Horizontal HALL devices: A lumped-circuit model for EDA simulators

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 145-146, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 161-175

  Dimitropoulos, P D ^a   Drljaca, P M ^a   Popovic, R S ^a   Chatzinikolaou, P ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Directorate of the Support of Research Programs   (Greece)

Author keywords

EDA simulator; HALL effect; Lumped model; Magnetometer; SPICE

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MODELS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HALL EFFECT; HALL EFFECT DEVICES; HALL MOBILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; SPICE;

ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIELD EFFECTS; FIELD-DEPENDENT MOBILITY; HALL DEVICES; HALL SENSORS; LUMPED CIRCUITS; NOISE BEHAVIOR; OPERATION THEORY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

GALVANOMAGNETIC EFFECTS;

EID: 44849135869     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.11.030     Document Type: Article

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