A compact planar Rogowski coil current sensor for active current balancing of parallel-connected Silicon Carbide MOSFETs

Abstract

In this paper, a compact planar current sensor is developed to be used in active current balancing applications for parallel-connected Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs. The designed Rogowski coil allows non-intrusive current measurement with low profile, compact size, and high bandwidth. The sensor circuit design extends both lower and higher cutoff frequency of the sensor, and allows a continuous measurement of current waveforms that contain a DC component. The simulated bandwidth of the proposed current sensor is 2.66 Hz-100 MHz. The measured switching waveforms in the experiment are comparable to a 120 MHz commercial current probe.