Infineon Technologies and Swoboda are collaborating to develop and market high-performance current sensor modules for automotive applications.
The partnership brings together Infineon’s top-tier current sensor ICs with Swoboda’s proficiency in developing and industrialising sensor modules, catering to the rapidly expanding market for sensing solutions in hybrid and electric vehicles.
Their joint efforts in high-performance current measurement solutions are set to hasten the time-to-market for high-volume applications, such as traction inverters, battery management systems, and other crucial automotive applications.
The inaugural product from this collaboration, the Swoboda CSM510HP2, will be a fully encapsulated current sensor module that significantly reduces footprint without sacrificing performance.
It uses the Infineon TLE4973 coreless current sensor IC, enabling high-precision sensing with a total error below two per cent. The module is tailor-made for seamless integration with the HybridPACK Drive G2, Infineon’s automotive power module for traction inverters in electric vehicles, obviating the need for separate external current sensors and helping create one of the market’s most compact traction inverters.
Swoboda business development head Klaus Lebherz said: “This new generation of current sensors establishes new benchmarks for simplified system integration. The combination of Infineon’s cutting-edge sensor technology with our injection moulding expertise has proven to be an impeccable match.”
Infineon Technologies Automotive Magnetic Sensors Product Group head Andrea Monterastelli said: “The market requires high-performance, compact, and easily integrable current sensing solutions. The perfect integration with Infineon’s HybridPack Drive G2 provides the most space-efficient solution for hybrid and electric vehicles, made possible by our leading current sensor ICs and Swoboda’s know-how.”
Infineon and Swoboda are developing additional current sensing solutions to accommodate any kind of power device. Other applications in focus include inverter DC link and high-voltage battery management.
