Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic circuit for measuring an angle and an intensity of an external magnetic field
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Application No.: US17440908Application Date: 2020-03-19
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Publication No.: US11946985B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Andrey Timopheev , Ali Alaoui , Evgeny Burmistrov
- 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
- Priority: EP 315017 2019.03.21
- International Application: PCT/IB2020/052517 2020.03.19
- International Announcement: WO2020/188513A 2020.09.24
- Date entered country: 2021-09-20
- Main IPC: G01R33/00
- IPC: G01R33/00 ; G01D5/14 ; G01R33/06

Abstract:
An electronic circuit for measuring an angle and an intensity of an external magnetic field, includes: first and second magnetic field sensing units having sensing axes substantially orthogonal to each other; a voltage generator supplying a synchronization signal, a first voltage waveform to the first magnetic field sensing unit and a second voltage waveform to the second magnetic field sensing unit; a signal conditioning unit configured for adding the first and second sensing output signals and outputting a conditioned signal. The first and second voltage waveforms have substantially the same amplitude and frequency and are phase shifted by about 90° with respect to each other. The conditioned signal and the synchronization signal are inputted into a magnetic field angle detection unit configured for measuring a phase shift between the conditioned signal and the synchronization signal and for determining the angle of the external magnetic field from the measured phase shift.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220163605A1 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR MEASURING AN ANGLE AND AN INTENSITY OF AN EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD Public/Granted day:2022-05-26
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