Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic field sensor with stacked transducers and capacitive summing amplifier
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Application No.: US16951324Application Date: 2020-11-18
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Publication No.: US11408945B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Craig S. Petrie , Hernán D. Romero , David J. Haas
- Applicant: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
- Applicant Address: US NH Manchester
- Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
- Current Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NH Manchester
- Agency: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP
- Main IPC: G01R33/00
- IPC: G01R33/00 ; G01R33/07

Abstract:
A magnetic field sensor includes a current source configured to generate a bias current, a plurality of magnetic field transducers, each having power terminals coupled to the current source and output terminals at which an output signal of the transducer is provided, wherein the power terminals of each of the plurality of magnetic field transducers are electrically coupled together in series so that the bias current flows through each of the plurality of magnetic field transducers in series. A capacitively-coupled summing amplifier has a plurality of inputs, each configured to receive the output signal of a respective one of the plurality of magnetic field transducers, and an output at which an amplified and summed signal is provided, wherein the capacitively-coupled summing amplifier is configured to amplify and sum the received output signals of the plurality of magnetic field transducers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220155387A1 MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR WITH STACKED TRANSDUCERS AND CAPACITIVE SUMMING AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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