CUR 4000 – Flexible Multi-Hall-Array Sensor for High-Precision Current Sensing
The CUR 4000 is a single-axis contactless magnetic-field sensor for galvanically isolated DC and AC current measurements.
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Product Description
The CUR 4000 sensor was developed for current measurements in automotive and industrial applications such as high-voltage battery monitoring systems of hybrid and electric vehicles (xEV). A flexible Multi-Hall-Array allows linear or differential magnetic-field sensing for contactless and precise current sensing up to ≥2000 A. CUR 4000 can be used for different module concepts like core-based or coreless. In the linear modes of CUR 4000, a configurable array of Hall elements enables highly accurate measurements for core-based stray-field robust sensor-module designs. The differential mode enables small coreless and stray-field robust system designs without shields.
CUR 4000 application setup
Read-out of the complete Hall array provides an output-offset temperature drift below ±0.05 percent full scale. A non-linearity error of ±0.2 percent and a noise performance of ±0.005 percent full scale allows precise current measurements with a signal bandwidth of up to 8 kHz. Current sensing modules equipped with the CUR 4000 can be programmed directly in-circuit by a microcontroller via SPI interface. CUR 4000 is defined as ASIL-B ready SEooC (Safety Element out of Context) according to ISO 26262. Major characteristics like gain and offset, etc. can be adjusted to the magnetic circuitry by programming the non-volatile memory. The device is designed for automotive applications with operation in an ambient temperature range (TA) of –40 °C up to +150 °C.
CUR 4000 block diagram
Main Applications
- Battery monitoring
- Battery disconnect unit
- Stationary battery management
Main Features and Benefits
- Non-intrusive, galvanically isolated contactless and coreless current sensing
- High-precision, linear magnetic field sensing with flexible Hall plates array for core-based current sensing
- Differential magnetic-field (stray-field compensated) coreless current sensing without shields
- Signal bandwidth up to 8 kHz
- Total system error ＜1%
- SPI interface for calibration, test, and debugging via microcontroller
- Operates from –40 °C up to 150 °C (TA)
- Operates from 3.0 V up to 5.5 V
- ISO26262 ASIL-B ready and qualified according to AEC-Q100-Rev-H
Key data
- Type : CUR 4000
- Package : SOIC8
- Output formats : SPI
- Total system error : ＜1%
- Magnetic-flux density range : ±100 mT
- Safety : ASIL-B ready development according to ISO 26262
