Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bipolar chopping for 1/f noise and offset reduction in magnetic field sensors
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Application No.: US15344149Application Date: 2016-11-04
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Publication No.: US10281531B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Bradley Neal Engel , Phillip G. Mather
- Applicant: EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US AZ Chandler
- Assignee: EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Chandler
- Agency: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
- Main IPC: G01R33/00
- IPC: G01R33/00 ; G01R33/09 ; G01R33/06

Abstract:
A chopping technique, and associated structure, is implemented to cancel the magnetic 1/f noise contribution in a Tunneling Magnetoresistance (TMR) field sensor. The TMR field sensor includes a first bridge circuit including multiple TMR elements to sense a magnetic field and a second circuit to apply a bipolar current pulse adjacent to each TMR element. The current lines are serially or sequentially connected to a current source to receive the bipolar current pulse. The field sensor has an output comprising a high output and a low output in response to the bipolar pulse. This asymmetric response allows a chopping technique for 1/f noise reduction in the field sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170074948A1 BIPOLAR CHOPPING FOR 1/F NOISE AND OFFSET REDUCTION IN MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS Public/Granted day:2017-03-16
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