A Review of Traditional Helical to Recent Miniaturized Printed-Circuit-Board Rogowski Coils for Power Electronic Applications

Latest wide-bandgap power devices are switching progressively faster compared with existing silicon devices. Their accurate current measurements for either control or protection have therefore become tougher. One method that can fulfill the requirements is to use a Rogowski coil and its accompanied electronics to form a Rogowski current sensor with high bandwidth, small volume, low cost, and ease of integration. This article therefore aims to review various aspects of the Rogowski current sensor from its history, measuring principles to modern power-electronic applications. The applications have, in turn, motivated a progression from traditional helical to recent miniaturized printed circuit board implementation, in order to improve the overall power density. This progression has similarly been reviewed, together with its various design aspects applied to the winding, integrator, shielding, and parameters of the Rogowski current sensor. Future challenges and directions are then summarized, whose ultimate goal is to maximize accuracy over a wide bandwidth without being affected by radiated and near-field-coupling interferences.