2-D CMOS microfluxgate sensor system for digital detection of weak magnetic fields

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1843-1851

  Kawahito, Shoji ^a,b   Maier, Christoph ^c   Schneider, Michael ^c   Zimmermann, Martin ^c   Baltes, Henry ^c  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MAGNETOMETERS; NICKEL ALLOYS; SENSORS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

MAGNETIC INDUCTION; MICROFLUXGATE SENSOR SYSTEMS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0033280652     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.808909     Document Type: Article

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