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Fiber optic current sensor, using an interferometer to measure the phase change in the light produced by a magnetic field. Rogowski coil, electrical device for measuring alternating current (AC) or high speed current pulses. Giant Magnetoresistance(GMR): Magnetic field sensor suitable for AC & DC Current with higher accuracy than Hall Effect.
Disadvantages of voltage-sensing devices over current-sensing: A wire break in the fault to load section, or in the earth to ground section, will disable operation of the devices. Requirement of an additional third wire from the load to the devices. Separate devices cannot be grounded individually.
The device has three terminals. A sensor voltage is applied across two terminals and the third provides a voltage proportional to the current being sensed. This has several advantages; no additional resistance (a shunt, required for the most common current sensing method) needs to be inserted in the primary circuit. Also, the voltage present on ...
An inrush current limiter is a device or devices combination used to limit inrush current. Passive resistive components such as resistors (with power dissipation drawback), or negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistors are simple options while the positive one (PTC) is used to limit max current afterward as the circuit has been operating (with cool-down time drawback on both).
A device that converts alternating current (which periodically reverses) to direct current that flows in only one direction; may be a solid-state, vacuum tube or electromechanical device. rectiformer A combination of a transformer and a rectifier, used in electrochemical processes or supply of electrostatic precipitators.
An induction or inductive loop is an electromagnetic communication or detection system which uses a moving magnet or an alternating current to induce an electric current in a nearby wire. Induction loops are used for transmission and reception of communication signals, or for detection of metal objects in metal detectors or vehicle presence ...
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The external load of this current source is connected somewhere in the path of the current supplying the current sensing resistor but out of the feedback loop. The voltage follower adjusts its output current I OUT flowing through the load so that to make the voltage drop V R = I OUT R across the current sensing resistor R equal to the constant ...