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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1988
Eckhardt Hoenig, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for measuring magnetic fields that change at extremely low frequency contains a SQUID magnetometer having a super-conducting flux transformer for inductively coupling the measuring signal into a direct current SQUID sensor. Quasi-static magnetic fields that have frequencies far below 1 Hz are detected. The flux transformer has two inductively coupled windings. At least one winding is arranged on a first carrier element (chip) that enclose a common coupling hole. A second carrier element (counter chip) is attached to the first carrier element. A super-conducting oscillating diaphragm is positioned opposite the coupling hole. The mutual inductance of the windings is modulated with this super-conducting vibrating diaphragm through appropriate changes of the effective size of the coupling hole with a frequency that lies in a characteristic frequency range for low-level noise operation of the SQUID.