A novel spin-valve bridge sensor for current sensing

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 877-880

  Sebastia, Jose Pelegri ^a   Muñoz, Diego Ramirez ^b   Peixeiro de Freitas, Paulo Jorge ^c,d   Ku, Wanjun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c IESCMN   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Conductance control; Current sensing; Giant magnetoresistance effect (GMR); Magnetic field measurement; Spin valve sensor; Switching converter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; SENSORS; SWITCHING;

SPIN VALVE BRIDGE SENSOR; SWITCHING CONVERTER;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 2942539778     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2004.827316     Document Type: Article

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