Zhang Jitao, Liu Jiahui, Zhang Qingfang, Filippov D A, Li Kang, Wu Jie, Tao Jiagui, Jiang Liying, Cao Lingzhi, Srinivasan Gopalan
College of Electrical and Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
Institute of Electronic and Information Systems, Novgorod State University, Veliky Novgorod 173003, Russia.
Rev Sci Instrum. 2021 Apr 1;92(4):045006. doi: 10.1063/5.0035059.
A dielectric AC magnetic sensor in layered ferrites/piezoelectric composites was fabricated and developed, whereby its high magnetodielectric (MDE) effects, the typical magnetic-sensing parameters, were systematically characterized at zero bias. Polycrystalline ferrites were synthesized by the solid-state sintering technique with a composition of NiZnTbFeO, and the desired spinel structure and soft magnetic properties were confirmed by x-ray diffraction and VSM, respectively. The field-induced charge order insulating state in piezoelectric ceramics accounts for the suppressed permittivity, which enables the possibility of a highly sensitive magnetic sensor at zero bias field. Experimental results exhibit that a small variation in H as low as 100 mOe can be clearly distinguished with a favorable nonlinearity of 2.24%. Meanwhile, the output stability of the presented sensor under 2h of constant and continuous excitation was tested within a favorable fluctuating tolerance range of 6.14-6.28 nF, and the estimated uncertainty of ∼0.063 038 nF was verified by statistical analysis. The presented ferrite/piezoelectric magnetic sensors exhibiting a high MDE response without the requirement for an external magnetic bias are of importance for use in bio-magnetic field detection due to metrics of miniaturization, high sensitivity, and favorable stabilities.
制备并开发了一种层状铁氧体/压电复合材料中的介电交流磁传感器,从而在零偏置下系统地表征了其高磁电(MDE)效应及典型磁传感参数。采用固态烧结技术合成了NiZnTbFeO组成的多晶铁氧体,分别通过X射线衍射和振动样品磁强计(VSM)确认了所需的尖晶石结构和软磁性能。压电陶瓷中场诱导电荷有序绝缘态导致介电常数降低,这使得零偏置场下高灵敏度磁传感器成为可能。实验结果表明,低至100 mOe的H的微小变化能够以2.24%的良好非线性被清晰分辨。同时,在6.14 - 6.28 nF的良好波动容限范围内测试了所提出传感器在2小时恒定连续激励下的输出稳定性,并且通过统计分析验证了约0.063 038 nF的估计不确定度。所提出的铁氧体/压电磁传感器在无需外部磁偏置的情况下表现出高MDE响应,由于其小型化、高灵敏度和良好稳定性等指标,对于生物磁场检测具有重要意义。