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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:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
James M Daughton, Edina, MN (US);
Theodore M Hermann, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Nonvolatile Electronics, Incorporated, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324252 ; 324225 ; 338 / ;
Abstract
A magnetic field sensor having a plurality of interconnected magnetoresistive magnetic field sensing structures with at least one thereof having a permeable material mass adjacent thereto to shield it from externally applied magnetic fields. Another has a shunting structure adjacent a side thereof to remove a fraction of externally applied magnetic fields from affecting same.