Small Magnetic Sensors for Space Applications
Open Access
- 30 March 2009
- Vol. 9 (4), 2271-2288
- https://doi.org/10.3390/s90402271
Abstract
Small magnetic sensors are widely used integrated in vehicles, mobile phones, medical devices, etc for navigation, speed, position and angular sensing. These magnetic sensors are potential candidates for space sector applications in which mass, volume and power savings are important issues. This work covers the magnetic technologies available in the marketplace and the steps towards their implementation in space applications, the actual trend of miniaturization the front-end technologies, and the convergence of the mature and miniaturized magnetic sensor to the space sector through the small satellite concept.Keywords
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