Shunt resistor device
Provided is a voltage detection circuit, which can remove influence of error voltage caused by tiny amount of self-inductance existing in a shunt resistor, though in the resistor for large current usage, which is impossible to surface-mount on a voltage detection circuit board. The shunt resistor device comprises: a resistance body ( 11 ); a pair of main electrode ( 12 ) for flowing current to be monitored through the resistance body; a pair of detection terminal ( 13 a ) for detecting voltage caused in the resistance body; and a pair of wiring ( 23 ) each electrically connected to the detection terminal. And, a pair of voltage detection wiring consisting of the detection terminal ( 13 a ) and the wiring ( 23 ) is brought closer, at prescribed location, than distance between each of connection position of the pair of the detection terminal ( 13 a ) on the main electrode ( 12 ). A low-pass filter having resistance value (r) and capacitance (C) is provided at next stage after the pair of the wiring, and said low-pass filter having a relationship Le/R=C·r, when Le (=L−M) is the effective inductance, and R is the resistance value of the resistance body.
1. A shunt resistor device comprising:
a resistance body;
a pair of main electrodes for flowing current to be monitored through the resistance body;
a pair of detection terminals for detecting voltage across the resistance body, each detection terminal connected to one of main electrodes;
a pair of wirings each electrically connected to one of detection terminals; and
a pair of connection portions on the pair of main electrodes, wherein each of the detection terminals is directed outward from one of the connection portions, while keeping a predetermined distance between the pair of detection terminals to be constant, the wirings are bent at a predetermined location from the pair of main electrodes such that a distance between the wirings is smaller at the predetermined location than the predetermined distance between the pair of detection terminals.
2. The shunt resistor device according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of detection terminals are connected to the pair of wirings by a connector, and the predetermined location is provided in the connector.
3. The shunt resistor device according to claim 1 , wherein a low-pass filter consisting of a resistance (r) and a capacitance (C) is coupled with the pair of wirings, and the low-pass filter has the relationship,
Le/R=C·r
assuming an effective inductance (Le) (=a self-inductance (L) of the resistance body−a mutual-inductance (M) of the pair of wirings), and a resistance value (R) of the resistance body.
4. The shunt resistor device according to claim 1 , wherein a section of the resistance body is circle-shaped.
5. The shunt resistor device according to claim 1 , wherein the resistance body is provided with a hole or a high resistance portion inside thereof.
6. The shunt resistor device according to claim 1 , wherein each detection terminal is connected to a portion of one of the main electrodes adjacent to the resistance body.