Optimization of integrated magnetic field sensors

2001 International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems - MSM 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 120-123

  Lienemann, Jan ^a   Greiner, Andreas ^a   Korvink, Jan G ^a   Sigmund, Ole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hall plate; Integrated magnetic field sensor; Offset; Sensitivity; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

HALL EFFECT; INTEGRATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTIMIZATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY; VECTORS;

HALL PLATE; INTEGRATED MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR; OFFSET; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

SENSORS;

EID: 0041887532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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