Patent ID: 8111060

Claim:
A current measurement resistance for receiving an input current and providing a known resistance to the received current to allow measurement of a voltage across the resistance, the resistance comprising: a current end circuit for receiving the input current; a potential end circuit; a plurality of resistive connections for electrically connecting the current end circuit to the potential end circuit, each of the resistive connections in the plurality arranged radially about an axis, the plurality having a known total resistance, and each resistive connection in the plurality of resistive connections is connected in parallel to the other resistive connections in the plurality of resistive connections and arranged to at least one of reduce mutual inductance effects in the other resistive connections of the plurality of resistive connections, arranged to reduce mutual capacitance effects in the other resistive connections of the plurality of resistive connections, and arranged to increase heat dissipation; and a shield electrically isolated from, but in thermal communication with, the plurality of resistive connections to conduct generated heat away from the resistive connections.