Full wheatstone bridge spin-valve based sensors for IC currents monitoring

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1756-1762

  Cubells Beltrán, María Dolores ^a   Reig, Candid ^a   Muñoz, Diego Ramírez ^a   De Freitas, Susana Isabel Pinheiro Cardoso ^b   De Freitas, Paulo Jorge Peixeiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Current sensors; Giant magnetoresistive (GMR) sensors; Spin valve

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC RECORDING;

CURRENT SENSORS; DC CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE; MAGNETIC PERTURBATION; SPIN-VALVES; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; WHEATSTONE BRIDGES;

SENSORS;

EID: 70350414728     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2030880     Document Type: Article

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