Chopping of a weak magnetic field by a saturable magnetic shield

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 60, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 5-9

  Chiesi, Laurent ^a   Haroud, Karim ^a   Flanagan, John A ^a   Popovic, Rade S ^a,b,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Elektronska Industija Corp

^c Landis and Gyr Communications Corp   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hall sensors; Magnetic shielding; Weak magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

HALL EFFECT DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC SHIELDING;

HALL SENSOR; MAGNETIC CHOPPING; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS;

SENSORS;

EID: 0031141228     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(96)01410-0     Document Type: Article

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