Effects of driving mode and optimal material selection on a residence times difference-based fluxgate magnetometer

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1366-1373

  Andò, Bruno ^a   Baglio, Salvatore ^a   Sacco, Vincenzo ^a   Bulsara, Adi R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetic material; Fluxgate sensors; High sensitivity; Low power; Magnetic sensors; Simple topology

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC CORES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS;

FLUXGATE SENSORS; LOW POWER MAGNETIC FIELD DETECTORS; MAGNETIC SENSORS; SIMPLE TOPOLOGY;

MAGNETOMETERS;

EID: 23344452286     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2005.851070     Document Type: Article

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