Current sensor in PCB technology

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 433-438

  Ripka, Pavel ^a   Kubik, Jan ^a   Duffy, Maeve ^b   Hurley, William Gerard ^b   O'Reilly, Stephen ^c  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Current sensor; Fluxgate; Magnetic sensor

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; MAGNETIC CIRCUITS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETORESISTANCE; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

CURRENT SENSOR; FLUXGATE; MAGNETIC SENSORS; POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

SENSORS;

EID: 19944409330     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.845187     Document Type: Article

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