Design of PCB Rogowski Coil and Analysis of Anti-interference Property

Abstract

Rogowski coil is used as a current transducer in complex electromagnetic environment, whose anti-interference property bears on the accuracy of the current measurement. Based on the ordinal straight-coupled foils of the current PCB Rogowski coil, this paper proposes a newly designed PCB Rogowski coil with symmetrical double-printed imprints and returning turn to gain better precision and performance. The mutual inductance between the coil and the primary conductor is chosen as the sensitivity parameter to contrastively analyze the anti-interference property of three coils, including the ordinary straight-coupled coil, the symmetrically printed coil with or without returning turn. The calculation and measurement of mutual inductance have been made under different disturbed conditions, such as the eccentricity from axis of the primary conductor and the influence of external parallel and perpendicular currents. The results indicate that the newly designed PCB Rogowski coil with symmetric imprints and returning turn is good in compatibility, strong in anti-interference property, and also accurate and steady in mutual inductance. Therefore, it is suitably applied as the sensing head of current measurement in the complex stray electromagnetic fields.