Magnetic Sensor That Brooks No Interference

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The novel magnetic sensor is capable for the first time of detecting tiny fluctuations in a small magnetic field and does not allow even a strong magnet to interfere with it. (c) Fraunhofer IIS
The novel magnetic sensor is capable for the first time of detecting tiny fluctuations in a small magnetic field, and does not allow even a strong magnet to interfere with it. (c) Fraunhofer IIS

Sensors accurately register the slightest temperature fluctuations, the tiniest changes to a magnetic field, or barely perceptible air currents. In some cases, however, there are limits to their accuracy – for instance when a sensor is supposed to register a small fluctuation to a magnetic field in a place where a strong magnetic field already exists.


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