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Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2022
Applicant:

Allegro Microsystems, Llc, Manchester, NH (US);

Inventor:

Hernán D. Romero, Buenos Aires, AR;

Assignee:

Allegro MicroSystems, LLC, Manchester, NH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/091 (2013.01); G01R 33/098 (2013.01);
Abstract

Magnetic field sensors having at least two bridges including MR elements are described. MR elements of each bridge have different magnetic reference directions. A first bridge is positioned to sense a first uniform magnetic field of a first polarity and a second bridge is positioned to sense a second uniform magnetic field of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity. The first and second uniform magnetic fields make up a differential field of interest. The described magnetic field sensors sense the field of interest in a manner that is immune to stray fields. Dual signal path embodiments are described in which outputs of the two bridges are independently processed and single signal path embodiments include a single signal path for processing the output of a combined (e.g., parallel) bridge arrangement.


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