Trying to get a circuit to sense its own current consumption can be a little tricky. That said, there are plenty of specialist three and four terminal chips that will sense across a resistor in the ...

Battery management encompasses two main functions: 1. Charging adapter, and 2. Battery fuel gauging and protection on the battery side. The block diagram in Figure 1 depicts the overall system. In ...

Designed specifically for high-voltage sensing, a new generation of optically isolated amplifiers make monitoring and system protection circuits more accurate and easier to design. These iso-amps can ...

Fig. 1. Partial one-line diagram of the original layout. Hearing the expression “ground current” often causes stress and frustration for many electrical contractors and engineers. Few things in the ...

The importance of voltage drop in current sensing. High-accuracy current sensing hinges on the ADC. Specs and other features of the new isolated ADC. Current sensing is critical for enabling overload ...

Using current mirror for current sensing in high current MOSFET applications significantly reduces power loss in current sensing circuit and lowers design cost by replacing expensive high power ...

Current sensing remains a challenge and while most engineers use DCR current sensing it is notoriously inaccurate. So what can be done to improve accuracy? The buck converter is the most common power ...

A range of manufacturing and production processes rely on current-operated relays to provide a continuously adjustable trip-current setting. They are able to protect mechanical apparatus from jam-up ...