Modified Rogowski coil for the detection of fast plane currents

Rogowski coils are used to diagnostic currents of cylindrical configuration, therefore they are known to have a toroidal geometry. Nowadays, also linear transmission lines can be developed to get planar beams. Therefore, linear Rogowski coil to detect current pulses inside the linear conductors are necessary. For large devices, the theory necessary to study the system is that of the transmission lines, especially if the pulse width is comparable to the propagating time of signal inside the detector. The device we developed is able to record pulses more than 80 ns long with rise time near 500 ps. The former depends on the inductance value, load impedance and resistance of the coil; while the second on the mechanical configuration of coil loops. Theoretically, the attenuation coefficient depends exclusively on the turn number of the coil, while experimentally it is found to depend also on the current distribution inside the line.