Current Shunt Amplifier

This current shunt monitor circuit allows a current measurement to be made by measuring the voltage drop across a shunt resistor in the “high side” of a power supply. The INA193 is capable of operating with a common- mode voltage of up to +80V and its CMV range is not a function of
its supply voltage.  The INA193 provides a differential voltage gain of 20V/V and its recommended full- scale input  voltage is 100mV.  An INA194 provides a gain of 50V/V and an INA195 provides a gain of 100V/V. R1 & R2 together with C2, C3, & C4 provide differential and common-mode filtering and are recommended for switching power supplies. The two resistors should be carefully matched (1% tolerance) as well as capacitors C3 & C4 (5% or better tolerance). Resistors of 100 ohms will give a gain error of slightly under 2%. (Circuit is created by Neil P. Albaugh,  TI – Tucson)

Current Shunt Amplifier circuit:

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Online Simulation of the Current Shunt Amplifier Circuit

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