Infineon and Swoboda Collaborate on High-Performance Current Sensors for Electromobility: Accelerating Innovation in Automotive Applications
Infineon Technologies AG and Swoboda are working together to create advanced current sensors for electric vehicles. By combining Infineon's top-notch current sensor ICs with Swoboda's experience in developing sensor modules, they aim to meet the rising demand for sensing solutions in the automotive industry. These collaborative efforts will speed up the introduction of high-performance current measurement solutions for popular applications like traction inverters and battery management systems in hybrid and electric vehicles, as well as other important automotive applications.
One of the new products is the Swoboda CSM510HP2, which has a small size but maintains high performance due to its fully encapsulated current sensor module. It uses the Infineon TLE4973 coreless current sensor IC for precise sensing with an error rate of less than 2 percent. This module is designed to easily integrate with the HybridPACK™ Drive G2, Infineon's power module for electric vehicle traction inverters. By eliminating the need for external current sensors, it allows for more compact traction inverters to be created.
Klaus Lebherz, the Head of Business Development at Swoboda, stated that the new current sensors are raising the bar for system integration. The combination of Infineon's sensor technology and Swoboda's expertise in injection molding has proven to be a successful collaboration.
According to Andrea Monterastelli, who leads the Automotive Magnetic Sensors Product Group at Infineon Technologies, the market is looking for current sensing solutions that are high performing, compact, and easy to integrate. By seamlessly integrating Infineon's current sensor ICs into their HybridPack Drive G2, they are able to offer the most compact solution for hybrid and electric vehicles. This is made possible through a combination of Infineon's current sensor ICs and Swoboda's expertise.
Infineon and Swoboda are working together to create new current sensing solutions that can be used for various power devices. These solutions will also be suitable for inverter DC link and high voltage battery management, as well as other applications.
Additional details about the products can be found on these websites.
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