Characterization of a novel magnetic tracking system

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2725-2727

  Sherman, Jason T ^a   Lubkert, Jonathan K ^b   Popovic, Radivoje S ^a   Disilvestro, Mark R ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hall effect; Permanent magnets; Position measurement; Transducers

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HALL EFFECT; HALL EFFECT TRANSDUCERS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC SENSORS; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; POSITION MEASUREMENT;

INTERFACE ELECTRONICS; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; MAGNETIC DIPOLE; MAGNETIC TRACKING SYSTEM;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

EID: 34249079722     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.893314     Document Type: Article

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