A voltage-current conversion circuit includes a voltage-current conversion resistor connected to an input terminal, and a current mirror circuit which mirrors a current supplied from the voltage-current conversion resistor, wherein the current mirror circuit is constructed to include a depletion-type transistor whose source voltage is biased to be higher than the substrate voltage.

In a method for detecting people on a floor, at least three electrodes are integrated into the floor of the room that is to be monitored. Respective measurement axes are taken into account and associated with multiple pairs of electrodes integrated into the floor. The detection method includes the following steps: for each pair of electrodes, measuring a capacitance between the two electrodes of the pair; positioning a measurement point in a coordinate system defined by N of the measurement axes at coordinates provided by the capacitances measured for the pairs of electrodes respectively associated with the N measurement axes, where N is a number greater than 1; and detecting whether a person is lying on the floor according to a detection criterion that is function of the position of the measurement point in the coordinate system.

In a method for detecting people on a floor, at least three electrodes are integrated into the floor of the room that is to be monitored. Respective measurement axes are taken into account and associated with multiple pairs of electrodes integrated into the floor. The detection method includes the following steps: for each pair of electrodes, measuring a capacitance between the two electrodes of the pair; positioning a measurement point in a coordinate system defined by N of the measurement axes at coordinates provided by the capacitances measured for the pairs of electrodes respectively associated with the N measurement axes, where N is a number greater than 1; and detecting whether a person is lying on the floor according to a detection criterion that is function of the position of the measurement point in the coordinate system.

Systems, device and methods are provided for measuring parameters of a medium such as the dielectric properties of a medium including a plurality of layers, using an array of sensors. The array includes at least two transducers and at least one transceiver attached to the at least two transducers, the at least one transceiver being configured to transmit at least one signal toward the medium and receive a plurality of signals affected by the medium; a data acquisition unit and at least one processor unit, configured to: process the affected plurality of signals to yield a plurality of transfer functions wherein each of the plurality of transfer functions including the medium response between two transducers of the at least two transducers as function of frequency or time; process the plurality of transfer functions to yield a plurality of statistical measures, and process the statistical measures to calculate the medium parameters.

In examples, an apparatus for sensing current comprises a power transistor; a sense transistor coupled to the power transistor; and an offset addition circuit coupled to the power transistor and the sense transistor, the offset addition circuit comprising a first pair of transistors and a differential amplifier. The apparatus also comprises a cascode amplifier circuit coupled to the offset addition circuit, the cascode amplifier circuit comprising a second pair of transistors, and a gain trim circuit coupled to the cascode amplifier circuit, the gain trim circuit including another differential amplifier and a third transistor. The apparatus further includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the gain trim circuit and storage coupled to the ADC.

In examples, an apparatus for sensing current comprises a power transistor; a sense transistor coupled to the power transistor; and an offset addition circuit coupled to the power transistor and the sense transistor, the offset addition circuit comprising a first pair of transistors and a differential amplifier. The apparatus also comprises a cascode amplifier circuit coupled to the offset addition circuit, the cascode amplifier circuit comprising a second pair of transistors, and a gain trim circuit coupled to the cascode amplifier circuit, the gain trim circuit including another differential amplifier and a third transistor. The apparatus further includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the gain trim circuit and storage coupled to the ADC.

Provided is a current measuring device including a first wire member formed of a conductive metal and a second wire member formed of a conductive metal, the second wire member partially including a resistive element metal, in which the first wire member and the second wire member are arranged in parallel with an insulator sandwiched therebetween in a portion where at least the resistive element metal is present.

Provided is a sensor including a first bus bar, a second bus bar, and a shunt resistor including a shunt resistor body part whose one end portion is bonded to the first bus bar and the other end portion is bonded to the second bus bar and a detection terminal extending from the shunt resistor body part.

Provided is a sensor including a first bus bar, a second bus bar, and a shunt resistor including a shunt resistor body part whose one end portion is bonded to the first bus bar and the other end portion is bonded to the second bus bar and a detection terminal extending from the shunt resistor body part.

An amplification device including: a switch including an output that is suitable for being connected to a first or a second input; a first branch that is connected to the first input, which applies a first gain to generate a first amplified signal; a second branch that is connected to the second input, which applies a second gain to generate a second amplified signal; a controller for controlling the switching of the switch to apply the first or the second amplified signal to the output, depending on whether or not the value of a predetermined quantity of the first amplified signal falls within a predetermined range. The first gain and the second gain being non-zero real numbers of opposite sign.