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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Helmut Becker, Nuremberg, DE;
Armin G Kissling, Rosstal, DE;
Assignee:
Alcatel N.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338 / ; 360113 ;
Abstract
A magnetic field can be detected by moving magnetized areas past a magnetoresistor, which responds to the changing magnetic field. The sensitivity to magnetic fields is limited by the width of the magnetoresistors used. To optimize the sensitivity, two spaced-apart ferromagnetic pole pieces (6, 7) are so disposed between the magnetoresistor and the magnetized areas that their ends (8, 9) at the magnetoresistor (4) form a first gap (10) having a width (11) on the order of the width (12) of the magnetoresistor (4), and that their ends (13, 14) at the magnetized areas form a second, considerably narrower gap (16).