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Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2021
Applicant:

Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;

Inventor:

Udo Ausserlechner, Villach, AT;

Assignee:

Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/09 (2006.01); G01R 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/09 (2013.01); G01R 33/0017 (2013.01); G01R 33/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for detecting a magnetic field using an apparatus including a plurality of magnetic field sensitive devices each having at least three terminals and grouped into N groups, with N>1, wherein each group k includes 2k-1 magnetic field sensitive devices, for 1≤k≤N, wherein the plurality of magnetic field sensitive devices are coupled such that, for 1<k≤N, supply currents flowing through two magnetic field sensitive devices in group k flow through one magnetic field sensitive device in group k-1. The method includes providing a supply current independently through each magnetic field sensitive device of group N; tapping an output signal at at least one contact of at least one magnetic field sensitive device of each group k of the N groups; and combining each tapped output signal into an overall output signal representing a measurement of the magnetic field.


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