Nonlinear modeling of the self-oscillating fluxgate current sensor

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1546-1553

  Ponjavić, Milan M ^a   Durić, Radivoje M ^a  

^a School of Electrical Engineering   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Current measurement; current sensor; fluxgate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008006659     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.908234     Document Type: Article

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