Analytical study on cantilever resonance type magnet-integrated sensor device for micro-magnetic field detection

A beam-shaped cantilever resonance type magnetic sensor device has been proposed with a micro magnet. Two structural designs, named as design 1 and design 2, have been comparatively analyzed using ANSYS in order to obtain larger frequency shifts (higher magnetism sensitivity) due to the applied exterior magnetic field. The analytical results show that, in the range of 0–10 mT, the frequency shifts are small, while under 100 mT, a relatively larger frequency shift of about 30 Hz can be theoretically obtained. The power consumption of the proposed devices has been further theoretically studied for preliminary understanding. Using the well-known displacement equations, the estimated power consumption is around 0.21 μW, which is very lower than that of the reported magnetic field sensors. This implies that it is possible to fabricate higher sensitive magnetic field sensor with lower power consumption.

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