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PCB-Embedded Spiral Pattern Pick-Up Coil Current Sensor for WBG Devices

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  • Hwa-Rang Cha

    (Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea)

  • Kyeong-Mo Kim

    (Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea)

  • Min-Soo Song

    (Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea)

  • Rae-Young Kim

    (Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea)

Abstract

This paper proposes a current sensor for wide bandgap (WBG) devices. The current of a power semiconductor device is mainly measured using a Rogowski coil, an active current transformer, and a coaxial shunt resistor. The Rogowski coil and active current transformer are not suitable for the current measurement of surface mount WBG devices due to their operating principle. The coaxial shunt resistor causes parasitic inductance. Since WBG devices are more sensitive to parasitic inductance than silicon devices, parasitic inductance may affect circuit operation. To overcome these problems, this paper proposes a printed circuit board (PCB)-embedded spiral pattern pick-up coil current measurement for WBG devices. The proposed pick-up coil has high mutual inductance compared to the conventional pick-up coil, so the measurement sensitivity is high. In addition, there is no need for additional processing outside the PCB. Experimental results using a double pulse tester circuit are provided to verify the performance of the proposed current sensor.

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  • Hwa-Rang Cha & Kyeong-Mo Kim & Min-Soo Song & Rae-Young Kim, 2020. "PCB-Embedded Spiral Pattern Pick-Up Coil Current Sensor for WBG Devices," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-16, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:21:p:5747-:d:439035
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