An improved compact model for CMOS cross-shaped hall-effect sensor including offset and temperature effects

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 719-730

  Madec, Morgan ^a   Kammerer, Jean Baptiste ^a   Hébrard, Luc ^a   Lallement, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

CMOS Hall effect sensor; Compact modeling; Cross shaped HHD; Offset; Temperature; Verilog A

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HALL EFFECT; HALL EFFECT TRANSDUCERS; TEMPERATURE;

COMPACT MODEL; CROSS-SHAPED HHD; HALL-EFFECT SENSORS; OFFSET; VERILOG-A;

HALL EFFECT DEVICES;

EID: 84861787695     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: 15731979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10470-012-9872-1     Document Type: Article

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