A hall sensor analog front end for current measurement with continuous gain calibration

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 860-867

  Pastre, Marc ^b   Kayal, Maher ^a,b   Blanchard, Hubert ^c  

^a IEEE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c LEM SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calibration; Drift; Hall sensor; Integrated coil; Microsystem; Modulation; Spinning current

Indexed keywords

HALL SENSORS; INTEGRATED COILS; SPINNING CURRENT; THERMAL DRIFT;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; GAIN MEASUREMENT; HALL EFFECT DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MODULATION;

MICROSENSORS;

EID: 34247119270     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.894902     Document Type: Article

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