WO2005054885A1 - Magnetsensoranordnung - Google Patents
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- WO2005054885A1 WO2005054885A1 PCT/EP2004/052437 EP2004052437W WO2005054885A1 WO 2005054885 A1 WO2005054885 A1 WO 2005054885A1 EP 2004052437 W EP2004052437 W EP 2004052437W WO 2005054885 A1 WO2005054885 A1 WO 2005054885A1
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- the invention relates to a magnetic sensor arrangement, in particular for sensing the movement of linearly or rotationally moved elements, according to the generic features of the main claim.
- GMR Giant Magneto Resistance
- a hard magnetic layer is deposited nearby, ie in particular on and / or under a magnetoresistive layer stack.
- This hard magnetic layer then couples mainly to the magnetosensitive layers through its stray field and thereby generates a so-called bias magnetic field, which acts as a magnetic field offset, so that even with only a slight variation of an external magnetic field superimposed on the internal magnetic field, a well measurable and relatively large one Change in the actual measured value, which is detected as a change in resistance in the layer arrangement, can be achieved.
- the soft magnetic detection layer is separated from a magnetically harder layer by a non-magnetic intermediate layer.
- the non-magnetic intermediate layer has a layer thickness such that there is only a slight magnetic coupling between the two magnetic layers via the non-magnetic intermediate layer. This ensures that the direction of magnetization of the soft magnetic detection layer already follows very small external magnetic fields.
- Layer stacks are designated as GMR spin valves, the structure of which in principle consists of at least four layers, the layers taking on the following role: 1. a free layer as a magnetic layer largely free of an applied magnetic field; 2. a non-magnetic intermediate layer which lies between the two magnetic layers involved in the GMR effect; Third a pinned layer, which is a magnetic layer that does not follow the external field to a limit, and 4. one or more layers around the pinned layer.
- the latter can be an antiferromagnet, an artificial antiferromagnet, a combination of both, a hard magnetic layer or something else.
- the sensors described above are often designed in a manner known per se for speed detection, for example in motor vehicle technology, in a so-called gradiometer arrangement.
- a variation of the magnetic field in the range of the predetermined distance generates a bridge signal.
- the sensor thus only measures the signal of a magnetic pole wheel, the pole pair spacing of which approximately corresponds to the predefined gradiometer spacing.
- the invention is advantageous
- the sensor elements are each formed from at least one largely linear measuring strip which extends perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field to be detected.
- ⁇ sensor elements made of the giant magnetoresistive material (GMR) mentioned in the introduction to the description are interconnected in thin-film technology to form a Wheatstone measuring bridge.
- GMR giant magnetoresistive material
- the measuring strips should preferably each have a width of approximately 2 to 10 ⁇ m.
- the object of the invention is therefore to align the magnetic field-dependent sensor elements with respect to their ohmic resistance instead of the meandering shape customary in the prior art as largely linear measuring strips with a small width of a few ⁇ m perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field to be measured.
- the magnetic field in a magnetic body deviates from the external field. This is due to the fact that each magnetic body counteracts the external field through its magnetization and in particular causes the internal field present in the body to depend on the geometry of the body. In particular, the magnetic field penetrates the weakest in the direction of the smallest dimension in a body whose dimensions differ greatly in the three dimensions. This also leads to the fact that the magnetization without an external field preferably points in the direction of the greatest expansion. As a result, the magnetization characteristic of an otherwise completely isotropic magnetic body depends on the direction of the magnetic field with respect to its geometry.
- the characteristic curve for a magnetic field in the layer plane and the characteristic curve for a magnetic field perpendicular to the layer plane differ significantly. For this reason, reducing the width of the measuring strip perpendicular to the direction of the one to be measured Magnetic field also a change in the shape of the characteristic.
- a spin valve structure is able to measure very small field strength modulations.
- the magnetic field modulation can be reliably detected even at large working distances.
- the arrangement of the measuring strips according to the invention now causes the characteristic curve to be tilted, as a result of which the area of high sensitivity is enlarged and at the same time the maximum sensitivity, corresponding to the smaller slope of the characteristic curve, is reduced.
- FIG. 1 shows a basic view of a layer structure of a measuring bridge circuit for a magnetic field sensor according to the prior art with meandering measuring strips as sensor elements
- FIG. 2 shows a characteristic curve of the electrical resistance of a sensor element as a function of the magnetic field with a diagram of the magnetoelectric conversion of a modulated magnetic field into an electrical signal
- FIG. 3 shows the shift in the characteristic curve according to FIG. 2 due to an external interference field
- FIG. 4 shows a magnetic field sensor according to the invention in a modification of FIG. 1 with linear measuring strips
- FIG. 5 shows a further exemplary embodiment with a plurality of linear measurement strips connected in parallel to form a sensor element
- FIG. 6 shows the diagram of the characteristic curve of a GMR spin valve measuring strip according to the invention according to FIG. 4 or 5 with a characteristic curve with a smaller gradient and a shift in the characteristic curve due to an external interference field.
- FIG. 1 shows a basic view of a GMR magnetic field sensor 1 known from the prior art, which is produced in a multilayer or multilayer structure.
- known meandering measuring strips 2, 3, 4, 5 are present as sensor elements, which are interconnected to form a Wheatstone bridge circuit, so that the magnetic field-dependent changes in resistance of measuring strips 2, 3, 4 and 5 are evaluated accordingly can.
- FIG. 2 shows a characteristic curve 6 of the electrical resistance R of a measuring strip 2, 3, 4 or 5 as a function of the magnetic field H.
- a signal 7 corresponding to a modulated magnetic field to be sensed is thus converted into an electrical signal 8 with a GMR spin valve structure according to FIG. 1.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 An arrangement according to the invention of linear measuring strips 10, 11, 12 and 13 as sensor elements is shown with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 5, in contrast to FIG. 4, showing a parallel connection of several individual measuring strips to one sensor element. sees.
- the measuring strips 10, 11, 12 and 13 are interconnected from the giant magnetoresistive material (GMR) mentioned in the introduction to the description using thin-film technology to form a Wheatstone measuring bridge in a manner comparable to that of the prior art.
- the individual measuring strips 10, 11, 12 and 13 should preferably each have a width of approximately 2 to 10 ⁇ m.
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JP2006541927A JP2007516437A (ja) | 2003-12-06 | 2004-10-05 | マグネットセンサ装置 |
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