Development of finite element design simulation tool for proximity sensor coils with ferrite cores

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 1997, Pages 139-145

  Hintz, Frederick W ^a   Bobis, James P ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FERRITE; FERRITE DEVICES; INDUCTIVE SENSORS; MAGNETIC CORES; PASCAL (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROXIMITY SENSORS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTRIC COILS; FERRITES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS;

DESIGN PROCESS; FERRITE CORES; FINITE ELEMENT DESIGN; OPERATOR TRAINING; QUALITY FACTORS; RAPID DESIGN; SENSOR COILS; USER TRAINING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PROXIMITY SENSORS;

QUALITY FACTOR;

EID: 0030643805     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.1997.603931     Document Type: Conference Paper

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