A Study of Hysteresis Reduction of Small AC Magnetic Field Modulated Tunneling Magnetoresistive Sensor

Han Sheng Huang; Shu Hsien Liao; Yi Yang; Andrei Sokolov; Yen Fu Liu; Xiaolu Yin; Lucas Camponogara Viera; Sy Hwang Liou

doi:10.1109/TMAG.2021.3085095

A Study of Hysteresis Reduction of Small AC Magnetic Field Modulated Tunneling Magnetoresistive Sensor

Han Sheng Huang, Shu Hsien Liao^*, Yi Yang, Andrei Sokolov, Yen Fu Liu, Xiaolu Yin, Lucas Camponogara Viera, Sy Hwang Liou^*

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In this study, a hysteresis reduction technique for tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) sensor for low magnetic field sensing is proposed, where a small ac modulation magnetic field is applied. The magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) were connected into an asymmetric Wheatstone bridge to form a sensor, and the output voltage of the TMR sensor was measured using a small ac modulation field and test field along the sensor's sensing direction. The results showed that hysteresis in the TMR sensor can be effectively reduced to exhibit a linear response. Further, the frequency response of the TMR sensor was studied. Finally, the feasibility of the TMR sensor for low-field detection with small ac modulation was demonstrated.

Original language	English
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume	58
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2021.3085095
Publication status	Published - 2022 Feb 1

Keywords

AC modulation
hysteresis reduction
linear response
low-field detection
magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ)
tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) sensor

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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