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A magnetic-piezoelectric smart material-structure sensing three axis DC and AC magnetic-fields

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In this paper, we demonstrate a smart material-structure can sense not only three-axis AC magnetic-fields but also three-axis DC magnetic-fields. Under x-axis and z-axis AC magnetic field ranging from 0.2 to 3.2 gauss, sensing sensitivity of the smart material-structure stimulated at resonant frequency is approximate 8.79 and 2.80 mV/gauss, respectively. In addition, under x-axis and z-axis DC magnetic fields ranging from 2 to 12 gauss, the sensitivity of the smart material-structure is 1.24–1.54 and 1.25–1.41 mV/gauss, respectively. In addition, under x-axis and z-axis DC magnetic fields ranging from 12 to 20 gauss, the sensitivity of the smart material-structure is 5.17–6.2 and 3.97–4.57 mV/gauss, respectively. These experimental results show that the smart material-structure successfully achieves three-axis DC and AC magnetic sensing as we designed. Furthermore, we also compare the results of the AC and DC magnetic-field sensing to investigate discrepancies. Finally, when applying composite magnetic-fields to the smart material-structure, the smart material-structure shows decent outputs as expected (consistent to the sensing principle). In the future, we believe the smart material-structure capable of sensing AC and DC magnetic fields will have more applications than conventional structures capable of sensing only DC or AC magnetic field. Thus, the smart material-structure will be an important design reference for future magnetic-field sensing technologies.

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The authors are thankful for the support provided by the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant no. 105-2628-E-009-001-MY2).

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    Chiao-Fang Hung, Chin-Chung Chen, Po-Chen Yeh, Po-Wen Chen & Tien-Kan Chung

  2. International College of Semiconductor Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan, Republic of China

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Hung, CF., Chen, CC., Yeh, PC. et al. A magnetic-piezoelectric smart material-structure sensing three axis DC and AC magnetic-fields. Appl. Phys. A 123, 739 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1332-4

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