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Stephen Garber

Hooman Mohseni

Ethan Pratt

Jamu Alford

Micah Ledbetter

Scott Jeremy Seidman

Michael Henninger

Benjamin Siepser

Dakota Blue Decker

Jeffery Kang Gormley

Scott Michael Homan

Teague Lasser

Jerry Leung

A magnetic field generator includes a plurality of conductive windings comprising a first conductive winding arranged in a first plane and a second conductive winding arranged in a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane. The plurality of conductive windings are configured to generate, when supplied with a drive current, a first component of a compensation magnetic field. The first component of the compensation magnetic field is configured to actively shield a magnetic field sensing region located between the first conductive winding and the second conductive winding from ambient background magnetic fields along a first axis that is substantially orthogonal to the first plane and the second plane.

Magnetic field generator for a magnetic field measurement system

An illustrative system includes a sensor component and a controller conductively coupled by way of a first wire and a second wire in a twisted pair configuration. The controller includes a driver configured to drive the sensor component by way of the first and second wires with a drive current in accordance with a gain parameter and a control loop circuit. The control loop circuit is configured to receive a control signal representative of a target current value for the drive current, adjust the gain parameter based on a difference between the target current value and an actual current value of current that is actually being driven through the sensor component, and abstain from adjusting the gain parameter based on current capacitively coupled onto the first and second wires by an external electric field.

Mitigation of an effect of capacitively coupled current while driving a sensor component over an unshielded twisted pair wire configuration

A neural phantom device configured and arranged to produce a magnetic field to simulate a neural signal. The neural phantom device includes a driver having a signal source configured to produce a simulated neural signal, and either i) a carrier wave source configured to produce a carrier wave having a frequency of at least 250 Hz or ii) an optical carrier wave source configured to produce an optical carrier wave, wherein the driver is configured to modulate the simulated neural signal using the carrier wave or optical carrier wave to generate a modulated signal. The neural phantom device also includes a phantom configured to receive the modulated signal, demodulate the modulated signal to recover the simulated neural signal, and generate the magnetic field in response to the simulated neural signal.

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) phantoms for simulating neural activity

An exemplary controller may include a single clock source configured to generate a single clock signal used to drive one or more components within a plurality of magnetometers and a plurality of differential signal measurement circuits configured to measure current output by a photodetector of each of the plurality of magnetometers.

Systems and methods for measuring current output by a photodetector of a wearable sensor unit that includes one or more magnetometers

An exemplary wearable sensor unit includes 1) a magnetometer comprising a vapor cell comprising an input window and containing an alkali metal, and a light source configured to output light that passes through the input window and into the vapor cell along a transit path, and 2) a temperature control circuit external to the vapor cell and configured to create a temperature gradient within the vapor cell, the temperature gradient configured to concentrate the alkali metal within the vapor cell away from the transit path of the light.

Systems and methods for concentrating alkali metal within a vapor cell of a magnetometer away from a transit path of light

An exemplary magnetic field measurement system includes a wearable sensor unit that includes a magnetometer and a twisted pair cable interface assembly electrically connected to the magnetometer.

Interface configurations for a wearable sensor unit that includes one or more magnetometers

A magnetic field measurement system includes a wearable device having a plurality of wearable sensor units. Each wearable sensor unit includes a plurality of magnetometers and a magnetic field generator configured to generate a compensation magnetic field configured to actively shield the plurality magnetometers from ambient background magnetic fields. A strength of a fringe magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator of each of the wearable sensor units is less than a predetermined value at the plurality of magnetometers of each wearable sensor unit included in the plurality of wearable sensor units.

Magnetic field measurement systems including a plurality of wearable sensor units having a magnetic field generator

A magnetic field generator includes a first planar substrate, a second planar substrate positioned opposite to the first planar substrate and separated from the first planar substrate by a gap, a first wiring set on the first planar substrate, a second wiring set on the second planar substrate, and one or more interconnects between the first planar substrate and the second planar substrate. The one or more interconnects electrically connect the first wiring set with the second wiring set to form a continuous electrical path. The continuous electrical path forms a conductive winding configured to generate, when supplied with a drive current, a first component of a compensation magnetic field configured to actively shield a magnetic field sensing region located in the gap from ambient background magnetic fields along a first axis that is substantially parallel to the first planar substrate and the second planar substrate.

Compensation magnetic field generator for a magnetic field measurement system

An exemplary magnetic field measurement system includes a wearable sensor unit that includes a magnetometer, a magnetic field generator configured to generate a compensation magnetic field configured to actively shield the magnetometer from ambient background magnetic fields, a twisted pair cable interface assembly electrically connected to the magnetometer, and a coaxial cable interface assembly electrically connected to the magnetic field generator.

An exemplary magnetic field measurement system includes a wearable sensor unit and a single controller. The wearable sensor unit includes a plurality of magnetometers and a magnetic field generator configured to generate a compensation magnetic field configured to actively shield the magnetometers from ambient background magnetic fields. The single controller is configured to interface with the magnetometers and the magnetic field generator.

Single controller for wearable sensor unit that includes an array of magnetometers

An exemplary magnetic field measurement system includes a wearable sensor unit and a controller. The wearable sensor unit includes 1) a magnetometer comprising a photodetector and 2) a magnetic field generator configured to generate a compensation magnetic field configured to actively shield the magnetometer from ambient background magnetic fields. The controller is configured to interface with the magnetometer and the magnetic field generator and includes a differential signal measurement circuit configured to measure current output by the photodetector.

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