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Abstract

A method of making an electrical current sensor having an electrical conducting portion (6; 6a, 6b) of rectangular cross-section being surrounded, on three of its lateral faces, by a magnetic circuit portion (7) which has end portions (7', 7') having planar surfaces situated substantially in a plane of a fourth lateral face of the conductor portion (6), a magnetic field detector (3; 24; 26) being arranged opposite the fourth lateral face. The conductor portion (6) is made by photo-lithography and etching in a layer of electrically conducting material applied on a first surface of a flat support member (1; 1'; 1') or on intermediate layers (8, 9, 10, 11) deposited on the support member. The magnetic circuit portion (7) is made by photo-lithography and etching in a layer of magnetically permeable material applied on the conductor portion (6) on the first surface of the support member (1; 1', 1') or of an intermediate layer (8). The magnetic field detector (3; 26) is fixed to the support member (1; 1', 1') or on intermediate layers (9, 10, 11) deposited on a second surface of the support member.

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