Identification tags using amorphous wire
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1. A multibit identification tag comprising:
- a plurality of magnetic structures, andone or more bias structures;
each of said magnetic structures being of amorphous metal in the shape of a wire, each of said magnetic structures having the same value of coercive force and wherein each of said plurality of magnetic structures produces a discontinuous change in magnetization at a different value of an externally applied magnetic field.
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Abstract
An inexpensive multibit magnetic tag is described which uses an array of amorphous wires in conjunction with a magnetic bias field. The tag is interrogated by the use of a ramped field or an ac field or a combination of the two. The magnetic bias is supplied either by coating each wire with a hard magnetic material which is magnetized or by using magnetized hard magnetic wires or foil strips in proximity to the amorphous wires. Each wire switches at a different value of the external interrogation field due to the difference in the magnetic bias field acting on each wire.
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1. A multibit identification tag comprising:
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a plurality of magnetic structures, and one or more bias structures; each of said magnetic structures being of amorphous metal in the shape of a wire, each of said magnetic structures having the same value of coercive force and wherein each of said plurality of magnetic structures produces a discontinuous change in magnetization at a different value of an externally applied magnetic field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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