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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Allegro Microsystems, Llc, Worcester, MA (US);
Inventors:
Shaun D. Milano, Dunbarton, NH (US);
Georges El Bacha, Manchester, NH (US);
Michael C. Doogue, Bedford, NH (US);
William P. Taylor, Amherst, NH (US);
Assignee:
ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS, LLC, Worcester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/30 (2006.01); G01R 27/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 33/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/3187 (2006.01); G01R 33/02 (2006.01); G01R 33/07 (2006.01); G01R 33/09 (2006.01); G01R 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2884 (2013.01); G01R 31/2829 (2013.01); G01R 31/3187 (2013.01); G01R 33/00 (2013.01); G01R 33/0023 (2013.01); G01R 33/02 (2013.01); G01R 33/07 (2013.01); G01R 33/09 (2013.01); G01R 33/091 (2013.01); G01R 35/00 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48091 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48247 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48257 (2013.01); H01L 2924/181 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to provide an integrated circuit having a magnetic sensing element and fault detection module coupled to the sensing element, the fault detection module including circuitry to detect a fault condition and to self-test operation of the circuitry for detecting the fault condition. In illustrative embodiments, a fault pin indicates the fault condition.