• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.120-124
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• 2003

This paper describes a MEMS-based micro-fluxgate magnetic sensing element using Ni$\_$0.8/Fe$\_$0.2/ film formed by electroplating. The micro-fluxgate magnetic sensor composed of a thin film magnetic core and micro-structure solenoids for the pick-up and the excitation coils, is developed by using MEMS technologies in order to take advantage of low-cost, small size and lower power consumption in the fabrication. A copper with 20${\mu}$m width and 3${\mu}$m thickness is electroplated on Cr (300${\AA}$) / Au (1500${\AA}$) films for the pick-up (42turn) and the excitation (24turn) coils. In order to improve the sensitivity of the sensing element, we designed the magnetic core into a rectangular-ring shape to reduce the magnetic flux leakage. An electroplated permalloy film with the thickness of 3${\mu}$m is obtained under 2000 gauss to induce magnetic anisotropy. The magnetic core has the high DC effective permeability of ~1,100 and coercive field of ~0.1 Oe. The fabricated sensing element using rectangular-ring shaped magnetic film has the sensitivity of about 150 V/T at the excitation frequency of 2 MHz and the excitation voltage of 4.4 V$\_$p p/. The power consumption is estimated to be 50mW.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.251-255
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• 2003

In this paper, we have a fluxgate sensor with ferrite core. Thought sensor is consist of one excitation coil and two pick-up coil, and A lock-in amplifier circuity is designed for Signal processing of picking up 2nd harmonics from pick-up coils. Excitation coils is turned by 20 turns, and pick-up coil for picking up harmonics is turned by 40 turns eachother. It convert 2nd harmonics to DC output voltage. Measured output voltage and sensitivity, direction of sensor about out side magnetic field, and also sensor output properties about excitation frequency and current.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.67-76
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• 2002

We have presented a 2-dimensional fluxgate sensor with ferrite core, excitation, and pick-up coil. This fluxgate sensor system consists of a sensing element, driving circuits for excitation coil and signal processing for detecting second harmonic frequency component which is proportional to the DC magnetic to be measured. The sensor core is excited by a square waveform of voltage through the excitation coil of 80 turns. The second harmonic output of pick-up coil(x and y axis: 100 turns) is measured by FFT spectrum analyzer. This result is compared with output of PSD(phase sensitive detector) unit for detecting the second harmonic component. The measured maximum sensitivity is about 1580 V/T at driving frequency of 1.5 kHz and excitation current of 2 App. The nonlinearity of this system is measured about 2.3%(PSD) and about 1%(second harmonics of the pick-up). The angle error of the system is ${\pm}2$ %/FS.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.19-23
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• 2002

This paper presents a micro fluxgate magnetic sensor in printed circuit board (PCB). In order to observe the effect of the closed magnetic path, the magnetic cores of rectangular-ring and two bars were each fabricated. Each fluxgate sensor consists of five PCB stack layers including one layer magnetic core and four layers of excitation and pick-up coils. The center layer as a magnetic core is made of a Co-based amorphous magnetic ribbon with extremely high DC permeability of ~100,000. Four outer layers as an excitation and pick-up coils have a planar solenoid and are made of copper foil. In case of the fluxgate sensor having the rectangular-ring shaped core, excellent linear response over the range of -100 $\mu$T to ＋ 100 $\mu$T is obtained with 540 V/Tsensitivity at excitation square wave of 3 $V_{p-p}$ and 360 KHz. The chip size of the fabricated sensing element is $7.3 \times 5.7\textrm{mm}^2$. The very low power consumption of ~8 mW was measured. This magnetic sensor is very useful for various applications such as: portable navigation systems, telematics, VR game and so on.n.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.31 no.7
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• pp.673-680
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• 2010

A steel pile often utilized to bear heavy loads of the upper sub-structure, e. g., bridge constructions and tall buildings. As the steel piles are driven in the underground, it is not easy to detect the depth of the existing pile foundation when there is no detailed foundation information available. However, accurate informations of the depths of piles becomes critical required when reinforcing the existing structures or constructing new ones at the adjacent stage to assure the safety of existing structures. In this study, we tested the applicability of the three components borehole fluxgate magnetometer for detecting the depths and locations of steel piles which are commonly used in civil engineering. Results showed that the information of location as well as the depth of steel piles could be obtained by using data from the three components borehole fluxgate magnetometer.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.200-203
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• 2012

In this study, we have investigated that the operation frequency dependences of the output properties of the orthogonal fluxgate sensor which was fabricated with a ferrite core. An orthogonal fluxgate sensor should be operated in as high as possible frequency to enhance its sensitivity in the case of small sized sensor, because sensitivity of the sensor is proportional to cross section area, winding number and operation frequency. In this study, we investigated the correspondence of the frequency dependence of output and the reactance (inductance and capacitance) of pickup coil and cable. Experimental results represented that we could obtain maximum output (= sensitivity) at optimal frequency which is near LC resonance frequency of the pickup coil and cable.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.94-97
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• 2013

Orthogonal fluxgate sensor was fabricated with cylinder-shaped NiZn ferrite core, Cu wire through the core and pickup coil wound on the core, and the bias current effect on the output sensitivity of it was investigated. The output ($$\sim_\sim$$ sensitivity) of the sensor was largely dependent on the operation frequency, and the tendency of sensor output was similar to that of the impedance of pickup coil. The maximum output was obtained by adding the DC bias current of which value was over 50% of the excitation current. The output was saturated when the DC bias current was larger than 50% of the excitation current.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.40.1-40.1
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• 2010

한국천문연구원 우주과학연구본부 태양우주환경연구그룹은 일본 Tierra Tecnica사의 RFP-523C Overhauser Proton 자력계와 MISYS-09 삼축 MI 자력계를 2009년 11월에 보현산천문대 태양망원경동에 구축하였다. 한국천문연구원은 이미 2007년 11월에 RFP-523C Fluxgate 자력계를 보현산천문대 태양망원경동에 구축하여 K 지수 산출 등의 우주환경예 경보 연구에 활용하고 있다. Fluxgate 자력계는 지자기 3축 성분의 변화량을 측정하는 장비이고 이번에 설치한 Overhauser Proton 자력계는 지자기의 총 자기장을 측정하는 장비이다. 삼축 MI 자력계는 지자기장의wave를 측정하는 장비이다. 기존에 설치한 Fluxgate 자력계와 새로 설치한 Proton 자력계, 삼축 MI 자력계를 연계하여 운용할 경우 우주환경에 의한 지자기장 변화량의 측정 정밀도가 향상되고 지자기장을 효율적으로 관측할 수 있다. 보현산천문대에 구축한 각각의 자력계가 측정한 지자기 자료들은 S-FTP와 Socket 통신을 이용하여 대전에 있는 한국천문연구원 태양우주환경연구그룹의 데이터 서버로 실시간으로 전송되어 저장되고 있다. 데이터 서버로 전송된 지자기 측정 자료들은 한국천문연구원 우주환경감시실에서 모니터링하고 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.17-21
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• 2009

In this study, we have investigated that the excitation current and operation frequency dependences of the output properties of the orthogonal fluxgate sensor which was fabricated with a Co base amorphous wire and a pick-up coil. The output signal increased linearly with increase of the excitation current below 0.3 A, and decreased with increase of the excitation current over 0.6 A. It was also found that the output increased sensitively with increase of operation frequency below 1.3MHz. The output was 3.8 V at the frequency of 1.3MHz while 1.32 V at 1MHz.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.208-214
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• 2020

In this study, we have developed a drone magnetic exploration system (proto-type) using a fluxgate magnetic sensor. Hardware of the system consists of a fluxgate magnetometer, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), a GPS, and a communication module. And we have developed monitoring software, which enables it to transmit the measured data to the ground control system (GCS) in real time. The measured magnetic data are finally saved as 1 Hz data after passing through a notch filter and a band-pass filter. For verification of this system, a preliminary test was conducted to check the magnetic responses of a magnetic object first, then the field test was carried out in two iron mines. We tested the developed system on the field test in Pocheon, Gyeonggi and Jeongseon, Gangwon. The magnetic data from the developed drone system was very similar to those from unmanned airship system developed by Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM). As a result, preliminary experiment and field test have demonstrated that this system is applicable for outdoor aeromagnetic exploration. It requires more studies to improve filter function and instrument performance to minimize noise in the future.