Title :
Planar hall effect bridge sensor with NiFeX (X = Cu, Ag and Au) sensing layer
Author :
Qejvanaj, F. ; Mazraati, H. ; Jiang, S. ; Persson, A. ; Sani, S. ; Chung, S. ; Magnusson, F. ; Akerman, J.
Author_Institution :
NanOsc AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract :
A planar Hall effect bridge sensor is investigated in this study. The anisotropic magnetoresistive sensor is made of Permalloy nanomaterial alloyed with copper, silver, and gold. Alloying addition lowers the sensor layer resistance which in turn results in decrease noise.
Keywords :
Permalloy; alloying additions; bridge instruments; copper alloys; gold alloys; magnetic sensors; magnetoresistive devices; nanosensors; nanostructured materials; silver alloys; NiFeAg; NiFeAu; NiFeCu; Permalloy nanomaterial; alloying addition; anisotropic magnetoresistive sensor; planar Hall effect bridge sensor; sensor layer resistance; Coercive force; Gold; Linearity; Magnetic hysteresis; Magnetometers; Noise; Sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference (INTERMAG), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7321-7
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2015.7156561
