Abstract: An electrical current sensor includes a first laminated body having a magnetic detection element disposed over a first substrate, a protective film formed over the first substrate and the magnetic detection element, and a coil formed over the protective film, and a second laminated body having a shield layer formed over a second substrate and which is formed by bonding the first laminated body and the second laminated body to each other with an adhesion layer interposed therebetween such that the magnetic detection element and the shield layer face each other.

Abstract: A current sensor includes a magnetoresistive element that has a stripe shape and that has a sensing axis in a certain direction. The magnetoresistive element includes element portions that are disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the stripe shape, and permanent magnet portions, each of which is disposed between adjacent ones of the element portions. Each element portion has a layered structure including a free magnetic layer whose magnetization direction is changed with respect to an external magnetic field, a non-magnetic intermediate layer, and a ferromagnetic pinned layer whose magnetization direction is pinned. The permanent magnet portion includes a hard bias layer, and an electrode layer that is disposed so as to cover the hard bias layer.

Abstract: A current sensor includes a current path to be measured, a neighboring current path that is provided in the vicinity of the current path to be measured, first and second magnetoelectric transducers having a main sensitivity axis parallel to a direction of a magnetic field generated by a current to be measured flowing in the current path to be measured, and are provided so that the directions of the magnetic fields generated by the current to be measured are applied in mutually opposite directions, and third and fourth magnetoelectric transducers having a main sensitivity axis being non-orthogonal to a direction of a magnetic field generated by the neighboring current while being orthogonal to the direction of the magnetic field generated by the current to be measured, and are provided so that the directions of the magnetic fields generated by the current to be measured are applied in mutually opposite directions.

Abstract: An internal impedance of an electrical storage device is measured by using a signal of a frequency which ions in the electrical storage device are difficult to follow (e.g., a frequency equal to or higher than 10 kHz), and an internal temperature of the electrical storage device is calculated from a measured value of the internal impedance.

Abstract: A current sensor includes: a conductive member through which a current to be measured flows; first and second magnetic sensors which output output signals having reversed phases to each other due to an induction magnetic field from the current to be measured; and a control unit which performs differential operation on the output signal of the first magnetic sensor and the output signal of the second magnetic sensor, wherein sensing axis directions of the first magnetic sensor and the second magnetic sensor are fixed in the same direction, form a predetermined angle with respect to an application direction of the induction magnetic field from the current to be measured applied to the first magnetic sensor and the second magnetic sensor, and are fixed so that the induction magnetic fields are applied to the first magnetic sensor and the second magnetic sensor in reverse directions to each other.

Abstract: A current sensor includes: a first magnetic sensor and a second magnetic sensor; a first analog-to-digital converter which is connected to the first magnetic sensor and converts an output signal of the first magnetic sensor from an analog signal to a digital signal so as to be output; a second analog-to-digital converter which is connected to the second magnetic sensor and converts an output signal of the second magnetic sensor from an analog signal to a digital signal so as to be output; and an operation device which is connected to the first analog-to-digital converter and the second analog-to-digital converter, and outputs an operation value by subjecting the output signal of the first analog-to-digital converter and the output signal of the second analog-to-digital converter to differential operation.

Abstract: A magnetic balance type current sensor includes: a magnetic detection bridge circuit of which output varies due to an induced magnetic field from a current wire; a magnetic field attenuation unit that attenuates the induced magnetic field that acts on a magnetoresistive effect element; and a feedback coil which generates a cancel magnetic field that cancels the induced magnetic field in accordance with the output of the magnetic detection bridge circuit, and through which a current corresponding to the current to be measured flows when it enters a balanced state in which the cancel magnetic field and the induced magnetic field cancel each other, wherein the feedback coil is provided in such a manner that a direction of the cancel magnetic field that acts on the magnetic field attenuation unit is opposite to a direction of the induced magnetic field that acts on the magnetic field attenuation unit.

Abstract: An electrical current sensor includes a magnetic detection element whose characteristics are changed by an inductive magnetic field from a current to be measured, a plurality of coils that are connected in series with each other and which are arranged in the vicinity of the magnetic detection element, and generates a canceling magnetic field for canceling the inductive magnetic field by a feedback current flowing in the coils, and a switch circuit that selects a coil electrically connected with an input terminal and/or an output terminal of the feedback current from the plurality of coils, and controls a coil for allowing the feedback current to flow.

Abstract: A current sensor includes a first support configured to include a cutout portion, a first magnetic detector element group configured to be provided in the first support, a second support configured to include a cutout portion, and a second magnetic detector element group configured to be provided in the second support. The cutout portion includes a supporting surface supporting a current line. In the current sensor, when the current line conducting therethrough a current to be measured is attached, the first support and the second support are displaced in the circumferential direction of the current line and fixed, and the current line is supported by supporting surfaces, in different positions in the axis line direction of the corresponding current line.

Abstract: A magnetic balance type current sensor includes a magnetic balance type current sensor including a magnetoresistance effect element whose characteristic changes owing to an induction magnetic field from a current to be measured flowing through a conductor, a feedback coil configured to be disposed in the vicinity of the magnetoresistance effect element and generate a cancelling magnetic field cancelling out the induction magnetic field, a magnetic shield configured to attenuate the induction magnetic field and enhance the cancelling magnetic field, and a hard bias layer configured to be provided on or above the magnetic shield.

Abstract: A current sensor includes a magnetic balance sensor including a feedback coil that is disposed in the vicinity of a magnetic sensor element whose characteristics are changed by an inducted magnetic field from a current to be measured and generates a cancellation magnetic field for offsetting the inducted magnetic field, a shunt resistant that is connected in series with a current line for circulating the current to be measured, and a switch circuit that switches to magnetic balance detection at the time of a small current and switches to shunt resistance detection at the time of a large current.

Abstract: A current sensor includes a pair of magnetic balance sensors and a switching circuit. The magnetic balance sensors each include a magnetic sensor element and a feedback coil. The magnetic sensor element varies in characteristics due to an induction field caused by measurement current. The feedback coil is disposed near the magnetic sensor element and produces a canceling magnetic field canceling out the induction field. Each of the magnetic balance sensors outputs, as a sensor output, a value corresponding to current flowing through the feedback coil when a balanced state in which the induction field and the canceling magnetic field cancel each other out is reached after the feedback coil is energized. The switching circuit turns on/off one of the magnetic balance sensors.