Development of ultra-low magnetic field sensors with magnetic tunnel junctions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6645, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Pong, Philip W T ^a   Bonevich, John E ^a   Egelhoff Jr , William F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic field sensor; Magnetic tunnel junction; Soft magnetic layer; Tunneling magnetoresistance; Wheatstone bridge

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETORESISTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

SOFT MAGNETIC LAYERS; TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR); WHEATSTONE BRIDGE;

MAGNETIC SENSORS;

EID: 42149092500     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.731127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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