Sensors 2010, 10(9), 8424-8436; doi:10.3390/s100908424
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Combined Simulation of a Micro Permanent Magnetic Linear Contactless Displacement Sensor

Jing Gao 1,2,* email, Wolfgang F.O. Müller 2 email, Felix Greiner 3 email, Dirk Eicher 3 email, Thomas Weiland 2 email and Helmut F. Schlaak 3 email
1 Graduate School Computational Engineering, TU Darmstadt, Dolivostraße 15, D-64293 Darmstadt Germany 2 Computational Electromagnetics Laboratory (TEMF), TU Darmstadt, Schloßgartenstraße 8, D-64289 Darmstadt Germany 3 Institute of Electromechanical Design (EMK), TU Darmstadt, Merckstraße 25, D-64283 Darmstadt Germany
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Received: 11 June 2010; in revised form: 17 August 2010 / Accepted: 6 September 2010 / Published: 9 September 2010
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the 14th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields-ISEF2009)
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Abstract: The permanent magnetic linear contactless displacement (PLCD) sensor is a new type of displacement sensor operating on the magnetic inductive principle. It has many excellent properties and has already been used for many applications. In this article a Micro-PLCD sensor which can be used for microelectromechanical system (MEMS) measurements is designed and simulated with the CST EM STUDIO® software, including building a virtual model, magnetostatic calculations, low frequency calculations, steady current calculations and thermal calculations. The influence of some important parameters such as air gap dimension, working frequency, coil current and eddy currents etc. is studied in depth.
Keywords: PLCD sensor; contactless displacement measurement; electromagnetic simulation; thermal analysis

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Gao, J.; Müller, W.F.; Greiner, F.; Eicher, D.; Weiland, T.; Schlaak, H.F. Combined Simulation of a Micro Permanent Magnetic Linear Contactless Displacement Sensor. Sensors 2010, 10, 8424-8436.

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Gao J, Müller WF, Greiner F, Eicher D, Weiland T, Schlaak HF. Combined Simulation of a Micro Permanent Magnetic Linear Contactless Displacement Sensor. Sensors. 2010; 10(9):8424-8436.

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Gao, Jing; Müller, Wolfgang F.O.; Greiner, Felix; Eicher, Dirk; Weiland, Thomas; Schlaak, Helmut F. 2010. "Combined Simulation of a Micro Permanent Magnetic Linear Contactless Displacement Sensor." Sensors 10, no. 9: 8424-8436.

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