
16-1
16.1 Introduction
Current sensors are required for numerous applications, including
•
In
dustrial
a
pplications—large
a
c
a
nd
d
c
c
urrents
•
Ca
r
a
pplications:
s
pecial
r
equirements
f
or
h
ybrid
c
ars
•
En
ergy
p
roduction,
c
onversion,
s
torage,
a
nd
c
onsumption
• Current leakage monitoring
•
Ho
use
a
utomation
•
Mo
tor
d
rives,
p
ower
c
onverters,
a
nd
p
ower
m
odules
•
Cu
rrent
s
ensors
e
mbedded
i
n
I
Cs
e
ba
sic
li
terature
on cu
rrent
sen
sors
is a bo
ok
by Iw
ansson
[2
]
an
d
co
mprehensive
re
view
ar
ticles
[1
,3]
.
Co
ntactless
cu
rrent
sen
sors
ar
e
ba
sed
on ma
gnetic
sen
sors
th
at
ar
e
co
vered
by [4
]
.
16
Electric Current Sensors*
16.1 Introduction .................................................................................... ...