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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2015
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Arup Polley, Richardson, TX (US);

Archana Venugopal, Dallas, TX (US);

Luigi Colombo, Dallas, TX (US);

Robert R. Doering, Garland, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/07 (2006.01); H01L 43/04 (2006.01); H01L 43/06 (2006.01); H01L 43/10 (2006.01); G01R 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/07 (2013.01); G01R 33/0041 (2013.01); G01R 33/075 (2013.01); H01L 43/04 (2013.01); H01L 43/06 (2013.01); H01L 43/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A Graphene Hall sensor (GHS) is provided with a modulated gate bias signal in which the modulated gate bias signal alternates at a modulation frequency between a first voltage that produces a first conductivity state in the GHS and a second voltage that produces approximately a same second conductivity state in the GHS. A bias current is provided through a first axis of the GHS. A resultant output voltage signal is provided across a second axis of the Hall sensor that includes a modulated Hall voltage and an offset voltage, in which the Hall voltage is modulated at the modulation frequency. An amplitude of the Hall voltage that does not include the offset voltage is extracted from the resultant output voltage signal.


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