D. Hrakova, P. Ripka, A. Laposa, D. Novotny, J. Kroutil, V. Povolný, O. Kaman, P. Veverka

Abstract

Non-planar fluxgate sensors measuring the magnetic fields in the uT range are required for electric current, position, and torque transducers. We report the first sensor based on an inkjet-printed 17 mm diameter ring core. The sensor wide open-loop linear range of  1.5 mT allows to operate it without feedback. We describe the preparation of the very stable magnetic ink based on citrate-stabilized 13 nm diameter Mn-Zn ferrite nanoparticles that occur in superparamagnetic regime at room temperature. By printing 100 layers the total thickness of the inkjet-printed core was 2.2 µm. The achieved sensitivity was 10 mV/mT for 25 kHz excitation frequency