A Cubic 3-Axis Magnetic Sensor Array for Wirelessly Tracking Magnet Position and Orientation

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 903-913

  Hu, Chao ^a   Li, Mao ^a   Song, Shuang ^a   Yang, Wan'an ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Meng, Max Q H ^b  

^a SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

AMR sensor array; cubic magnetic sensor array; magnet; real time tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008055113     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2035711     Document Type: Article

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