A new position sensor based on the MDL technique

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 132, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 112-121

  Hristoforou, E ^a   Dimitropoulos, P D ^b   Petrou, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Magnetostriction; Magnetostrictive delay line; Position sensor

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; MAGNETOSTRICTION; MAGNETOSTRICTIVE DEVICES; SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIALS; TRACKING (POSITION);

MAGNETOSTRICTIVE DELAY LINE (MDL); MOVING MAGNET; POSITION SENSOR; SENSOR RESPONSE SENSOR RESPONSE;

ELECTRIC DELAY LINES;

EID: 33751091810     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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