A new mirroring circuit for power MOS current sensing highly immune to EMI

Sensors (Basel). 2013 Jan 31;13(2):1856-71. doi: 10.3390/s130201856.

Abstract

This paper deals with the monitoring of power transistor current subjected to radio-frequency interference. In particular, a new current sensor with no connection to the power transistor drain and with improved performance with respect to the existing current-sensing schemes is presented. The operation of the above mentioned current sensor is discussed referring to time-domain computer simulations. The susceptibility of the proposed circuit to radio-frequency interference is evaluated through time-domain computer simulations and the results are compared with those obtained for a conventional integrated current sensor.