Modeling and Simulation of Magnetic Balance Current Sensor Based on Magnetic Scalar Potential Volume Integral

Abstract

In this paper, a field–circuit combined simulation method, based on the magnetic scalar potential volume integral equation (MSP-VIE) and its fast algorithms, are proposed for the transient simulation and nonlinear distortion analysis of the magnetic balance current sensor. The magnetic part of the sensor is modeled and simulated by MSP-VIE with the field matrices extracted by the method of moments. By directly implementing the magnetic field equation in the circuit, these field matrices can be regarded as equivalent circuit parameters of the magnetic part, to construct the corresponding SPICE model. Finally, the field–circuit combined model of the entire sensor is unified in a circuit, so with the SPICE solver, the transient simulation is accomplished in the time domain. Moreover, aiming at the time-consuming problem, this paper presents a corresponding fast method to accelerate the simulation. The comparison of measurement and simulation demonstrates that the proposed method not only realizes the transient simulation of the whole sensor, but also simulates some hidden performance details; thus, it can be applied to practical engineering, to guide and test the early design of the product.