Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetoresistive-based sensing circuit for two-dimensional sensing of high magnetic fields
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Application No.: US17312558Application Date: 2019-11-29
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Publication No.: US11747411B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Andrey Timopheev , Romain 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

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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