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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Analog Devices Global, Hamilton, BM;
Inventor:
Jochen Schmitt, Biedenkopf, DE;
Assignee:
Analog Devices Global, Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a multiturn counter that can store a magnetic state associated with a number of accumulated turns of a magnetic field. The multiturn counter includes a plurality of magnetoresistive elements electrically coupled in series with each other. A matrix of electrical connections is arranged to connect magnetoresistive elements of the plurality of magnetoresistive elements to other magnetoresistive elements of the plurality of magnetoresistive elements.