Magnetic-field dependence of the noise in a magnetoresistive sensor having MEMS flux concentrators

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3306-3308

  Ozbay, Arif ^a   Nowak, E R ^a   Edelstein, A S ^b   Fischer, G A ^b   Nordman, C A ^c   Cheng, Shu Fan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NVE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field sensor; Flux concentrator; Magnetometer; Magnetoresistance; Noise

Indexed keywords

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOMETERS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

FIELD SENSORS; FLUX CONCENTRATORS; MAGNETIC SENSORS; SPIN VALVE (SV);

SENSORS;

EID: 33846619567     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.879752     Document Type: Article

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