Characterization of soft ferromagnetic materials by inductance spectroscopy and magnetoimpedance

Inductance spectroscopy and magnetoimpedance are extremely sensitive to a wide variety of intrinsic and extrinsic magnetic properties of soft magnetic materials; as a result, they can be used as a characterization tool. In this paper, the basic principles underpinning these magnetic phenomena are briefly discussed. The use of equivalent circuits is presented, as well as the correlations between the elements of such circuits and the relevant physical parameters of materials. Some specific cases are discussed.