Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hall-effect sensor with reduced offset voltage
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Application No.: US17015347Application Date: 2020-09-09
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Publication No.: US11333719B2Publication Date: 2022-05-17
- Inventor: Keith Ryan Green , Dimitar Trifonov , Tony Ray Larson
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Andrew R. Ralston; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01R33/07
- IPC: G01R33/07 ; H01L43/06 ; G01R33/00 ; H01L43/04 ; H01L43/14

Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes first and second Hall-effect sensors. Each sensor has first and third opposite terminals and second and fourth opposite terminals. A control circuit is configured to direct a current through the first and second sensors and to measure a corresponding Hall voltage of the first and second sensors. Directing includes applying a first source voltage in a first direction between the first and third terminals of the first sensor and applying a second source voltage in a second direction between the first and third terminals of the second sensor. A third source voltage is applied in a third direction between the second and fourth terminals of the first sensor, and a fourth source voltage is applied in a fourth direction between the second and fourth terminals of the second sensor. The third direction is rotated clockwise from the first direction and the fourth direction rotated counter-clockwise from the second direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220075007A1 HALL-EFFECT SENSOR WITH REDUCED OFFSET VOLTAGE Public/Granted day:2022-03-10
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