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Non-contact current and voltage sensing method using a clamshell housing and a ferrite cylinder

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1248871

A method of measurement using a detachable current and voltage sensor provides an isolated and convenient technique for to measuring current passing through a conductor such as an AC branch circuit wire, as well as providing an indication of an electrostatic potential on the wire, which can be used to indicate the phase of the voltage on the wire, and optionally a magnitude of the voltage. The device includes a housing that contains the current and voltage sensors, which may be a ferrite cylinder with a hall effect sensor disposed in a gap along the circumference to measure current, or alternative a winding provided through the cylinder along its axis and a capacitive plate or wire disposed adjacent to, or within, the ferrite cylinder to provide the indication of the voltage.

Research Organization:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE0002897
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)
Patent Number(s):
9,322,854
Application Number:
13/451,524
OSTI ID:
1248871
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Non-contact voltage measurement using electronically varying capacitance journal January 2010
Current Sensing Techniques: A Review journal April 2009

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