Instrumentation notes: RTD fluxgate: A low-power nonlinear device to sense weak magnetic fields

IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETERS; RATE-INDEPENDENT MEMORY EFFECT; RESIDENCE TIMES DIFFERENCE (RTD) FLUXGATE;

MAGNETOMETERS;

EID: 27844474732     PISSN: 10946969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIM.2005.1518626     Document Type: Article

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