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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1989
Elric W Saaski, Bothell, WA (US);
Dale M Lawrence, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Metricor, Inc., Woodinville, WA (US);
Abstract
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.