Product Name
CQ-236B
Product：Sensor ICs > Current Sensors

Title
Ultra-High Sensitivity Small AI-Shell Current Sensor

Applications
Power Conditioners

Description

Multistring panels for photovoltaic power generation have recently been in high demand. With this trend, the power conditioner requires a higher sensitivity current sensor for MPPT, (Maximum Power Point Tracking), control.

Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation, (AKM), has developed a new current sensor. The CQ-236B achieves higher sensitivity compared to an AI-Shell current sensor, the CQ-206B.

● High Sensitivity is Achieved

The CQ-236B is a 0 to 25A low-side current detection IC achieving much higher sensitivity than the former current sensor, the CQ-206B , (0 to 45A). It achieves a wide dynamic range despite its small current range, (0 to 25A).

● Temperature Characteristics are Improved

Temperature drift from current sensitivity is improved by 50% compared with the CQ-206B.

● High Layout Potential that Needs No Insulated Power Supply

The CQ-236B runs on a single 5V power supply. This gives greater layout flexibility since it does not need an insulated power supply.

Comparison Table with the CQ-206B

CQ-236B Ultra-High Sensitivity Small AI-Shell Current Sensor
Product Name	CQ-236B	CQ-206B
Power Supply	5V (Single supply)
Current Sensitivity	160mV/A	90mV/A
Measurement Current Range	0 to 25A	0 to 45A
Temperature Drift	±0.5%	±1%
Response Speed (μm)	1.0
Operating Temperature	-40 to 110°C	-40 to 90°C
Size（D/W/H)	14.5×13×8.4 (mm)

[Notes]

* Information on this page is current on the date of press release.

* AKM and AI-Shell are trademark of Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation in Japan, Europe and the United States.

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Source:http://www.akm.com/