Simulation study of side-by-side spiral coil design for micromagnetometer

Magnetic field measurement has many applications particularly in the field of navigation, military, space exploration, and medical. Among many magnetic devices, magnetometer is significant due to its capability of detecting direction and measuring strength of magnetic field. Through the years, many...

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Main Authors: Sulaiman, Nadzril, Yeop Majlis, Burhanuddin
Other Authors: Khine, Lynn
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Language:English
Published: Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2011
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spelling iium-386532014-10-09T08:11:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38653/ Simulation study of side-by-side spiral coil design for micromagnetometer Sulaiman, Nadzril Yeop Majlis, Burhanuddin TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices Magnetic field measurement has many applications particularly in the field of navigation, military, space exploration, and medical. Among many magnetic devices, magnetometer is significant due to its capability of detecting direction and measuring strength of magnetic field. Through the years, many types of magnetometer had been invented with fluxgate magnetometer being one of the most well-known. In the advances of MEMS processing technology, fluxgate magnetometer is increasingly developed into micro-scale. Fluxgate magnetometer is made up of three major components consisting of sensing coil, driving coil and magnetic core. The physical characteristics of the coil structure play an important factor in miniaturization as well as in performance of the device. Therefore, investigations on the physical characteristics of the coils are relevant. In this paper, the side-by-side spiral coil structure is investigated in terms of its physical characteristics such as width of the coil and distance between successive coils. The aim is to observe and analyze the effects of varying the coil physical characteristics on certain important parameters that could influence the performance of the device. The work is done with the aid of FEM simulation software, where the physical characteristics of the coils were varied and simulated. With the simulated results, dimension of coils can be appropriately designed to optimize the performance of the device. Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland Khine, Lynn Tsai, Julius M. 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38653/1/AMR.254.175_%282011%29.pdf Sulaiman, Nadzril and Yeop Majlis, Burhanuddin (2011) Simulation study of side-by-side spiral coil design for micromagnetometer. Advanced Materials Research, 254. pp. 175-178. ISSN 1022-6680 http://www.scientific.net 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.254.175
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topic TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
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Sulaiman, Nadzril
Yeop Majlis, Burhanuddin
Simulation study of side-by-side spiral coil design for micromagnetometer
description Magnetic field measurement has many applications particularly in the field of navigation, military, space exploration, and medical. Among many magnetic devices, magnetometer is significant due to its capability of detecting direction and measuring strength of magnetic field. Through the years, many types of magnetometer had been invented with fluxgate magnetometer being one of the most well-known. In the advances of MEMS processing technology, fluxgate magnetometer is increasingly developed into micro-scale. Fluxgate magnetometer is made up of three major components consisting of sensing coil, driving coil and magnetic core. The physical characteristics of the coil structure play an important factor in miniaturization as well as in performance of the device. Therefore, investigations on the physical characteristics of the coils are relevant. In this paper, the side-by-side spiral coil structure is investigated in terms of its physical characteristics such as width of the coil and distance between successive coils. The aim is to observe and analyze the effects of varying the coil physical characteristics on certain important parameters that could influence the performance of the device. The work is done with the aid of FEM simulation software, where the physical characteristics of the coils were varied and simulated. With the simulated results, dimension of coils can be appropriately designed to optimize the performance of the device.
author2 Khine, Lynn
author_facet Khine, Lynn
Sulaiman, Nadzril
Yeop Majlis, Burhanuddin
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author Sulaiman, Nadzril
Yeop Majlis, Burhanuddin
author_sort Sulaiman, Nadzril
title Simulation study of side-by-side spiral coil design for micromagnetometer
title_short Simulation study of side-by-side spiral coil design for micromagnetometer
title_full Simulation study of side-by-side spiral coil design for micromagnetometer
title_fullStr Simulation study of side-by-side spiral coil design for micromagnetometer
title_full_unstemmed Simulation study of side-by-side spiral coil design for micromagnetometer
title_sort simulation study of side-by-side spiral coil design for micromagnetometer
publisher Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
publishDate 2011
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