A SQUID (Superconducting QUantum Interference Device) sensor using an
auxiliary sensor, includes a SQUID sensing unit having a SQUID and a
first feedback coil for creating a magnetic field at a periphery of the
SQUID; an auxiliary sensor having a lower magnetic sensitivity and a
higher operation range than the SQUID sensing unit; and a sensor reading
unit for operating the SQUID sensing unit and the auxiliary sensor to
read out a signal of the SQUID and at the same time, supplying the SQUID
sensing unit with an offset magnetic field through the first feedback
coil.