Molex Percept Current Sensors.
Molex launches its Percept Current Sensors to meet the growing demand for highly accurate busbar current sensing solutions, especially within the industrial and automotive sectors. These sensors leverage Infineon’s high-precision coreless current sensors and Molex’s proprietary electronics packaging technology.
The Percept Current Sensors have a reduced sensor size and weight and boast a simplified installation process and system integration.
“The new Percept Current Sensors benefit from Infineon's coreless sensor and our proprietary electronics packaging technology to set new standards for current-sensing accuracy, reliability and integration simplicity,” said Lily Yeung, Director of Sensors, Transportation Innovative Solutions at Molex. “Together we can save customers valuable space and optimise product performance while reducing major design and manufacturing complexities and costs.”
Key features of the Percept Current Sensors:
- A compact, coreless design with a reduced size and weight (up to 86% lighter and half the size) compared to similar sensors on the market.
- Greater sensing opportunities in areas with limited space, with an accuracy within 2% across a wide temperature range and entire product lifespan.
- Boasts low sensitivity and offset errors.
- Molex’s packaging technology allows for the seamless integration of high-current conductors, connectors, Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), busbars, and heat sinks as well as other mechanical components.
- Uses 99% less water compared to typical PCB manufacturing, doesn’t require any chemicals, and eliminates the generation of copper sludge, making it more environmentally friendly.
- Available in industrial and automotive grade options.
- Current ranges include +/-450.0 to +/-1,600.0A; and operating temperatures from -40 to 125°C aligning with AEC-Q100 Grade 1 standards.
“Infineon's XENSIV TLE4973 and TLE4972 are part of our family of high precision coreless magnetic current sensors with a measurement range of 0A to 2000A, offering tremendous flexibility for different power ranges,” said Matthias Grewe, Vice President and Head of Product Line Magnetic Sensing at Infineon Technologies. “When combined with Infineon's sensor, Molex's innovative package creates a small, efficient and robust solution for the automotive and industrial markets.”
Sensors to be used in industrial applications are expected to be available from October 2024, with the automotive variety due during the first half of 2025.