Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic field sensor having primary and secondary magnetic field transducers with different magnetic field saturation characteristics
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Application No.: US15347872Application Date: 2016-11-10
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Publication No.: US10006972B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Klaus Reimann , Robert van Veldhoven , Jaap Ruigrok , Selcuk Ersoy , Ralf van Otten , Jörg Kock
- Applicant: NXP B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agent Charlene R. Jacobsen
- Priority: EP15195215 20151118
- Main IPC: G01R33/09
- IPC: G01R33/09 ; G01R33/00

Abstract:
A magnetic field sensor is disclosed for providing an output signal in response to an external magnetic field. The sensor comprises a primary magnetic field transducer for producing a primary signal in response to the external magnetic field and having a first magnetic field saturation characteristic; a secondary magnetic field transducer for producing a secondary signal in response to the external magnetic field and having a second magnetic field saturation characteristic. The first magnetic field saturation characteristic is different from the second magnetic field saturation characteristic. The sensor is configured to use the secondary signal to correct for errors in the output signal arising from saturation of the primary transducer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170139016A1 MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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