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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2017
Applicant:

Allegro Microsystems, Llc, Worcester, MA (US);

Inventors:

Joseph James Judkins, III, Bedford, NH (US);

Ryan Jon Metivier, Nashua, NH (US);

Gerardo A. Monreal, Buenos Aires, AR;

Bruno Luis Uberti, Buenos Aires, AR;

Assignee:

Allegro MicroSystems, LLC, Worcester, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/07 (2006.01); G01R 33/09 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01); G01R 33/02 (2006.01); G01B 7/14 (2006.01); G01D 5/16 (2006.01); G01R 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/142 (2013.01); G01B 7/14 (2013.01); G01D 5/16 (2013.01); G01R 33/0023 (2013.01); G01R 33/0206 (2013.01); G01R 33/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one aspect, a magnetic field sensor includes first and second magnetic field sensing elements having respective first and second maximum response axes. The first and second maximum response axes point along respective first and second different coordinate axes. In response to a magnetic field, the first and second magnetic field sensing elements are operable to generate first and second magnetic field signals. The magnetic field sensor includes an electronic circuit coupled to receive the first and the second magnetic field signals. The electronic circuit is configured to determine a magnitude of a vector sum of the first and the second magnetic field signals and provide one or more signals in response to the magnitude of the vector sum determined.


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