Geoff Bennett Miles Hancock Drew Jennings
Problem Description Novel Current Sensor Transmission Line Application Design Specifications Coreless Isolated Detection Deliverables AC Current Sensor Sensor Designs Testing Data
Current Technologies Rogowski CoilHall Effect Sensor
Emerging Technology Used in Hard Drives Recently Commercially Available Proven in other applications So How Does it work?
Electron Spin direction changes in the direction of the applied magnetic field
R1(GMR)
EMI Shielding Physical layout of GMR’s GMR biasing with current trace
a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 GMR a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 GMR a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 GMR Flux Collector Current Bias Conductor runs on top of GMR's. This is designated by the doted lines. GMR
True RMS calculation Real-time digital filtering Hysteresis calibration Digital Signal Processing
Rogowski Coil Hall Effect MEMS Bill of Materials Part Ordering GMR Faraday Effect Radical Ideas Timeline Physical Design Filter Design Noise Correct Magnetometers Signal Analysis Idea Matrix Miles Hancock Geoff Bennett Drew Jennings
Purchase Order List #DeviceDigikey Part #ManufacturerUnit CostQuantityCost 1EMI Casing NDBud Industries$ Blackfin Ezlite Kit (DSP) ADZS-BF518F-EZLITE-NDAnalog Devices$ Power Chip NDTexas Instruments$ GMR sensor NDNVE$6.0815$ Prototyping Board NDTwin Industries$13.783$ Voltage referenceLM285Z-1.2NS-NDNational Semiconductor$ Instrumentation AmpINA118P-NDTexas Instruments$ Capacitor (470 pF) NDKemet$0.2820$5.60 9Capacitor (0.1 µF)P925-NDPanasonic$0.0920$ Resistor (7.5 kΩ)7.5KADCT-NDYageo$0.6220$ Resistor (100 kΩ)100KADCT-NDYageo$0.6220$ Power Transistor IRFU3303PBF-ND International Rectifier$1.054$ Soldering Iron TipsPTS7-NDCooper Industries$3.303$9.90 Total:$789.01
Why is it a good design? Cost, Safety, Size, Installation, Accuracy Additional Functionality Power Calculation Very High Current Systems
GMR Applied Field
a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 GMR a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 GMR a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 GMR Flux Collector Current Bias Conductor runs on top of GMR's. This is designated by the doted lines. GMR
a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 GMR a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 GMR a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 GMR Flux Collector Current Bias Conductor runs on top of GMR's. This is designated by the doted lines. GMR