the sensor controller via a second connection, the second sensor apparatus not including an analog-digital converter; and

a first analog-digital converter arranged on the common circuit carrier to convert analog measured values of the first sensor apparatus to digitized measured values,

wherein the sensor controller has a microcontroller to evaluate the measured values from the first sensor apparatus and the second sensor apparatus and thereby control a power supply based upon the evaluated measured values.

2. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein the common circuit carrier comprises a circuit board with at least one of a printed circuit, a thick-film circuit, or a thin-film circuit.

3. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein the first sensor apparatus is electrically insulated from the second sensor apparatus.

4. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein the second sensor apparatus is to record the intensity of the electrical current in a contact-free manner.

5. The sensor assembly of claim 4, wherein the second sensor apparatus comprises a sensor having a magneto-resistive effect.

6. A current-measuring circuit for an on-board circuit of a motor vehicle, the current-measuring circuit comprising:

a sensor assembly arranged on a common circuit carrier and operatively connected to a power supply disconnection apparatus of the on-board circuit, the sensor assembly including;

a first sensor apparatus to measure an intensity of an electrical current and output the measurements to a sensor controller via a first connection;

a second sensor apparatus to measure an intensity of the electrical current and output the measurements in analog form to the sensor controller via a second connection, the second sensor apparatus being without an analog-digital converter; and

a first analog-digital converter to convert analog measured values of the first sensor apparatus to digitized measured values,

wherein the sensor controller has a microcontroller to evaluate the measured values from the first sensor apparatus and the second sensor apparatus and thereby control the power supply disconnection apparatus based upon the evaluated measured values.

7. The current-measuring circuit of claim 6, wherein the first sensor apparatus and the second sensor apparatus are arranged on the common circuit carrier to use different current intensity measurement techniques.

8. The current-measuring circuit of claim 7, wherein the common circuit carrier comprises a circuit board with at least one of a printed circuit, a thick-film circuit, or a thin-film circuit.

9. The current-measuring circuit of claim 6, wherein the first sensor apparatus is electrically insulated from the second sensor apparatus.

10. The current-measuring circuit of claim 6, wherein the second sensor apparatus is to record the intensity of the electrical current in a contact-free manner.

11. The current-measuring circuit of claim 10, wherein the second sensor apparatus comprises a sensor having a magneto-resistive effect.

12. A current-measuring circuit for an on-board circuit of a motor vehicle, the current-measuring circuit comprising:

a sensor assembly operatively connected to a power supply disconnection apparatus of the on-board circuit, the sensor assembly including;

a common circuit carrier;

a first sensor apparatus arranged on the common circuit carrier to measure an intensity of an electrical current and output the measurements to a sensor controller via a first connection;

a second sensor apparatus arranged on the common circuit carrier to measure an intensity of the electrical current and output the measurements in analog form to the sensor controller via a second connection, wherein the second sensor apparatus is arranged without an analog-digital converter; and

a first analog-digital converter arranged on the common circuit carrier and operatively connected to the first sensor apparatus to convert analog measured values of the first sensor apparatus to digitized measured values,

wherein the sensor controller is operatively connected to the sensor assembly and has a microcontroller to evaluate the measured values from the first sensor apparatus and the second sensor apparatus and thereby control the power supply disconnection apparatus based upon the evaluated measured values.

13. The current-measuring circuit of claim 12, wherein the common circuit carrier comprises a circuit board with at least one of a printed circuit, a thick-film circuit, or a thin-film circuit.

14. The current-measuring circuit of claim 12, wherein the first sensor apparatus is electrically insulated from the second sensor apparatus.

15. The current-measuring circuit of claim 12, wherein the second sensor apparatus is to record the intensity of the electrical current in a contact-free manner.

16. The current-measuring circuit of claim 15, wherein the second sensor apparatus comprises a sensor having a magneto-resistive effect.