Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Current measurement
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Application No.: US14290820Application Date: 2014-05-29
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Publication No.: US09638724B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz , Seyed Amir Ali Danesh , William Michael James Holland
- Applicant: Analog Devices Global
- Applicant Address: BM Hamilton
- Assignee: Analog Devices Global
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices Global
- Current Assignee Address: BM Hamilton
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Priority: GB1309825.6 20130601
- Main IPC: G01R19/00
- IPC: G01R19/00 ; G01R35/00 ; G01R17/02

Abstract:
Current measurement apparatus comprises a measurement arrangement and a signal source. The measurement arrangement is configured to measure a current signal drawn by a load. The signal source is operative to apply a reference input signal to the measurement arrangement whereby an output signal from the measurement arrangement comprises a load output signal corresponding to the load drawn current signal and a reference output signal corresponding to the reference input signal. The signal source comprises a current multiplier which defines first and second current paths and is configured such that: the first path carries a multiplier input current signal; the second path carries a multiplier output current signal which determines the reference input signal and which corresponds to the multiplier input current signal multiplied by a multiplier value determined by the current multiplier; and the multiplier input current signal and the multiplier output current signal are carried on their respective paths in a same direction relative to a power supply voltage. Power drawn through the second path as divided by the multiplier value is less than the power drawn through the first path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140354266A1 CURRENT MEASUREMENT Public/Granted day:2014-12-04
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