System and method for voltage and current sensing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9366703-B2
Application number	US-201514808981-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2015
Priority date	Dec 17, 2012
Publication date	Jun 14, 2016
Grant date	Jun 14, 2016

Abstract

A current sensor includes a Rogowski coil disposed on a flexible printed circuit board with at least one active lead passing through the Rogowski coil.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A current sensor comprising:
a printed circuit board including an upper layer, a lower layer, and an intermediate layer coupled to the upper and lower layers, each of the upper layer, the lower layer, and the intermediate layer has an opening defined therethrough, the printed circuit board being movable between a first configuration and a second configuration,
in the first configuration, the upper portion, the lower portion, and the inner conductor are disposed in the same plane,
in the second configuration, at least one of the upper portion, the lower portion, or the inner conductor is disposed at an angle relative to another of the upper portion, the lower portion, or the inner conductor and the opening of each of the upper layer, the lower layer, and the intermediate layer is coaxial with one another such that at least one lead is disposable through the opening of each of the upper layer, the lower layer, and the intermediate layer; and
a sensor assembly including:
an outer coil having:
an upper portion disposed on the upper layer of the printed circuit board; and
a lower portion disposed on the lower layer of the printed circuit board; and

an inner conductor disposed on the intermediate layer of the printed circuit board.

2. The current sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the upper portion and the lower portion of the outer coil are interconnected by a plurality of vias.

3. The current sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the upper layer, the lower layer, and the intermediate layer are folded over each other to enclose the inner conductor between the upper and lower portions of the outer coil.

4. The current sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the outer coil and the inner conductor are coupled to a conditioning circuit.

5. The current sensor according to claim 4 , wherein the sensor assembly is configured to output a differentiated signal corresponding to a current passing through the at least one lead.

6. The current sensor according to claim 5 , wherein the conditioning circuit is configured to integrate the differentiated signal to output a processed current signal indicative of the current.

7. The current sensor according to claim 5 , wherein the conditioning circuit includes a first portion and a second portion interconnected by the printed circuit board.

8. The current sensor according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one lead is disposed between the first and second portions of the conditioning circuit.

9. The current sensor according to claim 4 , wherein the printed circuit board includes a fourth layer pivotably coupled to the lower layer, the fourth layer connecting the inner conductor to the conditioning circuit.

10. The current sensor according to claim 1 , wherein printed circuit board is flexible.

Assignees

• Covidien Lp

Inventors

• Gilbert James A

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