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Oscillator/driver circuit for fluxgate magnetometer

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TLDR
In this paper, a low power expenditure oscillator/driver circuit including a transistor drive and control windings connected to a magnetic core suitable for use in a fluxgate magnetometer is disclosed.
Abstract
A low power expenditure oscillator/driver circuit including a transistor drive and control windings connected thereto and being operatively wound on a magnetic core suitable for use in a fluxgate magnetometer is disclosed. Its low power expenditure feature is provided, inter alia, by including an additional resistor in the base circuit of the transistor portion thereof so as to lengthen the base current pulses which permits their termination to be controlled by saturation of the magnetic core.

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