A magnetic field sensor is provided, including a substrate, a first bridge circuit formed on the substrate, the first bridge circuit being arranged to generate a first signal indicative of a motion of a target, and a second bridge circuit formed on the substrate, the second bridge circuit being arranged to generate a second signal indicative of whether the magnetic field sensor is aligned with the target.

A magnetic shield apparatus for shielding magnetic field probes. The shield apparatus comprises an outer shield, and an inner shield contained within the outer shield. A magnetic field sensor is housed in the inner shield, and the outer shield and the inner shield comprise a magnetically permeable material, enclosing a volume and having at least a first end that is open.

A magnetic shield apparatus for shielding magnetic field probes. The shield apparatus comprises an outer shield, and an inner shield contained within the outer shield. A magnetic field sensor is housed in the inner shield, and the outer shield and the inner shield comprise a magnetically permeable material, enclosing a volume and having at least a first end that is open.

A magnetocardiography (MCG) system includes a passively shielded enclosure having walls defining the passively shielded enclosure, each of the walls including passive magnetic shielding material to reduce an ambient background magnetic field within the passively shielded enclosure; an MCG measurement device including optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs); and active shield coils within the passively shielded enclosure and stationary relative to the passively shielded enclosure and the MCG measurement device, wherein the active shield coils are configured to further reduce the ambient background magnetic field within a user area of the passively shielded enclosure.

An electronic package includes a mounting platform for mounting an electrically small device, at least one coil, and an insulator. The coil regulates a magnetic field through the electrically small device at the mounting platform. The coil is adapted to conduct a current for nullifying the magnetic field through the electrically small device at the mounting platform. The insulator is between the mounting platform and the coil for isolating the electrically small device from the coil. An electronic circuit includes this electronic package and the electrically small device mounted at the mounting platform of the electronic package. The electrically small device can be a quantum device and/or a topological device when cooled to a cryogenic temperature. The magnetic field is nullified to prevent the magnetic field from adversely affecting the electrically small device.

An electronic package includes a mounting platform for mounting an electrically small device, at least one coil, and an insulator. The coil regulates a magnetic field through the electrically small device at the mounting platform. The coil is adapted to conduct a current for nullifying the magnetic field through the electrically small device at the mounting platform. The insulator is between the mounting platform and the coil for isolating the electrically small device from the coil. An electronic circuit includes this electronic package and the electrically small device mounted at the mounting platform of the electronic package. The electrically small device can be a quantum device and/or a topological device when cooled to a cryogenic temperature. The magnetic field is nullified to prevent the magnetic field from adversely affecting the electrically small device.

In a method for operating an absolute measuring position detection system having a sensor arrangement (100) and a single-track magnetic code object (105) with non-repeating code regions, wherein the sensor arrangement (100) is formed by a substantially linear arrangement of a plurality of magnetic field sensors (110), it is provided in particular that the relative position of the sensor arrangement (100) with respect to the respective code object (105) is determined by searching for a partial pattern which is most similar to a currently sensor-detected partial pattern on the basis of available reference data containing magnetic curve progressions or magnetic patterns of magnetic field vector components detected by sensors for the entire code object (105) depending on the position on the code object (105).

A method and device for compensating for an influence of a magnetic interference source on a measurement of a magnetic field sensor in a device. In the method, a magnetic flux density M.sub.1 measured with the magnetic field sensor at a measured ambient temperature T.sub.k is compensated for with a compensation factor M.sub.interference of the magnetic interference source according to
M=M.sub.1−M.sub.interference,
where
M.sub.interference=M.sub.0+aM.sub.0(T′.sub.k−T.sub.0)
and M.sub.0 is a magnetic reference flux density relative to a reference temperature T.sub.0, a corresponding to a material parameter, which is defined for a used magnet material of the magnetic interference source, and the measured ambient temperature T.sub.k being corrected using a non-linear delay parameter to a temperature of the magnetic interference source T′.sub.k. The method is used for the axis-based compensation of a temperature drift, the material parameter a being determined individually for each Cartesian axis.

A system for suppressing low frequency magnetic noise from magnetoresistive sensors, the system including at least one magneto-resistive sensor including a free magnetic layer having a variable magnetisation, and a system for modifying magnetisation of the free magnetic layer, wherein the system for modifying magnetisation of the free layer is adapted to drive dynamics of the magnetisation of the free magnetic layer.

An exemplary magnetic field measurement system includes a wearable sensor unit that includes a magnetometer and a twisted pair cable interface assembly electrically connected to the magnetometer.