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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Wael El-Essawy, Austin, TX (US);
Alexandre Peixoto Ferreira, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas Walter Keller, Austin, TX (US);
Karthick Rajamani, Austin, TX (US);
Juan C. Rubio, Austin, TX (US);
Michael A. Schappert, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A sensor array including multiple current sensors provides input for power measurement and management systems. The sensor array includes split ferrite cylinder portions connected by a frame, so that when the array is installed around multiple branch circuits in a power distribution panel or raceway, the ferrite cylinders are completed to surround the conductor(s) of the associated branch circuit. Voltage sensing may also be incorporated within the sensors by providing an electrically conductive plate, wire or other element that capacitively couples to the corresponding wire(s).