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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2000
Fluxgate magnetic field sensor incorporating ferromagnetic test material into its magnetic circuitry
John F. Scarzello, Columbia, MD (US);
John J. Holmes, Columbia, MD (US);
Edward C. O'Keefe, Columbia, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A magnetic field sensor, for sensing the transverse component of the magnetic field intensity H, is based on fluxgate magnetometric principles and includes an “E”-shaped magnetic core. A drive winding is wound about the medial leg of the “E” shape. A sense winding is wound about the base of the “E” shape at the two locations between the medial leg and the extreme legs. A calibration winding is wound about each leg. Another magnetic field sensor, for sensing the normal component of the magnetic induction B, is also based on fluxgate magnetometric principles and includes a magnetic core having a sort of coaxial double cylindrical configuration wherein a basket-shaped cylinder encloses a smaller, solid cylinder. A drive winding, then a sense winding, then a calibration winding are wound over the solid cylinder. During operative placement of either inventive sensor in appropriate relation to a ferromagnetic surface, a closed magnetic flux path is manifested through the sensor and the ferromagnetic material; in effect, the ferromagnetic material is made a part of the sensor's transducer core.