Title
Magnetoelectric Vortex Magnetic Field Sensors Based on the Metglas/PZT Laminates.
Abstract
This paper describes the route, from simulations toward experiments, for optimizing the magnetoelectric (ME) geometries for vortex magnetic field sensors. The research is performed on the base of the Metglas/Piezoelectric (PZT) laminates in both open and closed magnetic circuit (OMC and CMC) geometries with different widths (W), lengths (L), and diameters (D). Among these geometries, the CMC laminates demonstrate advantages not only in their magnetic flux distribution, but also in their sensitivity and in their independence of the position of the vortex center. In addition, the ME voltage signal is found to be enhanced by increasing the magnetostrictive volume fraction. Optimal issues are incorporated to realize a CMC-based ME double sandwich current sensor in the ring shape with D x W = 6 mm x 1.5 mm and four layers of Metglas. At the resonant frequency of 174.4 kHz, this sensor exhibits the record sensitivity of 5.426 V/A as compared to variety of devices such as the CMC ME sensor family, fluxgate, magnetoresistive, and Hall-effect-based devices. It opens a potential to commercialize a new generation of ME-based current and (or) vortex magnetic sensors.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.3390/s20102810
SENSORS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
vortex magnetic sensor,current sensor,magnetoelectric effects,Metglas,closed magnetic circuit
Journal
20
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
10
1424-8220
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
8