Differential hall sensor
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11567107B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US17138977

    申请日:2020-12-31

    IPC分类号: G01R15/20

    摘要: A system comprises first and second Hall-effect sensors and an amplifier. The first Hall-effect sensor has a first bias current direction parallel to a first direction, a pair of first bias input terminals spaced along the first direction, and a pair of first sense output terminals spaced along an orthogonal second direction. The second Hall-effect sensor has a second bias current direction parallel to the second direction, a pair of second bias input terminals spaced along the second direction, and a pair of second sense output terminals connected out of phase with the first sense terminals. The amplifier has a pair of amplifier input terminals coupled to the first and second sense terminals.

    Transimpedance amplifier-based reduction of hall sensor parasitic impedance

    公开(公告)号:US11002563B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-11

    申请号:US16844547

    申请日:2020-04-09

    IPC分类号: G01D5/14 G01D3/036

    摘要: A first amplifier has an input to receive a Hall-signal output current from a first Hall element and has an output to output feedback current in response to the received Hall-signal output current. The Hall-signal output current is impeded by an impedance of the first Hall element. The feedback current is coupled to counterpoise the Hall-signal output current at the input, and a voltage at the output is an amplified Hall output signal. A second amplifier generates a high-frequency portion output signal in response to a difference between the amplified Hall output signal and a Hall-signal output signal from a second Hall element. A filter reduces high-frequency content of the high-frequency portion output signal and generates an offset correction signal. A third amplifier generates a corrected Hall signal in response to a difference between the amplified Hall output signal and the offset correction signal.

    BAW resonator based pressure sensor

    公开(公告)号:US10985729B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-20

    申请号:US16235512

    申请日:2018-12-28

    摘要: A pressure sensor apparatus is disclosed. The pressure sensor apparatus includes a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) die having a die interface side and a pressure contact side, a sensor BAW resonator and a reference BAW resonator disposed on the die interface side of the BAW die, a control circuit die coupled to the die interface side of the BAW die via an attachment layer, and an extended opening on the pressure contact side that extends into a depth of the BAW die and is generally aligned with the sensor BAW resonator, the extended opening being configured to translate an external pressure on the pressure contact side onto the sensor BAW resonator.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LIDAR OPERATION WITH SEQUENCING OF PULSES

    公开(公告)号:US20200292681A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-17

    申请号:US16835432

    申请日:2020-03-31

    摘要: Described example aspects include an integrated circuit includes a timing controller configured to select a selected time slot in a measurement period having a plurality of time slots and a transmit driver configured to provide a transmit signal in accordance with the selected time slot, in which the transmit signal is transmitted to an optical transmitter. The integrated circuit also includes a range estimator configured to receive a received signal after the selected time slot from an optical receiver that is configured to receive a reflection of light transmitted by the optical transmitter off an object, the range estimator configured to determine an estimated distance of the object based on the received signal.

    Calibration of hall device sensitivity using an auxiliary hall device

    公开(公告)号:US10698066B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-30

    申请号:US15952521

    申请日:2018-04-13

    IPC分类号: G01R35/00 G01R33/07

    摘要: In described examples, a Hall effect sensor includes a primary Hall effect sensor element and an auxiliary Hall effect sensor element. A known magnetic field is applied to the auxiliary Hall effect sensor to produce an auxiliary Hall voltage used in a feedback loop to control the bias current of the auxiliary Hall effect sensor to maintain the auxiliary Hall voltage approximately constant over a range of temperature and other factors. A bias current for the primary Hall effect sensor is controlled to track the bias current of the auxiliary Hall effect sensor to maintain the sensitivity of the primary Hall effect sensor approximately constant over the same range of temperature and other factors.

    Calibration of Hall Device Sensitivity Using an Auxiliary Hall Device

    公开(公告)号:US20190317175A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-17

    申请号:US15952521

    申请日:2018-04-13

    IPC分类号: G01R35/00 G01R33/07

    摘要: In described examples, a Hall effect sensor includes a primary Hall effect sensor element and an auxiliary Hall effect sensor element. A known magnetic field is applied to the auxiliary Hall effect sensor to produce an auxiliary Hall voltage used in a feedback loop to control the bias current of the auxiliary Hall effect sensor to maintain the auxiliary Hall voltage approximately constant over a range of temperature and other factors. A bias current for the primary Hall effect sensor is controlled to track the bias current of the auxiliary Hall effect sensor to maintain the sensitivity of the primary Hall effect sensor approximately constant over the same range of temperature and other factors.

    Third tap circuitry controlling linking first and second tap circuitry

    公开(公告)号:US09817070B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-14

    申请号:US15134877

    申请日:2016-04-21

    摘要: IEEE 1149.1 Test Access Ports (TAPs) may be utilized at both IC and intellectual property core design levels. TAPs serve as serial communication ports for accessing a variety of embedded circuitry within ICs and cores including; IEEE 1149.1 boundary scan circuitry, built in test circuitry, internal scan circuitry, IEEE 1149.4 mixed signal test circuitry, IEEE P5001 in-circuit emulation circuitry, and IEEE P1532 in-system programming circuitry. Selectable access to TAPs within ICs is desirable since in many instances being able to access only the desired TAP(s) leads to improvements in the way testing, emulation, and programming may be performed within an IC. A TAP linking module is described that allows TAPs embedded within an IC to be selectively accessed using 1149.1 instruction scan operations.