摘要:
The present disclosure relates to a RMS detector for directly computing a signal detected through an analog circuit to measure its RMS value, and a circuit breaker using the same. For this purpose, a RMS detector according to the present disclosure may include a plurality of voltage/current sensing units configured to detect a voltage or current shaped analog signal for an arbitrary load; a plurality of square circuit units configured to compute square function units, respectively, based on a voltage output from the plurality of voltage/current sensing units; a summing circuit unit configured to sum a plurality of output voltages output from the plurality of square circuit units, respectively; and a root circuit unit configured to compute a RMS value based on a voltage output from the summing circuit unit.
摘要:
The effects of differential heating inside the calorimetric bridge are reduced by first heating the bridge externally and controlling the resulting temperature. The bridge is also heated internally by an amount that varies according to the applied power to be measured. This acts to eliminate the principal source of thermal gradients in the first instance. By applying this heat as a common mode input signal to the two terminating loads of the calorimetric bridge the bridge itself does not become unbalanced, and therefore does not attempt to measure that common power. Actual input power to be measured does initially unbalance the bridge, and is still measured as usual. A constant power circuit is response to the indication of measured power and acts to keep the sum of measured power (plus the equal amount of feedback power that balances the bridge) and the common mode power at a constant value corresponding to a full scale measurement. This eliminates internal thermal transients within the bridge that lengthen response time. The feedback signal to balance the calorimetric bridge is produced by an integrator. To allow operation of the integrator output closer to zero for measurement of small applied signals, the applied input to be measured is periodically removed and a suitable slight offset from the true balance condition is introduced into the servo loop. The bridge is then exactly balanced with a separate sample and hold control loop. "Periodically" can mean once a second, ten times a second, or as is preferred, at the start of each measurement.
摘要:
A circuit for measuring the R.M.S. voltage of a high frequency signal (e.g. 100MHz) comprises two series-connected ntc thermistors (TH1, TH2) in a bridge circuit which is energized by a current source (1). The unknown signal is applied across one (TH1) of the thermistors and the resulting change in the resistance causes a D.C. output voltage to appear across the balanced terminals (T3, T4) of the bridge. This output voltage is proportional to the square of the R.M.S. voltage of the A.C. signal. In another embodiment, two ptc thermistors are connected in parallel in a bridge circuit which is energized by a voltage source, and are used to measure R.M.S. current. In each case, the thermistors are preferably operated in a negative slope resistance portion of their voltage-current characteristic. In a further embodiment two balanced bridges, each incorporating two thermistors, are connected in series in one arm of a bridge circuit, and a compensating signal is applied by a feedback circuit to one bridge so as to match the heating effect of the unknown A.C. signal applied to the other bridge.
摘要:
A thermo-optical current sensor includes a resistive or semiconducting sensing element that has an optical property that varies as a function of temperature. Current to be measured flows through the sensing element thereby causing heating that is detected by a change in the optical property. The sensing element may be either a resistive or semiconducting material having a temperature dependent optical property or a resistive or semiconducting material that is in thermal contact with an optical temperature sensor. The thermo-optical current sensor may be used as a field meter to measure the intensity of an electromagnetic field or as a current meter to measure the current flowing through a power line.
摘要:
The measurement of an a.c. signal is accomplished by feeding the signal through an a.c. amplifier having variable gain to a detector from which a d.c. signal characteristic is extracted indicative of its value. The d.c. signal is fed back to control the amplifier gain and maintain the level of the detector input within a limited range.
摘要:
A pair of semiconductor junction devices, such as transistors, are connected in a common emitter configuration with suitable forward biasing. The junction devices are matched and each is associated with one of a pair of matched resistors. Heat transfer means connects each resistor with one of the junction devices; heat generated in the resistor is transmitted to the junction device to cause temperature variations therein. The circuit elements, such as transistors, exhibit a forward voltage drop that is a function of the temperature of the element; the voltage drops across the transistors therefore vary as a result of the power being dissipated by the associated resistor. The transistors are connected to a differential amplifier which senses and amplifies the differential voltage resulting from the different voltage drops and produces an output signal in response thereto. The output signal is connected in a feedback loop to one of the matched resistors while an input terminal is provided to the second matched resistor for connecting thereto a signal to be measured.
摘要:
Embodiments are presented herein of an open-loop test system for testing vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). A high-speed pulse generator may be used to produce nanoseconds pulses provided to the VCSEL device. A high-speed oscilloscope may be used to measure the resultant nanoseconds pulses across the VCSEL device. The VCSEL device voltage and VCSEL device current may be obtained from the measured nanosecond pulses according to compensation data derived from the system. A pre-test compensation procedure may be used to obtain the compensation data, which may include representative characteristics of each system component. The compensation procedure may also include capturing specified pulse trains under different load conditions of the pulse generator to obtain a scaling relationship between the VCSEL device current and an input voltage used for the pulse generation, and also for obtaining various parameters later used to derive an accurate VCSEL device voltage and an accurate VCSEL device current.
摘要:
A current sensor assembly of planar form arranged for connection in series with an electrical circuit. The circuit includes a first and second conductor. The sensor assembly includes a first conductive member adapted to contact the second conductor in the circuit. A second conductive member is adapted to contact the second conductor in the circuit. A thin layer of conductive material is connected at one end to the first conductive member and at is other end to the second conductive member so that current flow in the circuit between the first and second conductors is via the thin layer. A support supports the thin layer along its entire length. At least a part of the support contacts the thin layer is electrically insulative. The thermal conductivity of the support is different at different points along the length of the layer so that heat disposition is different at the different points and hence the temperature rise caused by current flow through the layer is different. A plurality of temperature sensors are located to sense the temperature of the layer at the different points. The assembly provides an output representative of current from the outputs of the temperature sensors.