Semiconductor integrated fluxgate device shielded by discrete magnetic plate

    公开(公告)号:US11921134B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-05

    申请号:US18295788

    申请日:2023-04-04

    Inventor: Dok Won Lee

    Abstract: A current-sensing system includes a conductor for carrying a first electrical current generating a first magnetic field. A device, spaced from the conductor by a clearance, includes a semiconductor integrated circuit die in a package. The semiconductor integrated circuit die includes at least one elongated bar of a first ferromagnetic material magnetized by the first magnetic field; a sensor comprising a first coil wrapped around the at least one elongated bar to sense the bar's magnetization; and an electronic driver creating a second electrical current flowing through a second coil wrapped around the at least one elongated bar generating a second magnetic field to compensate the at least one bar's magnetization. The package has a first outer surface free of device terminals. A discrete plate of a second ferromagnetic material is positioned in the clearance and is conformal with the first outer surface of the package.

    MAGNETIC SENSOR ARRAY PROCESSING FOR INTERFERENCE REDUCTION

    公开(公告)号:US20230052689A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17875840

    申请日:2022-07-28

    Abstract: Current sensing techniques. In an example, a current sensing method includes: generating a first magnetic field measurement; generating a second magnetic field measurement; generating a frequency estimate of a current; calculating a root-mean-square (RMS) value of an estimated amplitude of the current; and generating a temperature estimate of an integrated circuit (IC) configured to perform the method. The method also includes generating a first weighting factor and a second weighting factor based on the frequency estimate, the RMS value, and the temperature estimate, the first weighting factor to control amplification of the first magnetic field measurement and the second weighting factor to control amplification of the second magnetic field measurement.

    Magnetostrictive strain gauge sensor

    公开(公告)号:US10746611B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-18

    申请号:US15835048

    申请日:2017-12-07

    Inventor: Dok Won Lee

    Abstract: A strain gauge sensor includes a substrate, at least one resistor comprising a magnetoresistive material on the substrate. The magnetoresistive material exhibits a magnetostriction coefficient λ that is greater than or equal to () |2| parts per million (ppm) and an anisotropic magnetoresistance effect with an anisotropic magnetoresistance of greater than or equal to () 2% Δ R/R. The strain gauge sensor consists of a single layer of the magnetoresistive material. At least a first contact to the resistor provides a sensor input and a second contact to the resistor provides a sensor output.

    Anisotropic magneto-resistive (AMR) angle sensor

    公开(公告)号:US10365123B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-30

    申请号:US15656749

    申请日:2017-07-21

    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to an anisotropic magneto-resistive (AMR) angle sensor. The sensor comprises a first Wheatstone bridge comprising a first serpentine resistor, a second serpentine resistor, a third serpentine resistor, and a fourth serpentine resistor. The sensor also comprises a second Wheatstone bridge comprising a fifth serpentine resistor, a sixth serpentine resistor, a seventh serpentine resistor, and an eighth serpentine resistor. The serpentine resistors comprise anisotropic magneto-resistive material that changes resistance in response to a change in an applied magnetic field. The sensor also includes a surrounding of anisotropic magneto-resistive material disposed in substantially a same plane as the serpentine resistors, enclosing the serpentine resistors, and electrically isolated from the serpentine resistors. The first Wheatstone bridge, the second Wheatstone bridge, and the surrounding of anisotropic magneto-resistive material are part of a sensor die.

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