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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Applicant:
University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Babak Parkhideh, Charlotte, NC (US);
Andreas Lauer, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 15/20 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 15/205 (2013.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10166 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods of the present disclosure integrate a non-intrusive current sensor in the form of a current mismatch sensor into a power module having paralleled semiconductor structures or components. The current mismatch can be detected by the current sensor by monitoring a magnetic flux density between the paralleled components or devices.