WO2013105451A1 - 電流センサ - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a current sensor capable of contactlessly measuring a measured current.
- Patent Document 1 proposes a current sensor in which the adjustment is simplified by eliminating the change in the drive current of the magnetic detection element due to the sensitivity adjustment and preventing the change in the offset voltage.
- the current sensor described in Patent Document 1 is adjusted through the steps of adjusting the resistance for offset adjustment while measuring the sensor output, and adjusting the resistance for sensitivity adjustment while measuring the sensor output. That is, in the adjustment of the current sensor, it is necessary to perform the process of changing the resistance for adjustment at least twice in accordance with the measured value of the sensor output. As described above, in the current sensor described in Patent Document 1, there is a problem that it takes time for adjustment because the adjustment resistance value can not be adjusted at one time. In addition, in this current sensor, in order to adjust the resistance value while measuring the sensor output, there is also a problem that it is necessary to use a resistor capable of gradually changing the resistance value.
- the present invention has been made in view of the foregoing, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a current sensor capable of accurately adjusting offset and sensitivity at one time.
- the current sensor includes a magnetoelectric conversion circuit that converts a magnetic field into a voltage and outputs it from an output end, a buffer amplification circuit connected to the output end of the magnetoelectric conversion circuit, and an adjustment that adjusts the output of the buffer amplification circuit.
- a first adjustment unit for outputting the adjusted voltage from the output terminal, a second adjustment unit capable of adjusting the amplification factor of the buffer amplification circuit, and a second adjustment unit of the first adjustment unit.
- a buffer circuit is provided between the output end and the second adjustment unit, and the offset of the output of the buffer amplification circuit is adjusted by the voltage output from the first adjustment unit. .
- the buffer circuit is provided between the first adjustment unit for adjusting the offset of the output of the buffer amplification circuit and the second adjustment unit for adjusting the amplification factor of the buffer amplification circuit.
- the offset adjustment process performed by the output adjustment of the first adjustment unit is not affected by the sensitivity adjustment process performed by the second adjustment unit.
- the offset and the sensitivity can be adjusted precisely at one time.
- the constant balance in the buffer amplification circuit is not broken, it is possible to prevent the characteristic deterioration of the amplification circuit such as the temperature characteristic.
- the buffer amplifier circuit is an operational amplifier including a first input terminal connected to the magnetoelectric conversion circuit, a second input terminal connected to the adjustment circuit, and an output terminal. It is preferable that the second adjusting unit has a third adjusting resistor and a fourth adjusting resistor connected in series to the buffer circuit, and the buffer amplifying circuit and the fourth adjusting resistor are connected in parallel. . According to this configuration, the magnetoelectric conversion circuit is not affected by the state at the output end side of the buffer amplification circuit with a simple circuit configuration. Also, the magnetoelectric conversion circuit is not affected by the state on the adjustment circuit side.
- the first adjustment unit has a first adjustment resistor and a second adjustment resistor connected in series between a voltage source and a ground, and the first adjustment resistor and the second adjustment are provided.
- a connection point of a resistor is connected to the input end of the buffer circuit.
- the magnetoelectric conversion circuit includes a bridge circuit having a magnetosensitive element whose electric characteristics change in accordance with a magnetic field, and an input end connected to the bridge circuit. And a coil connected at one end to the output terminal of the amplifier circuit, and a current-voltage conversion circuit connected to the other end of the coil and generating a voltage according to the current flowing through the coil. It is preferable that the amplifier circuit controls a current flowing through the coil so as to generate a magnetic field that cancels the magnetic field applied to the magnetosensitive element.
- the magnetoelectric conversion circuit has a low impedance output
- the buffer amplification circuit is provided between the magnetoelectric conversion circuit and the adjustment circuit, it is possible to prevent the deterioration of the current measurement accuracy due to the adjustment circuit.
- the buffer amplification circuit is provided between the magnetoelectric conversion circuit and the adjustment circuit, the current flowing through the coil does not need to be influenced by the circuit at the later stage than the current voltage conversion circuit. As a result, when the induced magnetic field due to the current to be measured is small, the minute coil current can be current-voltage converted with high accuracy.
- the magnetosensitive element may be a magnetoresistance effect element.
- the buffer circuit is preferably an operational amplifier.
- the adjustment method of the current sensor includes a magnetoelectric conversion circuit which converts a magnetic field into a voltage and outputs the voltage from an output end, an adjustment circuit for adjusting the voltage of the output end of the magnetoelectric conversion circuit, and the magnetoelectric conversion circuit.
- a buffer amplification circuit connected to an output end, wherein the adjustment circuit outputs a first adjustment section for outputting the adjusted voltage from the output end, the output end of the first adjustment section, and the second adjustment section
- a buffer circuit provided between the input terminal and the buffer circuit, and measuring the voltage value at the output terminal of the buffer amplifier circuit in two states in which the current value of the measured current flowing through the current path to be measured is different. And adjusting the outputs of the first adjusting unit and the second adjusting unit simultaneously on the basis of the two voltage values at the output end of the buffer amplifier circuit measured. .
- the gist of the present invention is a buffer circuit for converting the impedance between the offset adjustment unit and the sensitivity adjustment unit so that the output of the offset adjustment unit is not affected by the circuit state of the sensitivity adjustment unit in the adjustment circuit Buffer circuit).
- the output of the offset adjusting unit is not influenced by the circuit state of the sensitivity adjusting unit, and therefore the offset and the sensitivity can be adjusted at once with high precision, excluding the influence of the sensitivity adjusting step from the offset adjusting step.
- the current sensor of the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a configuration example of a magnetic balance type current sensor according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration example of the current sensor according to the present embodiment.
- the current sensor 1 of the present embodiment is disposed in the vicinity of a conductor (current path) 2 through which a measured current I flows.
- the current sensor 1 includes a magnetoelectric conversion circuit 11 for converting an induction magnetic field A by the current to be measured I into electric power, and a buffer circuit (buffer amplifier circuit) 12 connected to the magnetoelectric conversion circuit 11. And an adjusting circuit 13 connected to the buffer circuit 12 and used for adjusting the offset and sensitivity.
- the magnetoelectric conversion circuit 11 includes a bridge circuit 111, a differential / current amplifier (voltage-current conversion circuit) 112, a feedback coil 113, and an I / V amplifier (amplification circuit, current-voltage conversion circuit) 114.
- the bridge circuit 111 is configured to include four magnetoresistive elements M1 to M4 so as to detect the induction magnetic field A by the current I to be measured.
- the magnetoresistive elements M1 to M4 are GMR (Giant Magneto Resistance) elements, TMR (Tunnel Magneto Resistance) elements, etc. whose resistance value changes when an external magnetic field is applied.
- the bridge circuit 111 including the magnetoresistive elements M1 to M4 can realize the magnetic balance type current sensor 1 capable of detecting the induction magnetic field A by the current to be measured I with high sensitivity.
- a power supply for supplying a power supply voltage V dd is connected to a connection point between the magnetoresistive elements M1 and M3. Further, a ground giving a ground voltage GND (0 V) is connected to a connection point between the magnetoresistive elements M2 and M4.
- the first output Out1 of the bridge circuit 111 is taken out from the connection point of the magnetoresistive elements M1 and M2, and the second output Out2 of the bridge circuit 111 is taken out from the connection point of the magnetoresistive elements M3 and M4.
- the voltage difference between these two outputs is configured to correspond to the magnetic field applied to the bridge circuit 111.
- the bridge circuit 111 may be configured to include a fixed resistance element or the like whose resistance value does not change due to an external magnetic field.
- a differential / current amplifier (amplification circuit) 112 that amplifies a voltage difference between the first output Out1 and the second output Out2 of the bridge circuit 111 to generate a current is connected. That is, the differential / current amplifier 112 generates a current corresponding to the magnetic field applied to the bridge circuit 111 from the voltage difference between the first output Out1 and the second output Out2 of the bridge circuit 111.
- the feedback coil 113 is connected to the subsequent stage of the differential / current amplifier 112.
- the feedback coil 113 is configured by, for example, a spiral planar conductive pattern.
- a current (feedback current) from the differential / current amplifier 112 flows in this conductive pattern, a reverse magnetic field B corresponding to the induced magnetic field A due to the current I to be measured can be generated.
- the shape of the feedback coil 111 is not particularly limited.
- the I / V amplifier 114 Connected to the feedback coil 113 is an I / V amplifier (current-voltage conversion circuit) 114 that converts the feedback current into a voltage.
- the I / V amplifier 114 includes an operational amplifier 114 a having two input terminals and one output terminal, and one of the input terminals is connected to the feedback coil 113.
- the other input end of the operational amplifier 114a is connected to a connection point of two resistance elements 115a and 115b having the same resistance value connected at each end.
- the resistance values of the resistance elements 115a and 115b may be different.
- the other end of the resistive element 115a is connected to a power supply for supplying a power supply voltage V dd, and the other end of the resistive element 115b is connected to a ground for supplying a ground voltage GND (0 V).
- the other input terminal of the operational amplifier 114a is supplied with a reference voltage corresponding to 1 ⁇ 2 of the power supply voltage V dd .
- the output end of the operational amplifier 114a is connected to the other input end of the operational amplifier 114a via the resistance element 114b.
- the output of the operational amplifier 114 a is the output of the I / V amplifier 114.
- the bridge circuit 111 receives the induction magnetic field A by the current I to be measured, a voltage difference between the first output Out1 and the second output Out2 is generated accordingly.
- the differential current amplifier 112 generates a current according to the voltage difference and causes it to flow to the feedback coil 113.
- a canceling magnetic field B is generated around the feedback coil 113 so as to cancel the induced magnetic field A by the current I to be measured.
- the current flowing through feedback coil 113 is converted to a voltage by I / V amplifier 114.
- the voltage output from the I / V amplifier 114 in an equilibrium state in which the induction magnetic field A and the cancellation magnetic field B are offset has a magnitude corresponding to the current I to be measured.
- the output end of the I / V amplifier 114 that is, the output end of the magnetoelectric conversion circuit 11 is connected to the input end of the buffer circuit (buffer amplification circuit) 12.
- the buffer circuit 12 is composed of an operational amplifier having two input ends and one output end, and the output end of the I / V amplifier 114 is connected to one of the input ends.
- An adjustment circuit 13 is connected to the other input and output ends of the buffer circuit 12 to adjust the offset (the amount of deviation from the reference value of the sensor output when the current to be measured is 0 A) in the current sensor 1 and the sensitivity. It is done. Thus, the output voltage of the magnetoelectric conversion circuit 11 applied to one input end is adjusted by the adjustment circuit 13 connected to the other input end and the output end, and can be output from the output end.
- the impedance between the two inputs of the buffer circuit 12 is high enough that the circuit connected to the other input does not interfere with the circuit connected to one of the inputs. That is, the buffer circuit 12 is configured to have a high impedance input to such an extent that the voltage at the output end of the magnetoelectric conversion circuit 11 is not affected by the adjustment state of the adjustment circuit 13. In other words, the magnetoelectric conversion circuit 11 and the adjustment circuit 13 are separated by the buffer circuit 12.
- the impedance between the input end and the output end is high enough to prevent the circuit connected to the output end from interfering with the circuit connected to the input end. That is, the buffer circuit 12 is configured to have a high impedance such that the voltage at the output end of the magnetoelectric conversion circuit 11 is not affected by the voltage at the output end of the buffer circuit 12. The voltage at the output end of the buffer circuit 12 does not affect the voltage at one input end connected to the magnetoelectric conversion circuit 11. As a result, the output voltage of the magnetoelectric conversion circuit 11 is not influenced by the circuit connected to the subsequent stage of the buffer circuit 12. As a result, it is possible to prevent the output voltage of the magnetoelectric conversion circuit 11 from fluctuating under the influence of the circuit connected to the rear stage of the buffer circuit 12 and the current measurement accuracy from being lowered.
- the adjustment circuit 13 includes an offset adjustment unit (first adjustment unit) 131 for offset adjustment, a buffer circuit (buffer circuit) 132 connected to the offset adjustment unit 131, and a sensitivity adjustment unit (first to the buffer circuit 132). 2) the adjustment unit 133.
- the offset adjustment unit 131 includes an adjustment resistor 131a in which two resistance elements are connected in parallel, and an adjustment resistor 131b in which two resistance elements are connected in parallel.
- One end of the adjustment resistor 131 a and one end of the adjustment resistor 131 b are connected, and this connection point is connected to the buffer circuit 132 in the subsequent stage as an output end of the offset adjustment unit 131.
- the power supply is connected to the other end of the adjustment resistor 131a, and the ground is connected to the other end of the adjustment resistor 131b.
- the buffer circuit 132 is supplied with a voltage determined by the resistance value of the adjustment resistors 131a and 131b.
- one of the two resistance elements constituting the adjustment resistances 131a and 131b is configured to be added at the time of correction.
- a resistive element to adjust the combined resistance value of the adjustment resistors 131a and 131b.
- correction can be easily performed simply by adding a resistive element.
- the adjustment resistors 131a and 131b may be configured to be able to exchange resistance elements.
- the configuration of the adjustment resistors 131a and 131b is not limited to the configuration in which two resistance elements are connected in parallel, and can be changed as appropriate.
- the adjustment resistors 131a and 131b may be realized by a single resistive element, respectively.
- the buffer circuit 132 is composed of an operational amplifier having two input ends and one output end, and the output end of the offset adjustment unit 131 is connected to one input end thereof. The output end of the buffer circuit 132 is connected to the other input end.
- a voltage follower circuit that outputs a voltage corresponding to the output voltage of the offset adjustment unit 131 is configured.
- the output end of the buffer circuit 132 is connected to the input end of the sensitivity adjustment unit 133.
- the impedance between the input end and the output end is high enough to prevent the circuit connected to the output end from interfering with the circuit connected to the input end.
- the buffer circuit 132 is configured to perform impedance conversion so that the voltage at the output end of the offset adjustment unit 131 is not affected by the current at the input end of the sensitivity adjustment unit 133.
- the current at the output end connected to the sensitivity adjustment unit 133 does not affect the voltage at one input end connected to the offset adjustment unit 131.
- the output of the offset adjustment unit 131 is not influenced by the circuit state of the sensitivity adjustment unit 133.
- the offset adjustment unit 131 and the sensitivity adjustment unit 133 are separated by the buffer circuit 132.
- the offset adjustment unit 131 and the sensitivity adjustment unit 133 can be optimized at the same time, and the offset and sensitivity can be accurately adjusted at once.
- the optimization of the offset adjustment unit 131 and the sensitivity adjustment unit 133 does not have to be strictly simultaneous. For example, the case where adjustment of the offset adjustment part 131 and the sensitivity adjustment part 133 is performed continuously, without a measurement process being interposed between etc. is included.
- the sensitivity adjustment unit 133 includes an adjustment resistor 133a in which two resistance elements are connected in parallel, and an adjustment resistor 133b in which two resistance elements are connected in parallel.
- One end of the adjustment resistor 133 a and one end of the adjustment resistor 133 b are connected, and this connection point is connected to the other input end of the buffer circuit 12.
- the output end of the buffer circuit 132 is connected to the other end of the adjustment resistor 133a.
- the output end of the buffer circuit 12 is connected to the other end of the adjustment resistor 133 b.
- one of the two resistance elements constituting the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b is configured to be added at the time of correction.
- the sensitivity of the current sensor 1 can be adjusted by adding a resistance element to adjust the combined resistance value of the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b.
- correction can be easily performed simply by adding a resistive element once.
- the adjustment resistors 131a and 131b may be configured to be able to exchange resistance elements.
- the configuration of the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b is not limited to the configuration in which two resistance elements are connected in parallel, and can be changed as appropriate.
- the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b may be realized by a single resistive element, respectively.
- the connection point of the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b is connected to the other input end of the buffer circuit 12, and the other end of the adjustment resistor 133b is connected to the output end of the buffer circuit 12.
- the buffer circuit 12 can adjust the output of the magnetoelectric conversion circuit 11 by the adjustment circuit 13 and can output it from the output terminal.
- the output of the buffer circuit 12 is the output of the current sensor 1.
- R s represents the resistance value of the resistance element 114 b
- I coil is a feedback The current value of the feedback current flowing through the coil 113 is shown.
- V ofs represents a voltage value of the output end of the buffer circuit 132
- R a represents a resistance value of the adjustment resistor 133 a of the sensitivity adjustment unit 133
- R b represents an adjustment voltage of the adjustment resistor 133 b of the sensitivity adjustment unit 133. Indicates the resistance value.
- the voltage value V ofs at the output end of the buffer circuit 132 is expressed by the following equation (3).
- R c represents the resistance value of the adjustment resistor 131 a of the offset adjustment unit 131
- R d represents the resistance value of the adjustment resistor 131 b of the offset adjustment unit 131.
- the voltage value V out at the output end of the buffer circuit 12 is as shown in the following equation (4).
- the voltage value V out of the output terminal of the buffer circuit 12 the resistance value R a of the adjustment resistor 133a of the sensitivity adjustment unit 133, the adjustment resistor 133b resistance R b, the offset adjustment unit 131 resistance R c of the adjusting resistors 131a, represented by the resistance value R d of the adjustment resistor 131b. Therefore, by measuring the output voltage values Vout in different states, the resistance values of the adjustment resistors 131a, 131b, 133a, and 133b can be determined so as to conform to the target sensitivity characteristics and offset characteristics.
- the feedback current flowing through the feedback coil 113 is composed of the current generated by the sensing of the induction magnetic field and the offset current.
- the current value I coil is the sum of the current value I sens by sensing and the offset current value I ofs , as shown in the following equation (7).
- the target sensitivity G set (mV / A) at the time of 100 A measurement (the current value of the current to be measured is 100 A) is set.
- G set is expressed by the following equation (8).
- G set represents the ratio of the output voltage value of the current sensor 1 to the current value of the current to be measured.
- I sens (100) indicates the current value generated by sensing when the measured current is 100 A
- R a2 is the resistance value of the adjustment resistor 133 a of the sensitivity adjustment unit 133 after adjustment (target sensitivity is achieved
- R b2 represents the resistance value of the adjustment resistor 133 b of the sensitivity adjustment unit 133 after adjustment (the resistance value of the adjustment resistor 133 b for achieving the target sensitivity).
- the output voltage value V out when the current to be measured is 0 A or 100 A is measured.
- the output voltage value V out (0) when the current to be measured is 0 A and the output voltage value V out (100) when the current to be measured is 100 A are expressed by the following formulas (9) and (10), respectively. Ru.
- I ofs and I sens (100) are determined as in the following equations (11) and (12), respectively.
- R c2 and R d2 for achieving the target offset are expressed as in the following equation (15). Therefore, the relationship between R c2 and R d2 for achieving the target offset can be determined from the above equation (11) and the following equation (15).
- resistance elements constituting the adjustment resistors 131a, 131b, 133a, 133b are added so as to realize the relationship of the resistance values (R a2 , R b2 , R c2 , R d2 ) calculated as described above.
- the sensitivity characteristic and the offset characteristic of the current sensor 1 are adjusted, and the target offset characteristic and the sensitivity characteristic can be realized.
- the current sensor 1 of the present embodiment uses the buffer circuit 132 that performs impedance conversion so that the voltage at the output end of the offset adjustment unit 131 is not affected by the current at the input end of the sensitivity adjustment unit 133.
- the buffer circuit 132 having high impedance between the input and output ends is provided. It is provided. Therefore, the offset adjustment process performed by the output adjustment of the offset adjustment unit 131 is not affected by the sensitivity adjustment process performed by the output adjustment of the sensitivity adjustment unit 133. Thereby, the offset and the sensitivity can be adjusted precisely at one time.
- the current sensor 1 of the present embodiment includes the buffer circuit 12 between the magnetoelectric conversion circuit 11 and the adjustment circuit 13, the reference voltage V ref for current-voltage conversion is maintained at V dd / 2.
- the maximum value of the coil current determined by the potential difference between V dd or GND and V ref and the coil resistance can be the maximum value on the circuit configuration (the current value corresponding to V dd / 2).
- FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration example of the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b.
- the configuration example of the adjustment resistors 131a and 131b is the same as the configuration example of the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b, and the configuration shown in FIG. 3 can be applied.
- FIG. 3A shows an example in which the adjustment resistor 133a is configured by a single resistor element, and the adjustment resistor 133b is configured by two resistor elements connected in parallel. In this case, the resistance value of the adjustment resistor 133 b can be adjusted more finely than the adjustment resistor 133 a.
- the adjustment resistor 133 b may be configured by a single resistor element, and the adjustment resistor 133 a may be configured by two resistor elements connected in parallel.
- FIG. 3B shows an example in which each of the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b is configured by two resistance elements connected in parallel. In this case, the resistances of the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b can be finely adjusted.
- FIG. 3C shows an example in which each of the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b is configured by three resistance elements connected in parallel. In this case, the resistance values of the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b can be adjusted more finely.
- the number of resistance elements constituting the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b may be four or more. By increasing the number of resistance elements connected in parallel, the resistance values of the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b can be adjusted more finely.
- FIG. 3D shows an example in which each of the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b is configured by two resistance elements connected in parallel and one resistance element connected in series. In this case, the resistance values of the adjustment resistors 133a and 133b can be finely adjusted by adding or changing resistance elements connected in parallel.
- the current sensor 1 adjusts the resistance value of the adjustment resistors 131a, 131b, 133a, and 133b by the combination of the resistance elements forming the adjustment resistors 131a, 131b, 133a, and 133b, and the offset and the sensitivity Can be adjusted. For this reason, in the current sensor 1 of the present embodiment, it is not necessary to use a resistor whose resistance value changes gradually. For example, like volume resistance, it is not affected by vibration or aging. In addition, it is not necessary to use an expensive apparatus for correction such as laser trimming. Therefore, stable correction can be realized at low cost.
- the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be implemented with various modifications.
- an IC-ized resistance may be used so that the resistance connected in parallel can be switched by a switch.
- an IC integrated circuit can be used as an operational amplifier constituting a current sensor.
- the current sensor 1 according to the embodiment having four operational amplifiers is preferable in that it can be realized using one IC package including two or four operational amplifiers.
- the sensitivity is adjusted based on the case where the current to be measured is 100 A, but the reference current value can be set arbitrarily.
- connection relation, the size, and the like of each element in the above embodiment can be changed without changing the gist of the invention.
- the configurations, methods, and the like described in the above embodiments can be implemented in combination as appropriate.
- the present invention can be modified as appropriate without departing from the scope of the present invention.
- the current sensor of the present invention can be used, for example, to detect the magnitude of the current for driving a motor such as an electric car or a hybrid car.
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- 磁界を電圧に変換して出力端から出力する磁電変換回路と、前記磁電変換回路の出力端に接続された緩衝増幅回路と、前記緩衝増幅回路の出力を調整する調整回路と、を備え、
前記調整回路は、調整された電圧を出力端から出力する第1調整部と、前記緩衝増幅回路の増幅率を調整可能な第2調整部と、前記第1調整部の出力端と前記第2調整部との間に設けられた緩衝回路とを有し、
前記第1調整部の出力する電圧によって、前記緩衝増幅回路の出力のオフセットが調整されることを特徴とする電流センサ。 - 前記緩衝増幅回路は、前記磁電変換回路と接続される第1入力端と、前記調整回路と接続される第2入力端と、出力端とを備えたオペアンプであり、
前記第2調整部は、前記緩衝回路に直列に接続された第3調整抵抗及び第4調整抵抗を有し、前記緩衝増幅回路と前記第4調整抵抗とが並列に接続されたことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の電流センサ。 - 前記第1調整部は、電圧源とグランドとの間に直列に接続された第1調整抵抗及び第2調整抵抗を有し、前記第1調整抵抗及び前記第2調整抵抗の接続点が前記緩衝回路の入力端に接続されたことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の電流センサ。
- 前記磁電変換回路は、磁界に応じて電気的特性が変化する感磁素子を有するブリッジ回路と、入力端が前記ブリッジ回路と接続され、前記ブリッジ回路の測定した磁界に応じて電流を発生させる増幅回路と、一端が前記増幅回路の出力端と接続されたコイルと、前記コイルの他端と接続され、前記コイルを流れる電流に応じた電圧を生じる電流電圧変換回路と、を備え、
前記増幅回路は、前記感磁素子に印加される磁界を打ち消すような磁界を発生するように前記コイルを通流する電流を制御することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の電流センサ。 - 前記感磁素子は、磁気抵抗効果素子であることを特徴とする請求項4に記載の電流センサ。
- 前記緩衝回路は、オペアンプであることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の電流センサ。
- 磁界を電圧に変換して出力端から出力する磁電変換回路と、前記磁電変換回路の出力端の電圧を調整するための調整回路と、前記磁電変換回路の出力端に接続された緩衝増幅回路と、を備え、
前記調整回路は、調整された電圧を出力端から出力する第1調整部と、前記第1調整部の出力端と前記第2調整部の入力端との間に設けられた緩衝回路と、を備え、
測定対象の電流路を通流する被測定電流の電流値が異なる2つの状態について、緩衝増幅回路の出力端の電圧値を測定する工程と、
前記測定された緩衝増幅回路の出力端の2つの電圧値に基づいて、前記第1調整部及び前記第2調整部の出力を同時に調整する工程と、を備えたことを特徴とする電流センサの調整方法。
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