Frequency Response of SAW Delay Line Magnetic Field/Current Sensor

Enthalten in
IEEE sensors letters 
Volume
3
Issue
10
Start Page
1
End Page
4
Article Number
8846072
Citation
IEEE Sensors Letters 3 (10): 8846072 (2019-10)
Publisher DOI
10.1109/LSENS.2019.2943129
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85082634302
This article presents the frequency response of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor for current measurements. The SAW sensor exploits the Love waves of a magnetostrictively coated delay line. The focus of this article lies on the frequency response of the sensor, which shows a very wide bandwidth. The delay time τD is the time an acoustic wave needs to traverse the delay line. Since the acoustic wave is modulated during the whole duration of the delay line crossing, τD is comparable to the integration time of a sample-and-hold device. The signal measured with the SAW sensor is averaged over the delay time. Therefore, undersampling behavior occurs for signal frequencies approaching 1D. A mathematical model of their frequency response up to several megahertz was developed and compared with measurements of two SAW sensors with different delay line lengths.
Schlagworte
current sensor
Sensor phenomena
sensor phenomena and modeling
surface acoustic wave (SAW)