Progress toward a thousandfold reduction in 1f noise in magnetic sensors using an ac microelectromechanical system flux concentrator (invited)

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Edelstein, A S ^a   Fischer, G A ^a   Pedersen, M ^b   Nowak, E R ^c   Cheng, Shu Fan ^d   Nordman, C A ^e  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MEMS Exchange   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NVE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUX CONCENTRATOR; MAGNETIC SENSORS; THOUSANDFOLD REDUCTION;

FABRICATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FLUX; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

SENSORS;

EID: 33646724468     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2170067     Document Type: Article

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