Contactless 360° absolute angular CMOS microsystem based on vertical Hall sensors

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-44

  Demierre, Michel ^a,c   Schurig, Enrico ^a   Schott, Christian ^b   Besse, Pierre André ^a   Popović, Radivoje S ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Sentron AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angular; CMOS; Contactless; Hall; Magnetic sensors; Vertical

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR; CONTACTLESS; HALL; MAGNETIC SENSORS; VERTICAL;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DEMODULATORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ERROR ANALYSIS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIZATION; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THERMAL NOISE;

SENSORS;

EID: 4444258922     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2004.03.023     Document Type: Article

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