Journal of Power Electronics

The Korean Institute of Power Electronics (전력전자학회)
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Coreless Hall Current Sensor for Automotive Inverters Decoupling Cross-coupled Field

  • Kim, Ho-Gi (HEV Development Group, Hyundai Motor Company) ;
  • Kang, Gu-Bae (HEV Development Group, Hyundai Motor Company) ;
  • Nam, Dong-Jin (HEV Development Group, Hyundai Motor Company)
  • Published : 2009.01.20
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Abstract

Automotive inverters may require current sensors for motor torque control, especially, in applications of hybrid electric vehicles or fuel cell vehicles. In this paper, to achieve a compact, integrated and low cost current sensor, a hall current sensor without magnetic core is introduced for integrating an automotive inverter. The compactness of the current sensor is possible by using integrated magnetic concentrators based on the Hall effect. Magnetic fields caused by three-phase currents are analyzed and a magnetic shield design is proposed for decoupling the cross-coupled field. It offers galvanic isolation, wide bandwidth (>100kHz), and accuracy(< 1%). Using 2D FEM analysis, its performance is demonstrated with design parameters at a U-shaped magnetic shield. The proposed coreless current sensor is tested with rated current to validate the linearity and accuracy.

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