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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Allegro Microsystems, Llc, Worcester, MA (US);
Inventors:
Gerardo A. Monreal, Buenos Aires, AR;
Andreas P. Friedrich, Metz-Tessy, FR;
Claude Fermon, Orsay, FR;
Myriam Pannetier-Lecoeur, Bures sur Yvette, FR;
Assignees:
Allegro MicroSystems, LLC, Manchester, NH (US);
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/82 (2006.01); G01R 33/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/0023 (2013.01); G01R 33/09 (2013.01); G01R 33/093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic field sensor and an associated method use one or more magnetoresistance elements driven with an AC mixing current and experiencing an AC mixing magnetic field to generate a DC voltage signal or a DC voltage signal component related to a slope of a transfer curve of the one or more magnetoresistance elements.