Abstract: A circuit for sensing a current comprises a substrate having a first and a second major surface, the second major surface being opposite to the first major surface. At least one magnetic field sensing element is arranged on the first major surface of the substrate and is suitable for sensing a magnetic field caused by a current flow in a current conductor coupled to the second major surface. The substrate also comprises at least one insulation layer, substantially buried between the first major surface and the second major surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A current sensor includes: plate-shaped bus bars; a magnetic detection portion; and a shell holding the bus bars. The bus bars are arranged in a first direction. At least some of the bus bars have: a first conductor portion extending in the first direction; a second conductor portion connected to one end of the first conductor portion and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a third conductor portion connected to the other end of the first conductor portion and extending in a third direction. The bus bars at least include first and second bus bars adjacent in the first direction, where the width of the first conductor portion is greater than the thickness thereof, and when viewed from the third direction, the first conductor portions of the first and second bus bars are spaced apart from each other by a certain distance in the second direction.

Abstract: A method for determining a connection status between an antenna amplifier and an antenna structure includes applying a first diagnostic voltage to a connecting link between the antenna amplifier and the antenna structure, reading out a first voltage value at a measuring point of the connecting link, and comparing the first voltage value with the first diagnostic value. The method includes applying a second diagnostic voltage different from the first diagnostic voltage to the connecting link, reading out a second voltage value at the measuring point, and comparing the second voltage value with the second diagnostic voltage. A faulty connection between the antenna amplifier and the antenna structure is determined if the first voltage value corresponds to the first diagnostic voltage and the second voltage value corresponds to the second diagnostic voltage.

Abstract: A current sensor includes a plurality of individual sensors and a wiring case. Each of the individual sensors includes an electrical-conduction member through which a measurement current to be measured flows, a magnetoelectric converter and an insulating sensor housing. The magnetoelectric converter converts a measurement magnetic field caused by a flow of the measurement current into an electric signal. The sensor housing accommodates the electrical-conduction member and the magnetoelectric converter therein. The wiring case is larger than the sensor housing. The wiring case includes an insulating integrated housing in which the plurality of individual sensors is fixed, and an input/output wiring disposed in the integrated housing and electrically connected to the megnetoelectric converter of each of the plurality of individual sensors.

Abstract: A high current contact is disclosed having a contact pin for insertion into the high-current socket having a plurality of contact segments that are slotted in a radial direction for contacting an inner contact surface of the high-current socket; a guide sleeve surrounding the contact pin, which, by means of an at least central front pressing against the high-current socket relative to the contact pin in an axial direction from an initial position, in which the guide sleeve blocks an independent radial spreading of the contact segments in order to avoid a contact between the contacts segments protruding axially from the guide sleeve and the inner contact surface, is movable into a contact position that is set back with respect to the contact pin and in which the guide sleeve unblocks an independent radial spreading of the contact segments protruding from the guide sleeve for contacting the inner contact surface.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of output pins. Each of the output pins is electrically connected to an input pin of a buzzer and to a buzzer driver. The buzzer driver is configured to cause the buzzer to emit an audible sound. The semiconductor device further includes a plurality of ground switches. Each ground switch is configured to connect a corresponding output pin of the plurality of output pins to ground when closed. The semiconductor device further includes a current generator that is configured to supply a test current to a given output pin of the plurality of output pins and a clamp switch that is configured to connect the given output pin to an analog-to-digital converter.

Abstract: A voltage source device, including a first voltage source configured to output a first voltage, source pathways to connect the first voltage source to a device under test, sensing pathways electrically coupled to the device under test; and circuitry configured to sample a second voltage at the device under test, determine a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage, and adjust the first voltage based on the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an integrated circuit and associated method and packaged integrated circuit. The integrated circuit comprises a first pad; a second pad; an active element having a node that is capacitively coupled to the first and second pads; a voltage or current source connected to the first pad; and a detection module connected to the second pad and configured to determine an electrical continuity between the second pad and the first pad.

Abstract: A current sensor is configured such that at least one magnetoelectric conversion element, a conductor, a signal processing IC, an IC supporting portion, and an element supporting portion are encapsulated with an encapsulating portion. The current sensor is comprised of a pair of first lead terminals that is partially exposed outside the encapsulating portion, is electrically connected to the conductor, inputs a measurement current to the conductor, and outputs the measurement current from the conductor; and a metal member that is partially exposed outside the encapsulating portion and is spaced apart from the conductor. The element supporting portion further supports the metal member on a surface on the same side as a first surface on which the IC supporting portion supports the signal processing IC.

Abstract: A phase frequency detector-based high-precision feedback frequency measurement apparatus and method: a Field Programmable Gate Array (FGPA) roughly measures a frequency fx of a measured time-frequency pulse by an equal-precision frequency measurement method; a Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) automatically synthesizes a frequency fx? according to the fx roughly measured by the FPGA; the fx and the fx? are sent to a phase frequency detector for performing phase frequency detection and then sent to the FPGA after passing through a charge pump, a low-pass filter circuit, and an (Analogue-to-Digital) A/D converter; the FPGA processes a frequency difference obtained by the phase frequency detector and then transmits the processed frequency difference to the DDS to form a negative feedback frequency measurement system so that the DDS continuously adjusts the fx? according to a frequency difference measurement result until the output of the DDS is stable.

Abstract: The invention relates to a spliced optical fiber comprising a first and second polarization-maintaining optical fiber connected at ends by splicing; to fiber optic current sensors; and to a method for protecting the spliced optical fiber against mechanical stress and/or humidity. A protection tube is arranged around the spliced optical fiber in a splice section of the spliced optical fiber. A first and second end of the protection tube is sealed to the spliced optical fiber by first and second sealing arrangement for protecting the splice.

Abstract: A method for detecting a metal residue present in an electric-resistance-welded steel pipe includes a first step of inserting the electric-resistance-welded steel pipe into an exciting coil while relatively moving the electric-resistance-welded steel pipe in a longitudinal direction and magnetizing the electric-resistance-welded steel pipe using a direct current at a field intensity capable of magnetizing the electric-resistance-welded steel pipe and the metal residue up to a magnetic saturation state by the exciting coil and a second step of inserting the electric-resistance-welded steel pipe into a detecting coil while relatively moving the electric-resistance-welded steel pipe in the longitudinal direction, detecting an induced electromotive force generated in the detecting coil by a change in a magnetic flux caused by the direct-current magnetization by the exciting coil in the first step as an output signal of the detecting coil, and detecting the metal residue present in the electric-resistance-welded s

Abstract: A magnetic field detection apparatus includes a magnetoresistive effect element and a conductor. The magnetoresistive effect element includes a magnetoresistive effect film extending in a first axis direction and including a first end part, a second end part, and an intermediate part between the first and second end parts. The conductor includes a first part and a second part that each extend in a second axis direction inclined with respect to the first axis direction. The conductor is configured to be supplied with a current and thereby configured to generate an induction magnetic field to be applied to the magnetoresistive effect film in a third axis direction orthogonal to the second axis direction. The first part and the second part respectively overlap the first end part and the second end part in a fourth axis direction orthogonal to both of the second axis direction and the third axis direction.

Abstract: A current sensor includes an electrical-conduction member, a magnetoelectric converter and a shield. The shield includes a first shield and a second shield arranged such that surfaces are opposed to and spaced away from each other. A part of the electrical-conduction member and the magnetoelectric converter are located between the surface of the first shield and the surface of the second shield. The part of the electrical-conduction member located between the first shield and the second shield extends in an extension direction along the surface of the second shield. The second shield has two sides aligned in a lateral direction perpendicular to the extension direction, and has a plurality of extending parts extending toward the first shield at the sides and being aligned with and separated from each other in the extension direction. The magnetoelectric converter is located between the plurality of extending parts.

Abstract: A method for estimating the state of an electrical switching apparatus, the switching apparatus including separable electrical contacts configured to be coupled to an electrical conductor, and an electromagnetic actuator, controlled by a control circuit and including a movable core, coupled to the separable contacts, and a coil, which is passed through by a coil current. The method: includes measuring, by means of sensors associated with the coil, values of the coil current in a time interval, while the electromagnetic actuator is kept in a stable and in particular closed position, and computing, by means of an electronic control device of the switching apparatus, one or more values of a magnetic flux of the coil from the measured coil-current values, and using coil-voltage and coil-resistance values known beforehand.

Abstract: A method determines an insulation resistance of the high-voltage network in an electric or hybrid vehicle, in which a controllable continuous voltage source connected to the body and to a single first terminal of a high-voltage battery of the vehicle is provided, a first resistor being connected in series to the source between the single first terminal and the body and a second resistor being connected in series between the first resistor and the source, consecutive voltage setpoint values are applied between the body and the single first terminal, a measurement signal of the voltage at the terminals of the second resistor is acquired for each setpoint value, adaptive filtering of the signal is carried out and an estimate made, in a recursive manner, of a vector of the filter transfer function coefficients, providing an update of the filtering coefficients, the insulation resistance being determined based on the estimate.

Abstract: A diagnosis system is configured to diagnose an apparatus including a driver device. The system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire waveform data indicating a waveform related to a current to be supplied to the driver device, and a determination unit configured to determine a condition of the apparatus. The determination unit is configured to obtain, based on the waveform data, a change caused by a component of a force in a particular direction applied to the driver device, and to determine the condition of the apparatus based on the obtained change. The diagnosis device determines the condition of the apparatus accurately.

Abstract: A current sensor includes a wiring board, a shield, an insulating sensor housing, and a shield adhesive. The wiring board and the shield are accommodated in the sensor housing. The sensor housing has a shield support part to support the shield, and a shield adhesion part. An application surface of the shield adhesion part is further from the shield than a contact surface of the shield support part. The shield is mounted on the contact surface of the shield support part, and the shield adhesive is disposed between the application surface of the shield adhesion part and the shield. The shield and the wiring board are aligned with and spaced from each other in the sensor housing.

Abstract: A substrate, comprising one or more first conductive layers, one or more second conductive layers, and a dielectric material that is arranged to encapsulate, at least in part, the first conductive layers and the second conductive layers. The one or more second conductive layers are electrically coupled to the first conductive layers. The first conductive layers and the second conductive layers are arranged to form a conductor. The first conductive layers are arranged to define a first rift in the conductor.

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating and calibrating electrical parameter measurement devices are provided herein. The devices may include a current sensor that includes a plurality of magnetic field sensors positioned around a measurement area that receive a current carrying conductor under test. The sensor may include a plurality of concentric rings of magnetic field sensors that provide accurate measurements that ignore magnetic fields from conductors or other components outside of the measurement area. The sensors may be used to determine the position of a conductor under test, and such information may be used to produce accurate measurements by accounting for the conductor's position. A calibration system may also be provided that is operative to generate calibration data that is subsequently used to provide more accurate measurements. The calibration data may include one or more lookup tables, coefficients for one or more mathematical formulas, or other types of data.