0.2 mT Residual offset of CMOS integrated vertical Hall sensors

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 98-104

  Schurig, E ^a   Schott, C ^b   Besse, P A ^a   Demierre, M ^a   Popovic, R S ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Sentron AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CMOS hall element; Low offset; Spinning current; Vertical Hall sensor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMAL MAPPING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HALL EFFECT DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CMOS HALL ELEMENTS; LOW OFFSETS; SPINNING CURRENTS; VERTICAL HALL SENSORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0942268426     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2003.10.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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