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Abstract
Employing amplitude-modulation technique, we have optimized the giant magnetoimpedance (GMI) sensor. Our
approach was to optimize the sensor structure so as to obtain a high signal-to-noise ratio by using nite element
analysis. The optimum size of sensor strip is as follows: a thickness of 4.3 mm, a strip width of 2030 mm, a length of
several mm. The meander sensor element [CoNbZr (thickness, 4.3 mm; length, 5 mm; width, 30 mm; number of turns, 3)
was fabricated using the lift-off process. A high impedance change over 200% was obtained at several hundred MHz.
When a small AC magnetic eld was applied to the sensor element, a very small AM signal was detected by the sensor
system in a magnetically shielded room. A resolution of 1.7 108 Oe/Hz1/2 was obtained at 501 kHz.
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Keywords: Magnetic eld; Sensors; Skin effect; Finite element method
1. Introduction
0304-8853/$ - see front matter r 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.11.427
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10-6
Calc.
Meas.
10-7
-40
1
RI 2
2
-60
Power (dBm)
Meander pattern
(3 turns, 5mm long,
30 m wide, 4.3 m thick)
-80
-100
Noise level
-120
rJ 2 dv;
(3)
-140
10-8
10-7
10-6
10-5
10-4
3. Experimental results
Fig. 7 shows the measured resolution of magnetic
eld. The CoNbZr sensor element had a width of 30 mm,
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4. Conclusion
1. We optimized a sensor structure using FEM analysis
to obtain good signal-to-noise ratio.
2. A eld resolution of 1.7 108 Oe/Hz1/2 were obtained at 501 kHz. The limit was determined by
thermal noise at room temperature.
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Acknowledgement
A part of this research was supported by scientic
research fund from the Ministry of Welfare of Japan
(16206041).
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