Low-power 2-D fully integrated CMOS fluxgate magnetometer

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 909-915

  Drljaca, Predrag M ^b,d   Kejik, Pavel ^b   Vincent, Franck ^b   Piguet, Dominique ^c,e   Popovic, Radivoje S ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c ASULAB   (Switzerland)

^d Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems   (Switzerland)

^e Swatch Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CMOS; Compass; Fluxgate; Magnetic sensors; Planar structure

Indexed keywords

COMPASS; FLUXGATE; MAGNETIC SENSORS; PLANAR STRUCTURES; SIGNAL EXTRACTION;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC COILS; FEEDBACK; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SENSORS;

MAGNETOMETERS;

EID: 27744448946     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2004.840836     Document Type: Article

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