Comparative study on the performance of five different hall effect devices

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 2093-2112

  Paun, Maria Alexandra ^a   Sallese, Jean Michel ^a   Kayal, Maher ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D physical simulations; Device polarization; Hall Effect sensor design; Offset; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

3D PHYSICAL SIMULATION; HALL-EFFECT SENSORS; OFFSET; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; POLARIZATION CONDITIONS; SENSITIVITY; SIMULATION PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATORS;

HALL EFFECT; POLARIZATION; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84875134011     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130202093     Document Type: Article

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