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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/302 ;
Abstract
A magnetic field sensor has a SQUID, which is made of thin film of oxide superconductor deposited on a substrate, and a magnetic flux guide that has a higher permeability than vacuum to increase the effective capture area. The flux guide is positioned and aligned over a hole that is surrounded with superconducting current loop formed in a washer thereof. The SQUID also has a pair of Josephson junction formed on the washer and a pair of opposite terminals for connecting the washer to an outer circuit. In the SQUID, a variation in magnetic flux passing through the hole is detected in a form of variation in output voltage.