High Sensitivity Planar Hall Effect Magnetic Field Gradiometer for Measurements in Millimeter Scale Environments

Hariharan Nhalil, Moty Schultz, Shai Amrusi, Asaf Grosz, Lior Klein

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Abstract

We report a specially designed magnetic field gradiometer based on a single elliptical planar Hall effect (PHE) sensor, which allows measuring magnetic field at nine different positions in a 4 mm length scale. The gradiometer detects magnetic field gradients with equivalent gradient magnetic noises of ∼958, ∼192, ∼51, and ∼26 nT/m√ Hz (pT/mm√Hz) at 0.1, 1, 10, and 50 Hz, respectively. The performance of the gradiometer is tested in ambient conditions by measuring the field gradient induced by electric currents driven in a long straight wire. This gradiometer is expected to be highly useful for the measurement of magnetic field gradients in confined areas for its small footprint, low noise, scalability, simple design, and low costs.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1898
JournalMicromachines
Volume13
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Nov 2022

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Keywords

  • gradiometer
  • magnetic sensor
  • planar hall effect

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