Ultra-low offset vertical hall sensor in CMOS technology

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 732-735

  Sander, C ^a   Vecchi, M C ^b   Cornils, M ^b   Paul, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Micronas GmbH Freiburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

CMOS hall sensor; Offset compensation; Parallel coupling; Spinning current; Vertical hall sensor

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; HALL EFFECT DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TRANSDUCERS;

HALL SENSOR; OFFSET COMPENSATION; PARALLEL COUPLING; SPINNING CURRENT; VERTICAL HALL SENSORS;

HALL EFFECT TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84923320057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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