An improved equivalent simulation model for CMOS integrated hall plates

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 6284-6296

  Xu, Yue ^a,b   Pan, Hong Bin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Hall plate; Non linear effects; Simulation model; Verilog A

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959837009     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110606284     Document Type: Article

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