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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/09 (2006.01); G01R 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/0092 (2013.01); G01R 15/207 (2013.01); G01R 33/091 (2013.01); G01R 15/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A current sensor includes: four magnetic sensor elements arranged within a plane orthogonal to a measured current, having a symmetrical magnetic characteristics curve, and adapted to convert a magnitude of a magnetic field into an electrical signal and output the electrical signal; a bridge circuit including the four magnetic sensor elements; and a bias magnetic field application member adapted to applying a bias magnetic field to the magnetic sensor elements.