Shunt Amplifier/Monitor IC with negative Common Voltage

[foxOnTheRun]

I'm trying to read a current using a shunt resistor on the high side of a negative voltage. I found a lot of high side integrated current shunt ICs (ZTX 3 pins with current output are the best), but they all assume they are placed on the high side of a positive voltage rail, hence they have a high common mode voltage, but only positive to their supplied ground.

Then I found this one, LT6105, where its Input common mode range extends 44V above V- indipendent of V+ (hence mobile).
http://cds.linear.com/docs/en/datasheet/6105fa.pdf

In this barebone schema I omitted the Load part with a ready current source. The current flows from ground to -40V, the shunt is in high side on the neg. rail (load is grounded, and the shunt resistor touches the voltage supply).

This looks like a huge life saver, the queston is: are there other similar chips? I was unable to find other components where the datasheet reported the input common mode range respect to V- (and the ability to have an explicit negative V-); to my untrained eye, they all reference to ground (in single or dual supply operations). A couple have something like -5/+60V, but it's not written if it's respect to absolute Gnd or V- pin applied voltage.

Second point, what if I have a -60V supply? Should I forcifully go with a differential opamp design like LT1990? (but then I will have to add a second amplifying stage) I'm referring to Linear just because I have ready models in LTSpice to try (and the simulations actually converge); the bad is that it doesn't say if I'm violating component rating (max supply, common mode, etc).

Let me know if I got current shunts the wrong way

 

[AnalogKid]

Since the negative rail is both the negative supply for the electronics and the line being sensed, any opamp with a common mode range that includes its own negative rail will work as the current shunt buffer amplifier. Translating the output upward so it is ground referenced takes a bit more work, but nothing extreme. What is your error budget or tolerance/precision/accuracy requirement?

And, alluding to several recent threads you know nothing about - thanks for including a schematic of your current thinking and a device data link in the initial question.

ak