Effect of stress due to plastic package moisture absorption in hall sensors

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4482-4485

  Cesaretti, J M ^a,b   Taylor, W P ^a   Monreal, G ^a   Brand, O ^b  

^a Allegro MicroSystems Inc   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Hall effect; Moisture absorption; Piezo Hall; Stress

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); HALL EFFECT; MOISTURE; STRESSES;

EFFECT OF STRESS; HALL SENSITIVITY; LONG TERM STABILITY; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; PIEZO-HALL; PIEZO-HALL EFFECTS; PLASTIC PACKAGES; SENSITIVITY CHANGES;

HALL EFFECT TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 70350589599     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2025668     Document Type: Article

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