发明授权
- 专利标题: Chopped low power magnetic-field detector with hysteresis memory
- 专利标题(中): 具有滞后存储器的切断的低功率磁场检测器
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申请号: US600380申请日: 1996-02-12
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公开(公告)号: US5619137A公开(公告)日: 1997-04-08
- 发明人: Ravi Vig , Teri Tu , Paul W. Latham, II
- 申请人: Ravi Vig , Teri Tu , Paul W. Latham, II
- 专利权人: Allegro Microsystems, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Allegro Microsystems, Inc.
- 主分类号: G01R33/07
- IPC分类号: G01R33/07 ; H03K3/0233 ; G01R33/06 ; G01R33/025 ; H03K3/38
摘要:
A low power magnetic-field detector, of the kind for detecting an ambient magnetic field that is greater than a predetermined field strength, is comprised of a Hail element, a transducer-voltage amplifier, and a zero-crossing comparator, all connected in tandem. A clock and switch are used to chop the energizing current to the Hall element. Alternatively, the amplifier and comparator are also chopped to further reduce power consumption. A clockable flip flop is synchronously enabled for an instant at the end of each period of energizing the Hall element. The comparator output signal is transferred to the flip flop Q output and held there during each period of not energizing the Hall element. A Positive-feedback hysteresis circuit adds a bias voltage to the amplified Hall voltage and is applied to the comparator input to effect comparator hysteresis with memory covering clock-period portions when the Hall element is not energized. The comparator is thus transformed into a Schmitt trigger circuit having hysteresis memory, making it possible to chop the Hall element to substantially reduce the detector power consumption without loosing the hysteresis feature.
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