The design and performances of a high dynamic range DC-AC current sensor utilizing Giant Magneto-Impedance (GMI) are presented. The sensor is based on a GMI element with negative feedback. The sensing element is a 30 ...The design and performances of a high dynamic range DC-AC current sensor utilizing Giant Magneto-Impedance (GMI) are presented. The sensor is based on a GMI element with negative feedback. The sensing element is a 30 μm diameter GMI Co-based amorphous wire. It is curled to a toroidal core of 2 cm diameter. A bias magnetic field of about 650 A/m is applied to the GMI element to obtain an asymmetric GMI effect. A strong negative feedback is introduced to ensure linearity in a wide dynamic range. Analog conditioning electronics was fully developed. This includes a square wave oscillator based on an inverter trigger;a peak detector and a high gain amplifier with zero adjust. The GMI element is driven at a 3 MHz frequency and 5 mA peak-to-peak current. The closed-loop operations are investigated and the performances of the sensor are presented. DC current measurements are performed. The sensor exhibits good sensitivity and very good linearity, free from hysteresis, in a wide dynamic range of ±40 A. The sensitivity is about 0.24 V/A and the linearity error is about 0.02% of the full scale (FS). The hysteresis error is smaller than the measurement accuracy. AC current measurements using the developed sensor have also been successfully achieved. The sensor bandwidth in closed-loop was about 1.7 kHz.展开更多
A current-mode PWM buck DC-DC converter is proposed. With the high-accuracy on-chip current sen- sor, the switching frequency can be selected automatically according to load requirements. This method improves efficien...A current-mode PWM buck DC-DC converter is proposed. With the high-accuracy on-chip current sen- sor, the switching frequency can be selected automatically according to load requirements. This method improves efficiency and obtains an excellent transient response. The high accuracy of the current sensor is achieved by a simple switch technique without an amplifier. This has the direct benefit of reducing power dissipation and die size. Additionally, a novel soft-start circuit is presented to avoid the inrush current at the starting up state. Finally, this DC-DC converter is fabricated with the 0.5μm standard CMOS process. The chip occupies 3.38 mm2. The accuracy of the proposed current sensor can achieve 99.5% @ 200 mA. Experimental results show that the peak efficiency is 91.8%. The input voltage ranges from 5 to 18 V, while a 2 A load current can be obtained.展开更多
智能电网需要先进传感测量技术的支持。为此,针对智能电网中的电流测量需求,介绍了基于巨磁阻效应的高性能电流传感器,包括传感器系统结构、磁环、巨磁阻传感芯片、信号处理电路等的设计,以及对温度稳定性、电磁兼容性的设计。实验结果...智能电网需要先进传感测量技术的支持。为此,针对智能电网中的电流测量需求,介绍了基于巨磁阻效应的高性能电流传感器,包括传感器系统结构、磁环、巨磁阻传感芯片、信号处理电路等的设计,以及对温度稳定性、电磁兼容性的设计。实验结果表明,所设计的基于巨磁阻效应的高性能电流传感器在对电网中暂态电流、直流电流、泄漏电流、电晕电流的测量中表现出良好的性能,实现了对带宽直流到10 MHz、幅值1 m A至1.6 k A的电流的精确测量。相比其他电流测量装置,基于巨磁阻效应的高性能电流传感器具有体积小、灵敏度高、成本低、测量范围大、可集成度高等综合优势,适应了智能电网的测量需求。最后,提出了后续研究方向。展开更多
文摘The design and performances of a high dynamic range DC-AC current sensor utilizing Giant Magneto-Impedance (GMI) are presented. The sensor is based on a GMI element with negative feedback. The sensing element is a 30 μm diameter GMI Co-based amorphous wire. It is curled to a toroidal core of 2 cm diameter. A bias magnetic field of about 650 A/m is applied to the GMI element to obtain an asymmetric GMI effect. A strong negative feedback is introduced to ensure linearity in a wide dynamic range. Analog conditioning electronics was fully developed. This includes a square wave oscillator based on an inverter trigger;a peak detector and a high gain amplifier with zero adjust. The GMI element is driven at a 3 MHz frequency and 5 mA peak-to-peak current. The closed-loop operations are investigated and the performances of the sensor are presented. DC current measurements are performed. The sensor exhibits good sensitivity and very good linearity, free from hysteresis, in a wide dynamic range of ±40 A. The sensitivity is about 0.24 V/A and the linearity error is about 0.02% of the full scale (FS). The hysteresis error is smaller than the measurement accuracy. AC current measurements using the developed sensor have also been successfully achieved. The sensor bandwidth in closed-loop was about 1.7 kHz.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41274047)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK2012639)+1 种基金the Science and Technology Enterprises in Jiangsu Province Technology Innovation Fund(No.BC2012121)the Changzhou Science and Technology Support(Industrial)Project(No.CE20120074)
文摘A current-mode PWM buck DC-DC converter is proposed. With the high-accuracy on-chip current sen- sor, the switching frequency can be selected automatically according to load requirements. This method improves efficiency and obtains an excellent transient response. The high accuracy of the current sensor is achieved by a simple switch technique without an amplifier. This has the direct benefit of reducing power dissipation and die size. Additionally, a novel soft-start circuit is presented to avoid the inrush current at the starting up state. Finally, this DC-DC converter is fabricated with the 0.5μm standard CMOS process. The chip occupies 3.38 mm2. The accuracy of the proposed current sensor can achieve 99.5% @ 200 mA. Experimental results show that the peak efficiency is 91.8%. The input voltage ranges from 5 to 18 V, while a 2 A load current can be obtained.
文摘智能电网需要先进传感测量技术的支持。为此,针对智能电网中的电流测量需求,介绍了基于巨磁阻效应的高性能电流传感器,包括传感器系统结构、磁环、巨磁阻传感芯片、信号处理电路等的设计,以及对温度稳定性、电磁兼容性的设计。实验结果表明,所设计的基于巨磁阻效应的高性能电流传感器在对电网中暂态电流、直流电流、泄漏电流、电晕电流的测量中表现出良好的性能,实现了对带宽直流到10 MHz、幅值1 m A至1.6 k A的电流的精确测量。相比其他电流测量装置,基于巨磁阻效应的高性能电流传感器具有体积小、灵敏度高、成本低、测量范围大、可集成度高等综合优势,适应了智能电网的测量需求。最后,提出了后续研究方向。
