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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Terry Dyer, Largs, GB;
Anuraag Mohan, Fremont, CA (US);
Peter J. Hopper, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/09 (2006.01); G01R 33/06 (2006.01); G01R 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/063 (2013.01); G01R 33/0052 (2013.01);
Abstract
A giant magneto-impedance (GMI) magnetometer is formed in a semiconductor wafer fabrication sequence, which significantly reduces the size and cost of the GMI magnetometer. The semiconductor wafer fabrication sequence forms a magnetic conductor, a non-magnetic conductor that is wrapped around the magnetic conductor as a coil, and non-magnetic conductors that touch the opposite ends of the magnetic conductor.