Littelfuse, Inc.

Memsic, Inc.

Graydon, Bhret

Daniel Vasquez

Robert J Fleming

Bhret Robert Graydon

Lex Alan Kosowsky

Yongyao Cai

Junjun Wu

Shuo Gu

James Fennelly

Farhad Razavi

Systems and methods to detect when the external magnetic field becomes higher than the saturation field of AMR material are described. Approaches include saturation detection by combining sensors with different full-scale ranges, saturation detection using DC current and saturation detection by arranging sensitive axes at 45&#xb0; offsets.

Method and apparatus for detecting magnetic saturation in AMR sensors

Printed circuit boards including voltage switchable dielectric materials (VSDM) are disclosed. The VSDMs are used to protect electronic components, arranged on or embedded in printed circuit boards, against electric discharges, such as electrostatic discharges or electric overstresses. During an overvoltage event, a VSDM layer shunts excess currents to ground, thereby preventing electronic components from destruction or damage.

Electric discharge protection for surface mounted and embedded components

Various disclosed aspects provide for protecting components (e.g., integrated circuits) from spurious electrical overvoltage events, such as electrostatic discharge. Embedded components with voltage switchable dielectric materials may protect circuits against electrostatic discharge.

Embedded protection against spurious electrical events

Ferroic circuit elements that include a set of conductive structures that are at least partially embedded within a ferroic medium are disclosed. The ferroic medium may be a voltage switched dielectric material that includes ferroic particles in accordance with various embodiments. A ferroic circuit element may be at least partially embedded within a substrate in accordance with embodiments of the current invention as an embedded ferroic circuit element. An embedded ferroic circuit element that is an inductor in accordance with embodiments of the current invention may be denoted as an embedded ferroic inductor. An embedded ferroic circuit element that is a capacitor in accordance with embodiments of the current invention may be denoted as an embedded ferroic capacitor.

Circuit elements comprising ferroic materials

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