Research on a Time Difference Processing Method for RTD-Fluxgate Data Based on the Combination of the Mahalanobis Distance and Group Covariance

During the measurement of magnetic fields, Residence Time Difference (RTD)-fluxgate sensors suffer from abnormal time difference jumps due to the random interference of magnetic core noise and environmental noise, which results in gross errors. This situation restricts the improvement of sensor accu...

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Main Authors: Na Pang, Dan Wang, Yuhan Yang, Rui Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-11-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/22/9223
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Summary:During the measurement of magnetic fields, Residence Time Difference (RTD)-fluxgate sensors suffer from abnormal time difference jumps due to the random interference of magnetic core noise and environmental noise, which results in gross errors. This situation restricts the improvement of sensor accuracy and stability. In order to solve the above problems efficiently, a time difference gross error processing method based on the combination of the Mahalanobis distance (MD) and group covariance is presented in this paper, and the processing effects of different methods are compared and analyzed. The results of the simulation and experiment indicate that the proposed method is more advantageous in identifying the gross error in time difference. The signal-to-noise ratio for the time difference is improved by about 34 times, while the fluctuation of the Negative Magnetic Saturation Time (NMST) Δ<i>T</i><sub>NMST</sub> is reduced by 95.402%, which significantly reduces the fluctuation of time difference and effectively improves the accuracy and stability of the sensor.
ISSN:1424-8220