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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:
Apr. 04, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2021
Applicant:

Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Inventors:

Marco Crescentini, Vallefoglia, IT;

Michele Biondi, Ravenna, IT;

Marco Tartagni, Meldola, IT;

Aldo Romani, Rimini, IT;

Roberto Antonio Canegallo, Rimini, IT;

Assignee:

STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/06 (2006.01); G01R 33/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/072 (2013.01);
Abstract

A planar Hall sensing element includes a first pair of sensing electrodes mutually opposed in a first direction across the sensing element and a second pair of sensing electrodes mutually opposed in a second direction across the sensing element, with the second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A first pair of bias electrodes is mutually opposed in a third direction and a second pair mutually opposed in a fourth direction across the sensing element, the fourth direction orthogonal to the third direction. The third and fourth directions are rotated 45° with respect to the first and second directions so each sensing electrode is arranged between a bias electrode of the first pair and second pair. A DC bias current is supplied between the first and second pairs of bias electrodes. First and second Hall voltages are sensed at the first and second pairs of sensing electrodes.


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