摘要:
The invention refers to a contactless switch, comprising a Halleffect element that has a pair of input electrodes for applying an operating voltage to generate a current in an internal current path and at least one output electrode located adjacent the current path to derive a Hall-potential when an external magnetic field influences the current laterally, and an amplifier circuit that is controlled by the Hall-potential. According to the invention, the Hall-effect element is provided with at least one control electrode for controlling the magnitude of such current, and the amplifier circuit is provided with at least one output terminal connected to the control electrode of the Hall-effect element for feeding back an amplified Hall-potential in such a phase that the amplifier circuit is provided with positive feedback.
摘要:
The invention disclosed herein utilizes the Josephson tunneling effect to provide an amplifier having unique characteristics. The Josephson tunneling effect relates to a supercurrent flow thru a thin barrier between two superconductors by quantum mechanical tunneling of electron pairs; in other words, current can flow with no voltage applied between the superconductors. The dc quantum interference effect can produce thru the use of an external magnetic field a large change in barrier current by tunneling and is used herein to produce an amplifier.