摘要:
A magnetoresistive sensor comprising a layered structure having at least one bilayer comprising a first thin film (12) of ferromagnetic material in interfacial contact with a second thin film (14) of nonferromagnetic metallic material, characterised by the bilayer comprising a third thin film (16) of material within said first thin film of ferromagnetic material, said third thin film having a thickness of between a fraction of a monolayer and several monolayers and being located at a predetermined distance x from the interface between said first and said second thin film layers.
摘要:
Apparatus for a bipolar active semiconductor magnetic field sensor (300) that has a higher sensitivity than semiconductor field sensors presently existing in the art. Specifically, the inventive sensor (300) utilizes a semiconductor structure containing a single emitter layer (310), a single base layer (320) that is overlaid over the emitter layer (310) and two separate oppositely situated collectors (333,337) located above the base layer (320). A bias lateral majority carrier flow (530,540) is established, in preferably and respectively both the base and emitter layers (electrons in the emitter, holes in the base), that flows in opposite directions in these layers and is oriented normal (transverse) both to the direction of transistor current and to the direction of a magnetic field (550) that is to be detected. When the magnetic field (550) is applied to the sensor, this field imparts a Lorentz force to these carriers which causes these majority carriers to deflect in the same direction (510,520) in both the emitter and base layers, respectively. The resulting deflection of these carriers, in turn, produces local Hall effect voltages, that are proportional to the strength of the magnetic field, across the emitter-base junction that locally increases the forward bias of this junction near one collector and locally decreases the forward bias of this junction near the other collector so as to exponentially increase the collector current (Ic) flowing through one collector while exponentially decreasing the collector current flow through the other collector. Inasmuch as the exponential collector current flow is a very sensitive function of emitter-base voltage, the inventive sensor is substantially more sensitive than semiconductor sensors known in the art.
摘要:
A magnetic field distribution measuring apparatus for measuring an external magnetic field distribution includes a substrate (1) made of a nonmagnetic material and having opposite surfaces, a plurality of magnetoresistive elements (15) deposited on one surface of the substrate (1) and each made of a superconductive material having a weak coupling at the grain boundaries. Coils (5a, 5b, 20a, 20b) are provided on the other surface of the substrate (1) at positions corresponding to the magnetoresistive elements (15). The coils are sequentially applied with AC current to produce AC magnetic field having a peak value greater than a magnetic field threshold level at which the magnetoresistive element (15) changes the state from a superconductive state to a magnetoresistive state. Detecting the degree of magnetoresistive from each magnetoresistive element (15), the magnetic field distribution can be detected.
摘要:
A ferrous object sensor assembly (50) in accordance with the invention is capable of sensing the presence or absence of an object of high magnetic permeability, such as a tooth or notch on a rotatably mounted ferrous wheel at zero speed and immediately upon power-up and, thus, may be used as a proximity sensor. The ferrous object sensor assembly (50) is comprised of a permanent magnet (34) and a magnetic flux responsive sensor (30) having a sensing plane (32) which produces an electrical output signal varying as a function of the change in magnetic flux density. The ferrous object sensor assembly (50) does not rely upon pole face magnetism as some known conventional sensors but, rather, relies upon the radial component of magnetic flux emanating from a lateral surface of the magnet (34) intermediate opposing pole faces (P′, P˝). Since the ferrous object sensor assembly (50) does not rely on pole face magnetism, its electrical output signal is relatively stable over a relatively wide temperature range.
摘要:
A magneto-resistive sensor has a relatively wide central region (12), relatively narrow neck regions (16) and a transition region (14) between each neck region and the central region. The sensor element may be symmetrical about a centre line or skewed relative to a centre line.
摘要:
La présente invention concerne un capteur à effet magnétorésistif. Dans ce capteur, l'élément sensible est constitué par une multicouche métallique magnétique monocristalline (2) formée d'un empilement de couches (20) en un matériau magnétique séparées par des couches (21) en un matériau non-magnétique, la multicouche étant réalisée de telle sorte que les couches en matériau magnétique présentent un couplage de type anti-ferromagnétique et que la transition entre l'état d'arrangement anti-parallèle et l'état d'arrangement parallèle se réalise sur un intervalle de champ magnétique très faible. Application à l'enregistrement magnétique.
摘要:
A magnetic sensitive semiconductor (10) according to the invention includes an emitter electrodes (6), at least three collector electrodes (C1...C3) arranged substantially equidistantly from the emitter electrode and spaced apart substantially equidistantly in order to extract carriers outputted by the emitter electrode and migrating through a semiconductor, and a first base electrode (B1, B4) for accelerating the carriers in the direction of the collector electrodes from the emitter electrode, the collector electrodes at both ends of the at least three collector electrodes serving as collector output electrodes. By virtue of such an arrangement, carriers unnecessary for field direction are eliminated to provide a magnetic sensitive semiconductor having excellent sensitivity.
摘要:
A superconductive magneto-resistive element (1) is connected to a current control device (2-8) and the current flowing the element is controlled corresponding to the magnetic field strength applied to the element so that the voltage generated across the element is constant, whereby the current is converted into the magnetic field strength.
摘要:
An elongated magnetoresistive sensor has a central sense region and exchange-biasing antiferromagnetic material (32,34) exchange-coupled to the sensor only outside the central sense region.
摘要:
A non-linear magnetoresistive sensor comprises a magnetoresistive strip having a central sense current region (L) and a pair of lateral extensions (12,14), two electrical contacts one each electrically contacting the extensions and having uncanted surfaces adjacent the central sense current region, said surfaces being parallel to each other, and no transverse biasing means.