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A New LC Resonator Fabricated by MEMS Technique and its Application to Magnetic Sensor Device

MEMS 공정에 의한 LC-공진기형 자기센서의 제작과 응용

  • Kim, Bong-Soo (Department of Physics Education, Kongju National University) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Seok (Department of Physics Education, Kongju National University) ;
  • Hwang, Myung-Joo (Department of Physics Education, Kongju National University) ;
  • Lee, Hee-Bok (Department of Physics Education, Kongju National University)
  • 김봉수 (공주대학교 물리교육과) ;
  • 김용석 (공주대학교 물리교육과) ;
  • 황명주 (공주대학교 물리교육과) ;
  • 이희복 (공주대학교 물리교육과)
  • Published : 2007.06.30

Abstract

A new class of LC-resonator for micro magnetic sensor device was invented and fabricated by means of MEMS technique. The micro LC-resonator consists of a solenoidal micro-inductor with a bundle of soft magnetic microwire cores and a capacitor connected in parallel to the micro-inductor. The core magnetic material is a tiny glass coated $Co_{83.2}B_{3.3}Si_{5.9}Mn_{7.6}$ microwire fabricated by a glasscoated melt spinning technique. The core materials were annealed at various temperatures $150^{\circ}C,\;200^{\circ}C\;,250^{\circ}C\;,$ and $300^{\circ}C$ for 1 hour in a vacuum to improve soft magnetic properties. The solenoidal micro-inductors fabricated by MEMS technique were $500{\sim}1,000{\mu}m$ in length with $10{\sim}20$ turns. The changes of inductance as a function of external magnetic field in micro-inductors with properly annealed microwire cores were varied as much as 370%. Since the permeability of ultra soft magnetic microwire is changing rapidly as a function of external magnetic field. The inductance ratio as well as magnetoimpedance ratio (MIR) in a LC-resonator was varied drastically as a function of external magnetic field. The MIR curves can be tuned very precisely to obtain maximum sensitivity. A prototype magnetic sensor device consisting of the developed microinductors with a multivibrator circuit was test successfully.

MEMS 공정기법을 적용하여 새로운 형태의 LC 공진기형 자기센서를 제작하였다. 이 마이크로 LC 공진기는 솔레노이드형 마이크로인덕터에 연자성 마이크로와이어를 코어로 삽입하고 여기에 콘덴서를 병렬로 연결하여 구성하였다. 코어 자성 물질은 melt spinning 법으로 제조한 유리가 코팅된 $Co_{83.2}B_{3.3}Si_{5.9}Mn_{7.6}$ 마이크로와이어이다. 코어물질의 연자성을 개선하기 위하여 $150^{\circ}C$, $200^{\circ}C,\;250^{\circ}C,\;300^{\circ}C$ 등 여러 온도에서 1시간씩 진공 열처리하였다. MEMS 공정으로 제작된 솔레노이형 마이크로인덕터는 길이가 $500{\sim}1,000{\mu}m$ 이며 감은수는 $10{\sim}20$회이다. 외부자기장에 따른 본 마이크로인덕터의 최대 인덕턴스 변화율은 370%이었다. 초연자성 마이크로와이어의 투자율이 외부자기장에 따라 급격히 변하기 때문에 인덕턴스변화율이나 LC 공진기의 자기임피던스 변화율(MIR)이 급속하게 변한다. 최대감도를 얻기 위해서 MIR 곡선은 정교하게 조절할 수 있다. 마이크로인덕터와 멀티바이브 레어터 회로로 구성된 원형 자기센서소자를 제작하여 시험동작을 하는데 성공하였다.

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