DocumentCode
906736
Title
A Miniature Two-Axis Fluxgate Magnetometer
Author
Acuna, Mario H. ; Pellerin, Charles J.
Author_Institution
Fairchild-Hiller Corporation, Riverdale, Md. now with the Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, Md. 20771
Volume
7
Issue
4
fYear
1969
Firstpage
252
Lastpage
260
Abstract
A two-axis miniature fluxgate magnetometer for sounding rocket applications is described. The distinctive feature is that this instrument simultaneously measures, with a single sensing element, two orthogonal components of an external magnetic field. Observed performance is accurately predicted by means of a quantitative linear mathematical model. The dependence of the output voltage on several design parameters is obtained by a Fourier analysis of the output waveform. Computer-aided analyses are presented for core materials of 4-79 Mo-Permalloy and 50-50 Ni-Fe.
Keywords
Computer aided analysis; Instruments; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic cores; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic materials; Magnetometers; Mathematical model; Rockets; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Geoscience Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9413
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TGE.1969.271360
Filename
4043357
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