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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2002
Takahiro Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Junzo Tanaka, Saitama, JP;
Kimitada Ishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A current sensor which constitutes an overload protection apparatus and senses a current supplied from a power source to a load is constituted by providing a magnetic sensor having the effect of magnetic impedance (MI), an AC supply means which impresses AC on this sensor, a bias current supply means which supplies a bias current to a bias coil, a peak sensing means which senses the peak or a change in impedance of the magnetic sensor as a change in voltage, and a switch which selects the output of the peak sensing means in accordance with each phase. A holding means which holds switch outputs one after another and an amplification means are provided in common to enable current sensing for each phase. Thus, a range of current sensing is enlarged to reduce power consumption and cost.