• Patent Title: Magnetoresistive-based sensing circuit for two-dimensional sensing of high magnetic fields
  • Application No.: US17312558
    Application Date: 2019-11-29
  • Publication No.: US11747411B2
    Publication Date: 2023-09-05
  • Inventor: Andrey TimopheevRomain Foissac
  • Applicant: Crocus Technology SA
  • Applicant Address: FR Grenoble
  • Assignee: CROCUS TECHNOLOGY SA
  • Current Assignee: CROCUS TECHNOLOGY SA
  • Current Assignee Address: FR Grenoble
  • Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
  • Priority: EP 315050 2018.12.13
  • International Application: PCT/IB2019/060324 2019.11.29
  • International Announcement: WO2020/121108A 2020.06.18
  • Date entered country: 2021-06-10
  • Main IPC: G01R33/09
  • IPC: G01R33/09
Magnetoresistive-based sensing circuit for two-dimensional sensing of high magnetic fields
Abstract:
A magnetic sensing circuit includes a circuit portion including: a main half-bridge including series-connected main tunnel magnetoresistive sensor elements TMR1 and TMR2; a first auxiliary half-bridge connected in parallel to the main half-bridge and including series-connected auxiliary tunnel magnetoresistive sensor elements TMR3 and TMR4 with an output voltage emerging from the connection between TMR1 and TMR3 and between TMR2 and TMR4; wherein a reference magnetization of the magnetoresistive sensor element TMR1 and TMR3 are respectively oriented substantially antiparallel with respect to a reference magnetization of the magnetoresistive sensor element TMR2 and TMR4; and wherein said first auxiliary half-bridge has a sensing axis that differs from the sensing axis of the main half bridge by an angle of about 180°/n, where n is the harmonic number to be canceled. The magnetic sensing circuit allows for sensing of external magnetic fields having high magnitude, with reduced angular error.
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