Crocus fournit la détection de courant isolée sans contact de l’avenir, avec une haute précision et pour des courants élevés

Le CT45x met en valeur les avantages des capteurs TMR pour repenser et simplifier les solutions dans l’espace des applications de haute précision à courant élevé

MILPITAS, Californie, 23 mai 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Crocus Technology Inc., le premier fournisseur de capteurs XtremeSense® TMR (magnétorésistance à effet tunnel) ultramodernes, a annoncé aujourd’hui l’introduction de la famille de capteurs de courant isolés sans contact CT45x pour permettre des mesures de haute précision et de courant élevé à l’aide d’une solution simplifiée. Contrairement aux solutions existantes, le CT45x permet aux fabricants de se passer des coûteux blindages, concentrateurs et noyaux. Les CT452 et CT453 offrent une précision sans contact de 0,7 %, une bande passante de 1 MHz, et une immunité meilleure que -50 dB aux champs magnétiques externes sans composants mécaniques supplémentaires. Cette combinaison de performance et de précision permet aux clients de réduire la taille et le poids globaux de leur produit, ce qui leur permet de remplacer des modules de détection de courant coûteux et de grande taille par une solution simple et de faible encombrement.

Les exigences en termes de courants continuent de croître, s’accompagnant de difficultés pour mesurer précisément les courants élevés, généralement supérieurs à 200 A et allant souvent jusqu’à 2 000 A. Les résistances shunt avec amplificateurs isolés sont largement utilisées, mais elles posent un problème de pertes I2R et sont souvent de grandes dimensions et coûteuses. Les solutions existantes basées sur des effets magnétiques tels que l’effet Hall et les AMR (magnétorésistances anisotropes) sont moins précises et présentent une dérive à haute température. Les produits CT45x sont basés sur la technologie TMR XtremeSense, qui constitue l’avenir avec une approche sans contact à rapport signal/bruit (SNR) élevé capable d’évoluer avec les exigences du système, une bande passante élevée et un temps de réponse rapide, une réjection des champs de mode commun, combinés à des mesures de haute précision sur la température.

En outre, de nombreuses applications nécessitent désormais des mesures de courant très précises, de la gamme des milliampères jusqu’à celle des 1 000 A, voire plus. Souvent, ce type de solution nécessite plusieurs capteurs de courant pour obtenir les performances système souhaitées, et s’accompagne de nombreux compromis sur le design et complexités. L’utilisation des capteurs de courant TMR XtremeSense de Crocus permet de mettre en place une solution simple et sans compromis, grâce à un seul capteur CT45x qui fournit une large plage dynamique et un SNR (rapport signal/bruit) élevé. Par exemple, le CT45x est capable de mesurer jusqu’à 500 mA de résolution et jusqu’à 1 800 A tout en maintenant une précision supérieure à 0,7 %.

Le CT45x offre des performances révolutionnaires en matière de bruit, jusqu’à la valeur très basse de 0,55 mVRMS, pour permettre aux applications de détecter de faibles niveaux de courant et de petits changements ou variations de courant via une barre omnibus. Cette performance est presque 10 fois supérieure à celle des solutions à effet Hall existantes. Il en résulte un rapport signal/bruit (SNR) pouvant atteindre 77 dB pour la mesure à l’aide des CT45x, ce qui permet au système de traiter des données à plus haute résolution avec une plus grande précision.

« Avec l’introduction de la famille CT45x de produits de détection de courant sans contact, nous disposons désormais d’un portefeuille complet de produits pour nos clients, des faibles courants aux courants beaucoup plus importants », a déclaré Zack Deiri, président-directeur général de Crocus Technology. « Ce produit basé sur la technologie de pointe TMR de Crocus est extrêmement enthousiasmant pour nous. En effet, les avantages de notre TMR XtremeSense permettent de répondre aux besoins des applications à courants plus élevés, alors que les solutions existantes ne peuvent y apporter de réponse sans compromis. Crocus se réjouit de s’adresser à de nouveaux marchés à courant élevé tels que ceux des BMS (systèmes de gestion de batterie), des onduleurs, des convertisseurs CC/CC et de bien d’autres dispositifs. »

Caractéristiques et performances des produits :

CT450 et CT452 (version 5 V) et CT453 (version 3,3 V)

Capteur de courant isolé sans contact

Capable de mesurer des courants de 5 mA à plus de 2 000 A

Erreur de sortie totale ±0,7 % à pleine échelle

Temps de réponse 300 ns, bande passante 1 MHz

Disponible dans six gammes différentes de champs configurés

Capacité de protection avec détection des champs excessifs (OFD)

Réjection des champs en mode commun (CMFR) intégrée avec plus de 90 % d’immunité (CT452/3)

Détection de champ magnétique uniforme (CT450)
Les applications ciblées se situent dans les domaines des chargeurs pour VE, des systèmes de gestion de batterie (BMS), des convertisseurs CC/CC, des systèmes 48 V, de la charge bidirectionnelle et des onduleurs CA/CC.

Le CT450 est disponible en conditionnement TSSOP-8. Les CT452/3 sont disponibles en conditionnement TSSOP-16 Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez consulter la page Web du produit :

CT450 https://crocus-technology.com/products/ct450/

CT452 https://crocus-technology.com/products/ct452/

CT453 https://crocus-technology.com/products/ct453/

À propos de Crocus Technology

Crocus Technology développe et fabrique des capteurs magnétiques de pointe basés sur sa technologie brevetée de capteurs TMR XtremeSense®. La technologie révolutionnaire de capteur magnétique de Crocus permet d’obtenir la sensibilité la plus élevée, la consommation d’énergie la plus faible et le plus faible encombrement sur une large gamme de températures. Le siège social de Crocus se trouve à Milpitas, en Californie. Pour tout complément d’information, veuillez consulter le site http://www.crocus-technology.com.

Pour tout complément d’information, veuillez contacter :

Crocus Technology
E-mail : info@crocus-technology.com

Crocus Apresenta o Futuro dos Sensores de Corrente Isolada Sem Contato de Alta Precisão

O CT45x apresenta as vantagens dos sensores TMR para repensar e simplificar as soluções no espaço das aplicações de alta precisão e alta corrente

MILPITAS, Califórnia, May 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A Crocus Technology Inc., principal fornecedora de sensores disruptivos XtremeSense ® TMR (Tunnel Magneto-Resistance), anunciou hoje lançamento da família CT45x de sensores de corrente isolada sem contato para medições de alta precisão e alta corrente em uma solução mais simplificada. Ao contrário das soluções existentes, o CT45x permite que os fabricantes eliminem blindagens, concentradores ou núcleos caros. O CT452 e o CT453 oferecem precisão de 0,7% sem contato, largura de banda de 1 MHz e imunidade superior a -50 dB para campos magnéticos externos sem componentes mecânicos adicionais. Essa combinação de desempenho e precisão permite que os clientes reduzam o tamanho e o peso geral do produto, viabilizando a substituição dos módulos sensoriais atuais grandes e caros por uma solução pequena e simples.

O aumento dos requisitos atuais também aumentou os desafios das medições de altas correntes com precisão, tipicamente >200 A e muitas vezes até 2.000 A. Os resistores de derivação com amplificadores isolados são amplamente usados, mas apresentam um problema com perdas de I2R e tendem a ser grandes e caros. As soluções existentes de base magnética, tais como Hall Effect e AMR, são menos precisas e têm deriva de alta temperatura. Os produtos CT45x tem por vase a tecnologia XtremeSense TMR que oferece o futuro com uma abordagem sem contato de alta relação sinal-ruído (SNR) que pode ser dimensionada com os requisitos do sistema, alta largura de banda e tempo de resposta rápido, rejeição de campo de modelo comum, juntamente com as medições de alta precisão em condições de alta temperatura.

Além disso, muitas aplicações agora exigem medições de corrente muito precisas na faixa de até 1.000 A miliamperes ou mais. Muitas vezes, esse tipo de solução envolve vários sensores de corrente para alcançar o desempenho desejado do sistema com muitos comprometimentos e complexidades do projeto. O uso dos sensores de corrente XtremeSense TMR da Crocus viabiliza uma solução simples e sem comprometimento, por meio do uso de um único sensor CT45x que fornece uma grande faixa dinâmica e uma alta SNR. Por exemplo, o CT45x pode medir até 500 mA de resolução e até 1.800 A, mantendo uma precisão superior a 0,7%.

O CT45x oferece desempenho de ruído inovador, de até 0,55 mVRMS, para permitir que as aplicações detectem pequenos níveis de corrente e pequenas mudanças ou variações de corrente através de um barramento. Este desempenho é quase 10 vezes melhor do que as soluções Hall Effect existentes. Isso resulta em uma SNR (relação sinal-ruído) de até 77 dB para a medição CT45x, o que permite que o sistema processe dados de maior resolução com maior precisão.

“Com a família CT45x de produtos de sensores atuais sem contato, passamos a oferecer um portfólio completo de produtos para os nossos clientes, desde pequenas correntes até correntes maiores”, disse Zack Deiri, Presidente e CEO da Crocus Technology. “Este produto que tem por base a tecnologia TMR de ponta da Crocus é o mais importante no momento, pois os benefícios do nosso XtremeSense TMR agora abordam as necessidades das aplicações atuais mais altas que não podem ser atendidas com soluções existentes sem comprometimento. A Crocus está entusiasmada em poder abordar novos mercados de alta corrente, como BMS, Inversores, DC/DC Converter e muitos outros.”

Características e desempenho do produto:

CT450 e CT452 (Versão 5 V) e CT453 (Versão 3.3 V)

Sensor de Corrente Isolado Sem Contato

Medição de correntes de 5 mA a >2.000 A

Total de erro da saída ±0,7% Completa e

Tempo de resposta de 300 ns, largura de banda de 1 MHz

Disponível em seis diferentes faixas de campo configuradas

Capacidade de proteção com Detecção de Excesso em Campo (OFD)

Rejeição de Campo de Modo Comum Integrado (CMFR) com > 90% de imunidade(CT452/3)

Detecção uniforme do campo magnético (CT450)
Foco em aplicações de direcionamento em Carregadores EV, Sistemas de Gerenciamento de Baterias (BMS), Conversores CC/CC, Sistema 48-V, Carregamento Bidirecional e Inversores CA/CC.

O CT450 está disponível em um pacote TSSOP-8. O CT452/3 está disponível no pacote TSSOP-16. Para mais informação, visite a página do produto em:

CT450 https://crocus-technology.com/products/ct450/

CT452 https://crocus-technology.com/products/ct452/

CT453 https://crocus-technology.com/products/ct453/

Sobre a Crocus Technology

A Crocus Technology desenvolve e fabrica sensores magnéticos de última geração com base na sua tecnologia patenteada de sensores XtremeSense® TMR. A tecnologia do sensor magnético disruptivo da Crocus viabiliza a mais alta sensibilidade, o menor consumo de energia e o menor tamanho em uma ampla faixa de temperatura. A sede da Crocus está localizada em Milpitas, Califórnia. Para mais informação, visite http://www.crocus-technology.com.

Para mais informações, contate:

Crocus Technology
Email: info@crocus-technology.com

LiteFinance launches new mobile app for Android

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — LiteFinance informed their traders that their new Android trading app is ready, and you can download it on Google Play.

LiteFinance launches new mobile app for Android

They updated the app’s engine, so it is now faster and more productive than the previous versions. This mobile trading app will be as functional as the desktop version, providing you with technical indicators and graphical analysis tools.

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Cameroonian Villagers Protest China Iron Ore Mining Deal

Cameroonian authorities say Monday several hundred civilians took to the streets of Lolabe, a small coastal village on the banks of the Atlantic Ocean. The civilians said they were protesting the recent deal signed by the government for iron ore to be exported from their village and Lobe, the district where Lolabe is located.

Earlier this month, the government announced the $676 million high-grade iron ore mining deal with Sinosteel Cam S.A., a Cameroonian subsidiary of the state-owned Chinese miner. Cameroon said the deal will develop the Lobe iron ore mine located in the south of the country.

Opposition lawmaker and former presidential candidate Cabral Libii said he organized the protest.

Libii said the Cameroonian government has shown that it is neither transparent nor accountable by allowing Sinosteel to carry out a feasibility study on the quantity of iron ore in Lobe and authorizing the same company to exploit the iron ore. He said there is no guarantee that the estimates of the deposit are exact.

Libii also said a Cameroonian company should have been given a license to explore and exploit the natural resource instead of a foreign company that has no interest in developing Cameroon and moving its citizens out of poverty.

Speaking via telephone, Libii said the interests of the host community are not well spelled out in the exploitation agreement and there is nothing in the deal that compels the iron ore exploitation company to develop Lobe and Lolabe. He said an independent firm should be hired to conduct studies on the amount of iron ore in the region.

Local media including Vision 4 TV reported that police who deployed to the scene did not disperse the crowd because the protest was peaceful.

Cameroon says allegations by Libii that locals will not benefit from the project are unfounded.

Gabriel Dodo Ndoke, Cameroon’s mines minister, said Sinosteel Cam is expected to build schools, hospitals, roads and a 20-kilometer-long pipeline to move the ore from Lobe to the port in Kribi, a coastal city in the south of Cameroon.

“It is a win-win mining convention that the state has signed,” he said. “At the macroeconomic level, the project will contribute significantly to the development of our economy through high added value on the GDP. The Cameroon mining code provides for the payment of specific mining taxes for local development and the Sinosteel mining agreement took all these elements into account.”

Ndoke said the project is expected to generate at least 600 direct jobs and 1,000 indirect jobs. Direct jobs refer to positions posted by the company. Indirect jobs refer to those created in the community due to the mine’s presence.

The government says under the terms of the deal, Sinosteel Cam will mine 10 million tons of ore with 33% iron content annually for 10 years.

Cameroon says a study conducted by Sinosteel Cam indicates that Lobe has 632 million tons of iron reserves.

There have always been conflicts between Cameroonians and Chinese miners in the central African state. Cameroonians accuse Chinese miners of violating Cameroonian laws, which prohibit mining on riverbeds, swampy areas and waterfalls.

Cameroonians also say the Chinese in eastern gold mines do not help to develop villages, pay workers less than $3 after 12 hours of work and do not respect environmental norms.

Fred Duven is an economist and member of Dynamique Citoyenne, a Cameroonian civil society group. Duven says Cameroonians are angry because the government gives mining licenses to the Chinese when there are qualified Cameroonians who are ready to industrialize their country.

“Chinese companies come here with their manpower; they don’t help the community. Cameroonians who are worthy and wealthy can indulge into exploration business and can create greater employment than the direct employment the convention is trying to purport which depends on the whims and caprices of the Chinese company.”

Source: Voice of America

South Africa: Hundreds evacuated amid renewed flooding in coastal province

JOHANNESBURG— Hundreds of people have been evacuated to safety after heavy rains once again hammered South Africa’s coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal, flooding roads and houses and damaging properties, a government official said.

The province is still restoring damaged infrastructure and making plans to re-home people displaced after flooding last month, which was among the worst to have affected KwaZulu-Natal province in its recorded history. April’s floods killed 448, with 88 still missing, left more than 6,800 homeless and damaged more than 25 billion rand (US$1.58 billion) of infrastructure.

The province had received early warnings from the South Africa Weather Service, alerting it to further disruptive rainfall on Saturday in a number of towns, including Durban, the worst hit by the previous floods.

“So far the greatest impact is expected along the coastal and north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal,” Sipho Hlomuka, member of the executive council for Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs told journalists.

He said approximately 250 people had been evacuated from care centres in Tongaat and Tehuise in Durban, including retirement villages, to other facilities. Only one family was evacuated due to the collapse of an informal dwelling.

“This heavy rainfall has resulted in the flooding of roads, human settlements and damage to properties. We understand that some areas are inaccessible and have become islands at this stage,” he said, adding they had yet to receive a full report on the impact of the latest heavy rains.

Rainfall persisted on Sunday in some parts of KwaZulu-Natal, the South Africa Weather service said, as the alert level remained at the highest and most severe level of 10.

Scientists believe the southeastern coast of Africa is becoming more vulnerable to violent storms and floods as human emissions of heat-trapping gases cause the Indian Ocean to warm. They expect the trend to worsen dramatically in coming decades.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK