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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
May. 15, 2008
Brett E. Etter, Austin, TX (US);
Donald E. Alfano, Round Rock, TX (US);
Timothy J. Dupuis, Austin, TX (US);
Donald K. Coffey, Austin, TX (US);
Brett E. Etter, Austin, TX (US);
Donald E. Alfano, Round Rock, TX (US);
Timothy J. Dupuis, Austin, TX (US);
Donald K. Coffey, Austin, TX (US);
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
In order to extend the measurement range of a current sensor, a current divider is formed by a first conductor formed in a current sensor that is mounted on a printed circuit board and a second conductor on the printed circuit board that electrically shorts at least one input terminal of the current sensor to at least one output terminal of the current sensor. The input terminal of the current sensor supplies the current to be measured to the first conductor and the output terminal supplies the measured current back to the printed circuit board.