Development of a high precision absolute linear displacement sensor utilizing gmr spin-valves

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 5 PART 1, 1997, Pages 3388-3390

  Miller, M M ^a,c   Lubitz, P ^a,c   Prinz, G A ^b,c   Krebs, J J ^b,c   Edelstein, A S ^b,c   Cheng, S F ^a,b   Parsons, F G ^a,c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c Federal Products Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE (GMR); LINEAR DISPLACEMENT SENSORS (LDS); SPIN VALVES;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

EID: 0031221628     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.617953     Document Type: Article

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