CMOS single-chip electronic compass with microcontroller

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2923-2933

  Schott, Christian ^a   Racz, Robert ^b   Simonne, Nicolas ^c  

^a Melexis NV   (Belgium)

^b Sentron   (Switzerland)

^c Melexis   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electronic compass; Hall sensor; Magnetic concentrator; Magnetic sensor

Indexed keywords

BATCH PROCESSING; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; DIE SIZE; DIGITAL DOMAIN; ELECTRONIC COMPASS; FIELD TRANSDUCERS; HALL SENSOR; LOW-VOLTAGE; MAGNETIC CONCENTRATOR; METAL LAYER; PLASTIC PACKAGES; SINGLE-CHIP; SPI INTERFACES; THREE-AXIS;

CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HALL EFFECT TRANSDUCERS; MAGNETIC AMPLIFIERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC SENSORS; MICROCONTROLLERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPASSES (MAGNETIC);

EID: 58049086598     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2007.908694     Document Type: Conference Paper

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