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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Hao Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
John C. DiFonzo, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Guangtao Zhang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rizal Johari, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Samuel Gilkison Smith, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sean S. Corbin, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik A. Uttermann, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This application relates to devices that utilize magnets and associated magnetic sensors. A magnetic sensor can be positioned and oriented with respect to a magnetic element such that the magnetic sensor is capable of detecting a horizontal magnetic field component in contrast to the conventional paradigm of detecting a vertical magnetic field component. This can be accomplished by orienting a magnetically sensitive surface of the magnetic sensor about ninety degrees with respect to a magnetic vector of the magnetic element.