0 to 400 A Current Sensor ICs with Integrated Conductor
We drive innovation in the current sensor industry with a history of first-to-market products that give our customers a competitive edge. Did you know we invented the 100 µΩ CB package with high isolation for sensing up to 400 amps? It offers world-leading efficiency and power density.
Our high current sensor IC packages are fully integrated solutions that also provide high accuracy and reliability. These sensors are automotive-grade devices that can take the heat and deliver highly accurate open-loop current sensing in the harshest applications environments.
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Current Sensor IC 0 to 400 A Selection Guide
Documentation & Resources
Application Note
An Effective Method for Characterizing System Bandwidth in Complex Current Sensor Applications
This application note describes multiple methods for measuring
and characterizing system bandwidth, with a focus on
the impulse response method. Allegro’s ACS720 is the perfect device to validate the test methods outlined here.
Application Note
Achieving Closed-Loop Accuracy in Open-Loop Current Sensors
Closed-loop current sensing technology is employed in many industrial and automotive applications for accurate current sensing. Allegro MicroSystems has developed magnetic-based current sensor IC solutions that achieve near closed-loop accuracy using an open-loop topology.
Application Note
Explanation of Error Specifications for Allegro Linear Hall-Effect based Current Sensor ICs
AN296181 - Determining the accuracy of a system requires knowledge of the error introduced by each component. When looking at Allegro current sensor datasheets, the total error line item is a good approximation of the worst-case error seen in application.
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Brochure: Innovative Current Sensor ICs
Allegro MicroSystems has been driving innovation in the current sensor industry for more than 17 years, with a history of first-to-market products that give our customers a competitive edge. Our advanced ICs help you achieve higher efficiency and power density in your designs.
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Brochure: Current Sensing for Vehicle Electrification
Charge into the future of vehicle electrification with the world's #1 supplier of current sensor ICs for leading EV applications.
Application Note
Using Allegro Current Sensor ICs in Current Divider Configurations for Extended Measurement Range
This application note describes simple methods for increasing the measurable current range. These methods involve splitting the path of the current being sensed. Various options of devices and circuits are described.
Application Note
DC Current Capability and Fuse Characteristics of Current Sensor ICs with 50 to 200 A Measurement Capability
Allegro MicroSystems offers a wide range of current sensor IC solutions that fall into two main categories: ICs having an integrated current-carrying conductor and ICs designed to be used with an external magnetic core.
Application Note
Improved Performance and Features of Allegro’s Next Generation, High Power Density CB Package Current Sensors
This application note will describe the use of the new high current ACS772 Hall-effect current sensor integrated circuit (IC) from Allegro MicroSystems and will give an overview
of its features and improvements from previous Allegro high-current sensors.
Application Note
Hysteresis Mitigation in Current Sensor ICs Using Ferromagnetic Cores
AN269114 - Traditional open-loop current sensor ICs, like the Allegro ACS758CB and ACS770CB families, have ferromagnetic cores that act as magnetic concentrators. They concentrate the magnetic flux density, the B field, generated by current flowing through a conductor onto the Hall-effect sensor IC.
Application Note
Techniques to Minimize Common-Mode Field Interference When Using Allegro Current Sensor ICs (ACS724 and ACS780)
This application note will discuss the mechanism of CMR and focus on how to best use this mechanism through optimized circuit board design and layout for sensors that need an external magnetic core, sensors that have a core built into the package, and sensors that have an integrated current-carrying loop but no core.
Application Note
Increased Electric Motor Content in HEV Subsystems Require Current Sensing
To control the drive train in HEV and full EV vehicles, it is well-known that current sensing is required particularly in starter generator and main electric drive motor generator applications.
Application Note
Hysteresis Offset Error In Hall-Effect Current Sensors Using Soft Ferromagnetic Concentrator Cores
AN296182 - When measuring busbar current with a surrounding soft ferromagnetic concentrator cores, Allegro recommends using a linear IC, such as the A1365, A1367, or ACS70310, in conjunction with a ferromagnetic core for high-current measurement (above 200 A).