scholarly journals Low-Frequency Noise Evaluation on a Commercial Magnetoimpedance Sensor at Submillihertz Frequencies for Space Magnetic Field Detection

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (22) ◽  
pp. 4888
Author(s):  
Tao Wang ◽  
Chen Kang ◽  
Guozhi Chai

The purpose of this study was to measure the low-frequency noise and basic performance of a commercial magnetoimpedance (MI) sensor at sub-millihertz frequencies for use in space missions. Normally, space missions require measuring very weak magnetic fields with a long integration time, such as the space gravitational wave detection mission requiring sub-millihertz frequencies. We set up a platform for measuring the performance on this MI sensor, including low-frequency noise, measurement limit, linearity, and temperature stability. The results show that the low-frequency noise of the MI sensor is below 10 nT/√Hz at 1 mHz and below 100 nT/√Hz at 0.1 mHz; its measurement limit is 600 pT. The MI sensor is characterized by high precision, small size, and low noise, demonstrating considerable potential for application in magnetically sensitive experiments requiring long integration time. This is an effect way to solve the problem that there is on one suitable magnetic sensor at space magnetic field detection, but the sensor requires improvements in temperature stability.

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 194-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Marc Routoure ◽  
Sheng Wu ◽  
Carlo Barone ◽  
Laurence Mechin ◽  
Bruno Guillet

1995 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 709-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Koch ◽  
J. Z. Sun ◽  
V. Foglietti ◽  
W. J. Gallagher

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 057501
Author(s):  
Cao Jiang-Wei ◽  
Wang Rui ◽  
Wang Ying ◽  
Bai Jian-Min ◽  
Wei Fu-Lin

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-512
Author(s):  
Adam Witold Stadler ◽  
Andrzej Kolek ◽  
Zbigniew Zawiślak ◽  
Andrzej Dziedzic

Abstract Measurement of low-frequency noise properties of modern electronic components is a very demanding challenge due to the low magnitude of a noise signal and the limit of a dissipated power. In such a case, an ac technique with a lock-in amplifier or the use of a low-noise transformer as the first stage in the signal path are common approaches. A software dual-phase virtual lock-in (VLI) technique has been developed and tested in low-frequency noise studies of electronic components. VLI means that phase-sensitive detection is processed by a software layer rather than by an expensive hardware lock-in amplifier. The VLI method has been tested in exploration of noise in polymer thick-film resistors. Analysis of the obtained noise spectra of voltage fluctuations confirmed that the 1/f noise caused by resistance fluctuations is the dominant one. The calculated value of the parameter describing the noise intensity of a resistive material, C = 1·10−21 m3, is consistent with that obtained with the use of a dc method. On the other hand, it has been observed that the spectra of (excitation independent) resistance noise contain a 1/f component whose intensity depends on the excitation frequency. The phenomenon has been explained by means of noise suppression by impedances of the measurement circuit, giving an excellent agreement with the experimental data.


1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 1112-1117
Author(s):  
A. Nathan ◽  
E. Charbon ◽  
W. Kung ◽  
A. Salim

Measurement results of low-frequency noise behaviour, and in particular, the noise correlations in lateral pnp bipolar transistors are presented for various bias conditions in both forward active and saturation regimes. The correlation in output collector noise is very high with a value close to unity only when the device is in medium injection. At extremely high injection, the degree of coherence degrades, depicting a behaviour similar to the forward current gain of the device. This degradation can be attributed to emitter-crowding effects. The correlation in output noise can be exploited to drastically suppress the intrinsic noise, particularly at low frequencies, making such devices useful for the input stage of amplifiers; the first step towards realisation of ultra low-noise amplifiers in standard integrated circuit technology.


2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
Adam Stadler ◽  
Andrzej Dziedzic

Low-frequency noise spectroscopy (LFNS) is an experimental technique to study noise spectra, typically below 10 kHz, as a function of temperature. Results of LFNS may be presented as the ?so-called? noise maps, giving a detailed insight into fluctuating phenomena in electronic devices and materials. The authors show the usefulness of virtual instrument concept in developing and controlling the measurement setup for LFNS experiments. An example of a noise map obtained for polymer thick-film resistors (PTFRs), made of commercial compositions, for temperature range 77 K - 300 K has been shown. The experiments proved that 1/f noise caused by resistance fluctuations is the dominant noise component in the studied samples. However, the obtained noise map revealed also thermally activated noise sources. Furthermore, parameters describing noise properties of resistive materials and components have been introduced and calculated using data from LFNS. The results of the work may be useful for comparison of noise properties of different resistive materials, giving also directions for improvement of thick-film technology in order to manufacture reliable, low-noise and stable PTFRs.


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